Games : 1952 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1952 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hoyt Wilhelm 71 New York Giants 1
Joe Black 56 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Eddie Yuhas 54 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Frank Smith 53 Cincinnati Reds 4
Woody Main 48 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Al Brazle 46 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Lew Burdette 45 Boston Braves 7
Dutch Leonard 45 Chicago Cubs  
Ted Wilks 44 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Murry Dickson 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Andy Hansen 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Konstanty 42 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Johnny Klippstein 41 Chicago Cubs 13
Dave Koslo 41 New York Giants  
Warren Spahn 40 Boston Braves 15
Sheldon Jones 39 Boston Braves 16
Billy Loes 39 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Robin Roberts 39 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ken Raffensberger 38 Cincinnati Reds 19
Jim Hearn 37 New York Giants 20
Max Lanier 37 New York Giants  
Russ Meyer 37 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Nuxhall 37 Cincinnati Reds  
Ben Wade 37 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Friend 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?