Games : 1956 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1956 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roy Face 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Hersh Freeman 64 Cincinnati Redlegs 2
Hoyt Wilhelm 64 New York Giants  
Clem Labine 62 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Turk Lown 61 Chicago Cubs 5
Larry Jackson 51 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Bob Friend 49 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Brooks Lawrence 49 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Bob Miller 49 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Davis 46 Chicago Cubs 10
Windy McCall 46 New York Giants  
Art Fowler 45 Cincinnati Redlegs 12
Ron Kline 44 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Joe Nuxhall 44 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Marv Grissom 43 New York Giants 15
Robin Roberts 43 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ed Roebuck 43 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Vito Valentinetti 42 Chicago Cubs 18
Johnny Antonelli 41 New York Giants 19
Jack Meyer 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Steve Ridzik 41 New York Giants  
Ruben Gomez 40 New York Giants 22
Dick Littlefield 40 Pittsburgh Pirates  
St. Louis Cardinals  
New York Giants  
Lew Burdette 39 Milwaukee Braves 24
Vern Law 39 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.