Games : 1959 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1959 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Don Elston 65 Chicago Cubs 1
Bill Henry 65 Chicago Cubs  
Lindy McDaniel 62 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Don McMahon 60 Milwaukee Braves 4
Stu Miller 59 San Francisco Giants 5
Roy Face 57 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Clem Labine 56 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Sam Jones 50 San Francisco Giants 8
Mike McCormick 47 San Francisco Giants 9
Jack Meyer 47 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Brosnan 46 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Cincinnati Reds  
Glen Hobbie 46 Chicago Cubs  
Orlando Pena 46 Cincinnati Reds  
Don Drysdale 44 Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Brooks Lawrence 43 Cincinnati Reds 15
Al Worthington 42 San Francisco Giants 16
Lew Burdette 41 Milwaukee Braves 17
Johnny Antonelli 40 San Francisco Giants 18
Larry Jackson 40 St. Louis Cardinals  
Warren Spahn 40 Milwaukee Braves  
Dave Hillman 39 Chicago Cubs 21
Danny McDevitt 39 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Taylor Phillips 39 Chicago Cubs  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Turk Farrell 38 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Bob Purkey 38 Cincinnati Reds  



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?

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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.