Games : 1963 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1963 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ron Perranoski 69 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jack Baldschun 65 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Larry Bearnarth 58 New York Mets 3
Lindy McDaniel 57 Chicago Cubs 4
Tommie Sisk 57 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Roy Face 56 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Al McBean 55 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Bobby Shantz 55 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Woodeshick 55 Houston Colt .45s  
Ron Taylor 54 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Galen Cisco 51 New York Mets 11
Don Elston 51 Chicago Cubs  
Al Worthington 50 Cincinnati Reds 13
Harvey Haddix 49 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Johnny Klippstein 49 Philadelphia Phillies  
Don McMahon 49 Houston Colt .45s  
Bob Shaw 48 Milwaukee Braves 17
Ed Bauta 47 St. Louis Cardinals 18
New York Mets  
Bobby Bolin 47 San Francisco Giants  
Bill Henry 47 Cincinnati Reds  
Roger Craig 46 New York Mets 21
Don Larsen 46 San Francisco Giants  
Denny Lemaster 46 Milwaukee Braves  
Claude Raymond 45 Milwaukee Braves 24
Don Drysdale 42 Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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).

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.