Games : 1964 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:

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1964 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bob Miller 74 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Ron Perranoski 72 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Jack Baldschun 71 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Lindy McDaniel 63 Chicago Cubs 4
Ron Taylor 63 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Wakefield 62 New York Mets 6
Bob Shaw 61 San Francisco Giants 7
Hal Woodeshick 61 Houston Colt .45s  
Ed Roebuck 60 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Al McBean 58 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Roy Face 55 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Sammy Ellis 52 Cincinnati Reds 12
Bob Sadowski 51 Milwaukee Braves 13
Bobby Shantz 50 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Chicago Cubs  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Don Elston 48 Chicago Cubs 15
Jim Owens 48 Houston Colt .45s  
Bobby Tiefenauer 46 Milwaukee Braves 17
Larry Bearnarth 44 New York Mets 18
Gaylord Perry 44 San Francisco Giants  
Billy Hoeft 42 Milwaukee Braves 20
Chris Short 42 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tommie Sisk 42 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dennis Bennett 41 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Jim Bunning 41 Philadelphia Phillies  
Willard Hunter 41 New York Mets  



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

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.