Games : 1971 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1971 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wayne Granger 70 Cincinnati Reds 1
Jerry Johnson 67 San Francisco Giants 2
Mike Marshall 66 Montreal Expos 3
Clay Carroll 61 Cincinnati Reds 4
Don McMahon 61 San Francisco Giants  
George Culver 59 Houston Astros 6
Al Severinsen 59 San Diego Padres  
Dave Giusti 58 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Bob Miller 56 Chicago Cubs 9
San Diego Padres  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Brewer 55 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Danny Frisella 53 New York Mets 11
Bucky Brandon 52 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Moe Drabowsky 51 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Tug McGraw 51 New York Mets  
Joe Gibbon 50 Cincinnati Reds 15
Frank Linzy 50 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Hoerner 49 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Cecil Upshaw 49 Atlanta Braves  
Fred Gladding 48 Houston Astros 19
Dick Kelley 48 San Diego Padres  
Phil Regan 48 Chicago Cubs  
Jim Ray 47 Houston Astros 22
John Cumberland 45 San Francisco Giants 23
Don Shaw 45 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Taylor 45 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.

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.

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.