Games : 1890 Players 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)
 

1890 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the Players League

Mark Baldwin 59 Chicago Pirates 1
Silver King 56 Chicago Pirates 2
Gus Weyhing 49 Brooklyn Wonders 3
Henry Gruber 48 Cleveland Infants 4
Harry Staley 46 Pittsburgh Burghers 5
Jersey Bakley 43 Cleveland Infants 6
Ed Crane 43 New York Giants  
Hank O'Day 43 New York Giants  
Ben Sanders 43 Philadelphia Quakers  
Old Hoss Radbourn 41 Boston Red Stockings 10
Bert Cunningham 39 Philadelphia Quakers 11
Buffalo Bisons  
Ad Gumbert 39 Boston Red Stockings  
John Sowders 39 Brooklyn Wonders  
Charlie Buffinton 36 Philadelphia Quakers 14
John Ewing 35 New York Giants 15
George Haddock 35 Buffalo Bisons  
Phil Knell 35 Philadelphia Quakers  
Bill Daley 34 Boston Red Stockings 18
Tim Keefe 30 New York Giants 19
Matt Kilroy 30 Boston Red Stockings  
Al Maul 30 Pittsburgh Burghers  
George Van Haltren 28 Brooklyn Wonders 22
Pud Galvin 26 Pittsburgh Burghers 23
Charlie Bartson 25 Chicago Pirates 24
George Keefe 25 Buffalo Bisons  



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).

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

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?