Complete Games : 1887 American Association 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1887 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Matt Kilroy 66 Baltimore Orioles 1
Toad Ramsey 61 Louisville Colonels 2
Phenomenal Smith 54 Baltimore Orioles 3
Gus Weyhing 53 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Ed Seward 52 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Al Mays 50 New York Metropolitans 6
Elmer Smith 49 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Tony Mullane 47 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Billy Crowell 45 Cleveland Blues 9
Silver King 43 St. Louis Browns 10
Bob Caruthers 39 St. Louis Browns 11
Henry Porter 38 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 12
Dave Foutz 36 St. Louis Browns 13
Elton Chamberlain 35 Louisville Colonels 14
Mike Morrison 35 Cleveland Blues  
Adonis Terry 35 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers  
Guy Hecker 32 Louisville Colonels 17
Ed Cushman 25 New York Metropolitans 18
John Harkins 22 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 19
Steve Toole 22 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers  
Jack Lynch 21 New York Metropolitans 21
Billy Serad 20 Cincinnati Red Stockings 22
Hugh Daily 16 Cleveland Blues 23
John Shaffer 13 New York Metropolitans 24
Bob Gilks 12 Cleveland Blues 25



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.

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).