Complete Games : 1902 American 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1902 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cy Young 41 Boston Americans 1
Bill Dinneen 39 Boston Americans 2
Al Orth 36 Washington Senators 3
Jack Powell 36 St. Louis Browns  
Red Donahue 33 St. Louis Browns 5
Case Patten 33 Washington Senators  
Eddie Plank 31 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Snake Wiltse 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Baltimore Orioles  
Nixey Callahan 29 Chicago White Stockings 9
Earl Moore 29 Cleveland Blues  
Bill Carrick 28 Washington Senators 11
Addie Joss 28 Cleveland Blues  
Win Mercer 28 Detroit Tigers  
Roy Patterson 26 Chicago White Stockings 14
Rube Waddell 26 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Mullin 25 Detroit Tigers 16
Bill Bernhard 23 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Cleveland Blues  
Wiley Piatt 22 Chicago White Stockings 18
Happy Townsend 22 Washington Senators  
Clark Griffith 20 Chicago White Stockings 20
Jack Harper 20 St. Louis Browns  
Willie Sudhoff 20 St. Louis Browns  
Harry Howell 19 Baltimore Orioles 23
Joe McGinnity 19 Baltimore Orioles  
Bert Husting 18 Boston Americans 25
Philadelphia Athletics  



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.