Complete Games : 1903 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1903 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bill Donovan 34 Detroit Tigers 1
Rube Waddell 34 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cy Young 34 Boston Americans  
Jack Chesbro 33 New York Highlanders 4
Eddie Plank 33 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jack Powell 33 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Dinneen 32 Boston Americans 7
Case Patten 32 Washington Senators  
Addie Joss 31 Cleveland Blues 9
George Mullin 31 Detroit Tigers  
Al Orth 30 Washington Senators 11
Willie Sudhoff 30 St. Louis Browns  
Chief Bender 29 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Patsy Flaherty 29 Chicago White Stockings  
Doc White 29 Chicago White Stockings  
Red Donahue 28 St. Louis Browns 16
Cleveland Blues  
Frank Kitson 28 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Moore 27 Cleveland Blues 18
Roy Patterson 26 Chicago White Stockings 19
Tom Hughes 25 Boston Americans 20
Highball Wilson 25 Washington Senators  
Ed Siever 24 St. Louis Browns 22
Clark Griffith 22 New York Highlanders 23
Jesse Tannehill 22 New York Highlanders  
Bill Bernhard 18 Cleveland Blues 25



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.

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