Complete Games : 1904 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:

"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)
 

1904 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Chesbro 48 New York Highlanders 1
George Mullin 42 Detroit Tigers 2
Cy Young 40 Boston Americans 3
Rube Waddell 39 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Jack Powell 38 New York Highlanders 5
Bill Dinneen 37 Boston Americans 6
Case Patten 37 Washington Senators  
Eddie Plank 37 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Bernhard 35 Cleveland Blues 9
Frank Owen 34 Chicago White Sox 10
Harry Howell 32 St. Louis Browns 11
Ed Killian 32 Detroit Tigers  
Nick Altrock 31 Chicago White Sox 13
Weldon Henley 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Barney Pelty 31 St. Louis Browns  
Happy Townsend 31 Washington Senators  
Red Donahue 30 Cleveland Blues 17
Bill Donovan 30 Detroit Tigers  
Fred Glade 30 St. Louis Browns  
Jesse Tannehill 30 Boston Americans  
Norwood Gibson 29 Boston Americans 21
Tom Hughes 26 New York Highlanders 22
Washington Senators  
Beany Jacobson 23 Washington Senators 23
Doc White 23 Chicago White Sox  
Earl Moore 22 Cleveland Blues 25



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.

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.

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).