Complete Games : 1915 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)
 

1915 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 35 Washington Senators 1
Ray Caldwell 31 New York Yankees 2
Hooks Dauss 27 Detroit Tigers 3
Jim Scott 23 Chicago White Sox 4
Jean Dubuc 22 Detroit Tigers 5
Red Faber 21 Chicago White Sox 6
Rube Foster 21 Boston Red Sox  
Harry Coveleski 20 Detroit Tigers 8
Ray Fisher 20 New York Yankees  
Weldon Wyckoff 20 Philadelphia Athletics  
Carl Weilman 19 St. Louis Browns 11
Joe Benz 17 Chicago White Sox 12
Ernie Shore 17 Boston Red Sox  
Babe Ruth 16 Boston Red Sox 14
Eddie Cicotte 15 Chicago White Sox 15
Guy Morton 15 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Boehling 14 Washington Senators 17
Bert Gallia 14 Washington Senators  
Grover Lowdermilk 14 St. Louis Browns  
Detroit Tigers  
Earl Hamilton 13 St. Louis Browns 20
Willie Mitchell 12 Cleveland Indians 21
Bob Shawkey 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Jack Warhop 12 New York Yankees  
Bill James 11 St. Louis Browns 24
Detroit Tigers  
Dutch Leonard 10 Boston Red Sox 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.

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.