Complete Games : 1923 American League Top 25

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1923 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Uhle 29 Cleveland Indians 1
Howard Ehmke 28 Boston Red Sox 2
Urban Shocker 24 St. Louis Browns 3
Joe Bush 22 New York Yankees 4
Hooks Dauss 22 Detroit Tigers  
Herb Pennock 21 New York Yankees 6
Elam Vangilder 20 St. Louis Browns 7
Waite Hoyt 19 New York Yankees 8
Eddie Rommel 19 Philadelphia Athletics  
Walter Johnson 18 Washington Senators 10
Sam Jones 18 New York Yankees  
Charlie Robertson 18 Chicago White Sox  
Stan Coveleski 17 Cleveland Indians 13
George Mogridge 17 Washington Senators  
Bob Shawkey 17 New York Yankees  
Dave Danforth 16 St. Louis Browns 16
Jack Quinn 16 Boston Red Sox  
Red Faber 15 Chicago White Sox 18
Mike Cvengros 14 Chicago White Sox 19
Herman Pillette 14 Detroit Tigers  
Alex Ferguson 11 Boston Red Sox 21
Ray Kolp 11 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Piercy 11 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Hasty 10 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Fred Heimach 10 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).

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

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.