Complete Games : 1924 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1924 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Sloppy Thurston 28 Chicago White Sox 1
Howard Ehmke 26 Boston Red Sox 2
Herb Pennock 25 New York Yankees 3
Eddie Rommel 21 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Joe Shaute 21 Cleveland Indians  
Walter Johnson 20 Washington Senators 6
Sherry Smith 20 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Bush 19 New York Yankees 8
Stan Coveleski 18 Cleveland Indians 9
Urban Shocker 17 St. Louis Browns 10
Earl Whitehill 16 Detroit Tigers 11
Alex Ferguson 15 Boston Red Sox 12
George Uhle 15 Cleveland Indians  
Waite Hoyt 14 New York Yankees 14
Ernie Wingard 14 St. Louis Browns  
George Mogridge 13 Washington Senators 16
Jack Quinn 13 Boston Red Sox  
Tom Zachary 13 Washington Senators  
Stan Baumgartner 12 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Ted Lyons 12 Chicago White Sox  
Rip Collins 11 Detroit Tigers 21
Dave Danforth 11 St. Louis Browns  
Dixie Davis 11 St. Louis Browns  
Fred Heimach 10 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Bob Shawkey 10 New York Yankees  



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?