Top 25 Complete Games in 1926 in the American League

Complete Games : 1926 American League Top 25

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"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)

1926 Complete Games Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Complete Games Team Rank

George Uhle 32 Cleveland Indians 1

Ted Lyons 24 Chicago White Sox 2

Walter Johnson 22 Washington Senators 3

Lefty Grove 20 Philadelphia Athletics 4

Herb Pennock 19 New York Yankees 5

Dutch Levsen 18 Cleveland Indians 6

Urban Shocker 18 New York Yankees

Tom Zachary 18 St. Louis Browns

Howard Ehmke 17 Boston Red Sox 9

Philadelphia Athletics

Sam Gibson 16 Detroit Tigers 10

Sherry Smith 16 Cleveland Indians

Ted Blankenship 15 Chicago White Sox 12

Joe Shaute 15 Cleveland Indians

Milt Gaston 14 St. Louis Browns 14

Red Faber 13 Chicago White Sox 15

Tommy Thomas 13 Chicago White Sox

Earl Whitehill 13 Detroit Tigers

Waite Hoyt 12 New York Yankees 18

Eddie Rommel 12 Philadelphia Athletics

Stan Coveleski 11 Washington Senators 20

Dutch Ruether 10 Washington Senators 21

New York Yankees

Ed Wells 9 Detroit Tigers 22

Hal Wiltse 9 Boston Red Sox

Ted Wingfield 9 Boston Red Sox

Jim Joe Edwards 8 Chicago White Sox 25

Name Complete Games Team Rank

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.

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 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?

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