Complete Games : 1928 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1928 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Red Ruffing 25 Boston Red Sox 1
Lefty Grove 24 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Tommy Thomas 24 Chicago White Sox  
George Pipgras 22 New York Yankees 4
Sam Gray 21 St. Louis Browns 5
Ted Lyons 21 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Shaute 21 Cleveland Indians  
Ed Morris 20 Boston Red Sox 8
Ownie Carroll 19 Detroit Tigers 9
Alvin Crowder 19 St. Louis Browns  
Waite Hoyt 19 New York Yankees  
Sam Jones 19 Washington Senators  
Jack Ogden 18 St. Louis Browns 13
Herb Pennock 18 New York Yankees  
Jack Quinn 18 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Uhle 18 Cleveland Indians  
Red Faber 16 Chicago White Sox 17
Bump Hadley 16 Washington Senators  
Garland Braxton 15 Washington Senators 19
Rube Walberg 15 Philadelphia Athletics  
Grady Adkins 14 Chicago White Sox 21
Earl Whitehill 12 Detroit Tigers 22
Willis Hudlin 10 Cleveland Indians 23
Hank Johnson 10 New York Yankees  
Jack Russell 10 Boston Red Sox  



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?

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.