Complete Games : 1939 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1939 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 24 Cleveland Indians 1
Bobo Newsom 24 St. Louis Browns  
Detroit Tigers  
Red Ruffing 22 New York Yankees 3
Dutch Leonard 21 Washington Senators 4
Lefty Grove 17 Boston Red Sox 5
Tommy Bridges 16 Detroit Tigers 6
Ted Lyons 16 Chicago White Sox  
Ken Chase 15 Washington Senators 8
Thornton Lee 15 Chicago White Sox  
Lefty Gomez 14 New York Yankees 10
Vern Kennedy 13 Detroit Tigers 11
St. Louis Browns  
Mel Harder 12 Cleveland Indians 12
Joe Krakauskas 12 Washington Senators  
Al Milnar 12 Cleveland Indians  
Lynn Nelson 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Atley Donald 11 New York Yankees 16
Johnny Rigney 11 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Haynes 10 Washington Senators 18
Jack Kramer 10 St. Louis Browns  
Johnny Allen 9 Cleveland Indians 20
Nels Potter 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Marius Russo 9 New York Yankees  
Jack Knott 8 Chicago White Sox 23
Fritz Ostermueller 8 Boston Red Sox  
Monte Pearson 8 New York Yankees  



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).

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.

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?