Complete Games : 1943 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
 

1943 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Spud Chandler 20 New York Yankees 1
Tex Hughson 20 Boston Red Sox  
Orval Grove 18 Chicago White Sox 3
Dizzy Trout 18 Detroit Tigers  
Butch Wensloff 18 New York Yankees  
Tiny Bonham 17 New York Yankees 6
Jim Bagby 16 Cleveland Indians 7
Lum Harris 15 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Dutch Leonard 15 Washington Senators  
Hank Borowy 14 New York Yankees 10
Denny Galehouse 14 St. Louis Browns  
Al Smith 14 Cleveland Indians  
Eddie Smith 14 Chicago White Sox  
Jesse Flores 13 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Steve Sundra 13 St. Louis Browns  
Roger Wolff 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Don Black 12 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Bill Dietrich 12 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Muncrief 12 St. Louis Browns  
Johnny Niggeling 12 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Early Wynn 12 Washington Senators  
Tommy Bridges 11 Detroit Tigers 22
Allie Reynolds 11 Cleveland Indians  
Hal Newhouser 10 Detroit Tigers 24
Virgil Trucks 10 Detroit Tigers  



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?