Complete Games : 1948 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)
 

1948 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Lemon 20 Cleveland Indians 1
Hal Newhouser 19 Detroit Tigers 2
Bob Feller 18 Cleveland Indians 3
Vic Raschi 18 New York Yankees  
Joe Dobson 16 Boston Red Sox 5
Dick Fowler 16 Philadelphia Athletics  
Mel Parnell 16 Boston Red Sox  
Gene Bearden 15 Cleveland Indians 8
Fred Hutchinson 15 Detroit Tigers  
Carl Scheib 15 Philadelphia Athletics  
Early Wynn 15 Washington Senators  
Jack Kramer 14 Boston Red Sox 12
Joe Coleman 13 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Ed Lopat 13 New York Yankees  
Phil Marchildon 12 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Lou Brissie 11 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Allie Reynolds 11 New York Yankees  
Dizzy Trout 11 Detroit Tigers  
Cliff Fannin 10 St. Louis Browns 19
Ellis Kinder 10 Boston Red Sox  
Walt Masterson 9 Washington Senators 21
Fred Sanford 9 St. Louis Browns  
Ray Scarborough 9 Washington Senators  
Spec Shea 8 New York Yankees 24
Ned Garver 7 St. Louis Browns 25



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.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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.