Complete Games : 1955 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1955 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Whitey Ford 18 New York Yankees 1
Billy Hoeft 17 Detroit Tigers 2
Ned Garver 16 Detroit Tigers 3
Frank Lary 16 Detroit Tigers  
Billy Pierce 16 Chicago White Sox  
Frank Sullivan 16 Boston Red Sox  
Early Wynn 16 Cleveland Indians  
Jim Wilson 14 Baltimore Orioles 8
Bob Turley 13 New York Yankees 9
Dick Donovan 11 Chicago White Sox 10
Herb Score 11 Cleveland Indians  
Tom Brewer 9 Boston Red Sox 12
Tommy Byrne 9 New York Yankees  
Jack Harshman 9 Chicago White Sox  
Steve Gromek 8 Detroit Tigers 15
Mickey McDermott 8 Washington Senators  
Bob Porterfield 8 Washington Senators  
Bill Wight 8 Cleveland Indians  
Baltimore Orioles  
Art Ditmar 7 Kansas City Athletics 19
Willard Nixon 7 Boston Red Sox  
Virgil Trucks 7 Chicago White Sox  
Ike Delock 6 Boston Red Sox 22
Mike Garcia 6 Cleveland Indians  
Alex Kellner 6 Kansas City Athletics  
Johnny Schmitz 6 Washington Senators  



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?

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.

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).