Complete Games : 1956 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)
 

1956 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Lemon 21 Cleveland Indians 1
Billy Pierce 21 Chicago White Sox  
Frank Lary 20 Detroit Tigers 3
Whitey Ford 18 New York Yankees 4
Billy Hoeft 18 Detroit Tigers  
Early Wynn 18 Cleveland Indians  
Paul Foytack 16 Detroit Tigers 7
Herb Score 16 Cleveland Indians  
Tom Brewer 15 Boston Red Sox 9
Jack Harshman 15 Chicago White Sox  
Chuck Stobbs 15 Washington Senators  
Art Ditmar 14 Kansas City Athletics 12
Dick Donovan 14 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Kucks 12 New York Yankees 14
Frank Sullivan 12 Boston Red Sox  
Connie Johnson 9 Chicago White Sox 16
Baltimore Orioles  
Ray Moore 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Willard Nixon 9 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Garcia 8 Cleveland Indians 19
Bill Wight 7 Baltimore Orioles 20
Jim Wilson 7 Baltimore Orioles  
Chicago White Sox  
Don Larsen 6 New York Yankees 22
Mel Parnell 6 Boston Red Sox  
Camilo Pascual 6 Washington Senators  
Tom Sturdivant 6 New York Yankees  



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.