Complete Games : 1880 National 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1880 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim McCormick 72 Cleveland Blues 1
Mickey Welch 64 Troy Trojans 2
John Ward 59 Providence Grays 3
Will White 58 Cincinnati Reds 4
Larry Corcoran 57 Chicago White Stockings 5
Lee Richmond 57 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Tommy Bond 49 Boston Red Caps 7
Pud Galvin 46 Buffalo Bisons 8
Fred Goldsmith 22 Chicago White Stockings 9
Curry Foley 21 Boston Red Caps 10
Blondie Purcell 21 Cincinnati Reds  
George Bradley 16 Providence Grays 12
Tim Keefe 12 Troy Trojans 13
Fred Corey 9 Worcester Ruby Legs 14
Gid Gardner 9 Cleveland Blues  
Tom Poorman 9 Buffalo Bisons  
Chicago White Stockings  
Stump Wiedman 9 Buffalo Bisons  
Denny Driscoll 4 Buffalo Bisons 18
Bill McGunnigle 4 Buffalo Bisons  
Terry Larkin 3 Troy Trojans 20
Frank Hankinson 2 Cleveland Blues 21
Frank Mountain 2 Troy Trojans  
Tricky Nichols 2 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Charlie Guth 1 Chicago White Stockings 24



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

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).