1881 Complete Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Complete Games	Team	Rank
Jim McCormick	57	Cleveland Blues	1
Jim Whitney	57	Boston Red Caps
George Derby	55	Detroit Wolverines	3
Lee Richmond	50	Worcester Ruby Legs	4
Pud Galvin	48	Buffalo Bisons	5
Tim Keefe	45	Troy Trojans	6
Larry Corcoran	43	Chicago White Stockings	7
Mickey Welch	40	Troy Trojans	8
Fred Goldsmith	37	Chicago White Stockings	9
Old Hoss Radbourn	34	Providence Grays	10
John Ward	32	Providence Grays	11
Fred Corey	20	Worcester Ruby Legs	12
The Only Nolan	20	Cleveland Blues
Jack Lynch	17	Buffalo Bisons	14
Stump Wiedman	13	Detroit Wolverines	15
John Fox	12	Boston Red Caps	16
Bobby Mathews	11	Providence Grays	17
		Boston Red Caps
Harry McCormick	9	Worcester Ruby Legs	18
Frank Mountain	7	Detroit Wolverines	19
George Bradley	5	Cleveland Blues	20
Tony Mullane	5	Detroit Wolverines
Blondie Purcell	5	Buffalo Bisons
Tommy Bond	2	Boston Red Caps	23
Curry Foley	2	Buffalo Bisons
Will White	2	Detroit Wolverines
Name	Complete Games	Team	Rank

	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). 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.