Complete Games : 1886 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 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)
 

1886 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Keefe 62 New York Giants 1
Old Hoss Radbourn 57 Boston Beaneaters 2
Mickey Welch 56 New York Giants 3
Lady Baldwin 55 Detroit Wolverines 4
John Clarkson 50 Chicago White Stockings 5
Stump Wiedman 48 Kansas City Cowboys 6
Charlie Ferguson 43 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Dupee Shaw 43 Washington Senators  
Charlie Getzien 42 Detroit Wolverines 9
Jim Whitney 42 Kansas City Cowboys  
Bill Stemmeyer 41 Boston Beaneaters 11
Dan Casey 39 Philadelphia Phillies 12
John Healy 39 St. Louis Maroons  
John Kirby 38 St. Louis Maroons 14
Jim McCormick 38 Chicago White Stockings  
Pete Conway 30 Kansas City Cowboys 16
Detroit Wolverines  
Jocko Flynn 28 Chicago White Stockings 17
Henry Boyle 23 St. Louis Maroons 18
Ed Daily 22 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Bob Barr 21 Washington Senators 20
Charlie Buffinton 16 Boston Beaneaters 21
Tony Madigan 13 Washington Senators 22
Charlie Sweeney 11 St. Louis Maroons 23
Frank Gilmore 9 Washington Senators 24
Bill Smith 9 Detroit Wolverines  



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.

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?

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