Complete Games : 1893 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1893 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Amos Rusie 50 New York Giants 1
Kid Nichols 43 Boston Beaneaters 2
Cy Young 42 Cleveland Spiders 3
Brickyard Kennedy 40 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 4
Ted Breitenstein 38 St. Louis Browns 5
Bill Hutchinson 38 Chicago Colts  
Frank Killen 38 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kid Gleason 37 St. Louis Browns 8
Sadie McMahon 35 Baltimore Orioles 9
Duke Esper 34 Washington Senators 10
Tony Mullane 34 Cincinnati Reds  
Baltimore Orioles  
Scott Stratton 34 Louisville Colonels  
Mark Baldwin 33 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
New York Giants  
Gus Weyhing 33 Philadelphia Phillies  
Red Ehret 32 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
George Hemming 32 Louisville Colonels  
John Clarkson 31 Cleveland Spiders 17
Kid Carsey 30 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Al Maul 29 Washington Senators 19
Jack Stivetts 29 Boston Beaneaters  
Frank Dwyer 28 Cincinnati Reds 21
Ed Stein 28 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Willie McGill 26 Chicago Colts 23
Nig Cuppy 24 Cleveland Spiders 24
Jouett Meekin 24 Washington Senators  



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).

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

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.