Complete Games : 1895 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1895 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Breitenstein 46 St. Louis Browns 1
Pink Hawley 44 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Kid Nichols 42 Boston Beaneaters 3
Amos Rusie 42 New York Giants  
Clark Griffith 39 Chicago Colts 5
Nig Cuppy 36 Cleveland Spiders 6
Cy Young 36 Cleveland Spiders  
Kid Carsey 35 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jack Taylor 33 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bill Hoffer 32 Baltimore Orioles 10
Win Mercer 32 Washington Senators  
Adonis Terry 31 Chicago Colts 12
Bill Hutchinson 30 Chicago Colts 13
Jack Stivetts 30 Boston Beaneaters  
Dad Clarke 27 New York Giants 15
George Hemming 26 Baltimore Orioles 16
Brickyard Kennedy 26 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Billy Rhines 25 Cincinnati Reds 18
Bert Cunningham 24 Louisville Colonels 19
Bill Hart 24 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jouett Meekin 24 New York Giants  
Ed Stein 24 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Frank Dwyer 23 Cincinnati Reds 23
Tom Parrott 23 Cincinnati Reds  
Gus Weyhing 23 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Louisville Colonels  



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.

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.