Complete Games : 1897 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)
 

1897 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Red Donahue 38 St. Louis Browns 1
Clark Griffith 38 Chicago Colts  
Frank Killen 38 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kid Nichols 37 Boston Beaneaters 4
Brickyard Kennedy 36 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5
Amos Rusie 35 New York Giants 6
Jack Taylor 35 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cy Young 35 Cleveland Spiders  
Joe Corbett 34 Baltimore Orioles 9
Win Mercer 34 Washington Senators  
Pink Hawley 33 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Doc McJames 33 Washington Senators  
Ted Breitenstein 32 Cincinnati Reds 13
Chick Fraser 32 Louisville Colonels  
Bill Hart 31 St. Louis Browns 15
Fred Klobedanz 30 Boston Beaneaters 16
Ted Lewis 30 Boston Beaneaters  
Jouett Meekin 30 New York Giants  
Harley Payne 30 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Bill Hoffer 29 Baltimore Orioles 20
Al Orth 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cy Seymour 28 New York Giants 22
Billy Rhines 26 Cincinnati Reds 23
Zeke Wilson 26 Cleveland Spiders  
Bert Cunningham 25 Louisville Colonels 25



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.

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