Complete Games : 1903 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)
 

1903 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity 44 New York Giants 1
Christy Mathewson 37 New York Giants 2
Togie Pittinger 35 Boston Beaneaters 3
Noodles Hahn 34 Cincinnati Reds 4
Jack Taylor 33 Chicago Cubs 5
Oscar Jones 31 Brooklyn Superbas 6
Deacon Phillippe 31 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ned Garvin 30 Brooklyn Superbas 8
Sam Leever 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Henry Schmidt 29 Brooklyn Superbas 10
Vic Willis 29 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Duggleby 28 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Bob Ewing 27 Cincinnati Reds 13
Tully Sparks 27 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jake Weimer 27 Chicago Cubs  
Chick Fraser 26 Philadelphia Phillies 16
John Malarkey 25 Boston Beaneaters 17
Chappie McFarland 25 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Mitchell 24 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Bob Wicker 24 St. Louis Cardinals  
Chicago Cubs  
Ed Doheny 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Jack Sutthoff 21 Cincinnati Reds 22
Mordecai Brown 19 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Wiley Piatt 18 Boston Beaneaters 24
Ed Poole 18 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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