Complete Games : 1906 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)
 

1906 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Irv Young 37 Boston Beaneaters 1
Big Jeff Pfeffer 33 Boston Beaneaters 2
Vive Lindaman 32 Boston Beaneaters 3
Joe McGinnity 32 New York Giants  
Jack Taylor 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Chicago Cubs  
Vic Willis 32 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jake Weimer 31 Cincinnati Reds 7
Gus Dorner 30 Cincinnati Reds 8
Boston Beaneaters  
Tully Sparks 29 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Doc Scanlan 28 Brooklyn Superbas 10
Elmer Stricklett 28 Brooklyn Superbas  
Mordecai Brown 27 Chicago Cubs 12
Bob Ewing 26 Cincinnati Reds 13
Chick Fraser 25 Cincinnati Reds 14
Sam Leever 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry McIntire 25 Brooklyn Superbas  
Lefty Leifield 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Johnny Lush 24 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Duggleby 22 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Christy Mathewson 22 New York Giants  
Buster Brown 21 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Carl Lundgren 21 Chicago Cubs  
Hooks Wiltse 21 New York Giants  
Fred Beebe 20 Chicago Cubs 24
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jack Pfiester 20 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.