Complete Games : 1907 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1907 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stoney McGlynn 33 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bob Ewing 32 Cincinnati Reds 2
Christy Mathewson 31 New York Giants 3
Ed Karger 29 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Vic Willis 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Orval Overall 26 Chicago Cubs 6
Nap Rucker 26 Brooklyn Superbas  
Elmer Stricklett 25 Brooklyn Superbas 8
Fred Beebe 24 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Gus Dorner 24 Boston Doves  
Lefty Leifield 24 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vive Lindaman 24 Boston Doves  
Tully Sparks 24 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank Corridon 23 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Patsy Flaherty 23 Boston Doves  
Joe McGinnity 23 New York Giants  
Irv Young 22 Boston Doves 17
Andy Coakley 21 Cincinnati Reds 18
Carl Lundgren 21 Chicago Cubs  
Lew Moren 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
George Bell 20 Brooklyn Superbas 21
Mordecai Brown 20 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Lush 20 Philadelphia Phillies  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Pastorius 20 Brooklyn Superbas  
Buster Brown 19 St. Louis Cardinals 25
Philadelphia Phillies  



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?

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.

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).