Complete Games : 1908 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1908 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Christy Mathewson 34 New York Giants 1
Kaiser Wilhelm 33 Brooklyn Superbas 2
George McQuillan 32 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Nap Rucker 30 Brooklyn Superbas 4
Hooks Wiltse 30 New York Giants  
Mordecai Brown 27 Chicago Cubs 6
Harry McIntire 26 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Ed Reulbach 25 Chicago Cubs 8
Vic Willis 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tully Sparks 24 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Bob Ewing 23 Cincinnati Reds 11
Johnny Lush 23 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bugs Raymond 23 St. Louis Cardinals  
Andy Coakley 22 Cincinnati Reds 14
Chicago Cubs  
Nick Maddox 22 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bob Spade 22 Cincinnati Reds  
Patsy Flaherty 21 Boston Doves 17
Vive Lindaman 21 Boston Doves  
Billy Campbell 19 Cincinnati Reds 19
Frank Corridon 18 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Lefty Leifield 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Pfiester 18 Chicago Cubs  
Howie Camnitz 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Orval Overall 16 Chicago Cubs 24
Jim Pastorius 16 Brooklyn Superbas  



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.

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.