Complete Games : 1911 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)
 

1911 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 31 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Christy Mathewson 29 New York Giants 2
Bob Harmon 28 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Lefty Leifield 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Babe Adams 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Nap Rucker 23 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Bill Steele 23 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rube Marquard 22 New York Giants 8
Cy Barger 21 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Mordecai Brown 21 Chicago Cubs  
Earl Moore 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
Howie Camnitz 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Lew Richie 18 Chicago Cubs  
Slim Sallee 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Suggs 17 Cincinnati Reds 15
Bobby Keefe 15 Cincinnati Reds 16
Ed Reulbach 15 Chicago Cubs  
Red Ames 13 New York Giants 18
Buster Brown 13 Boston Rustlers  
King Cole 13 Chicago Cubs  
George Chalmers 11 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Art Fromme 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Gaspar 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Elmer Knetzer 11 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Al Mattern 11 Boston Rustlers  



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 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?

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.