Complete Games : 1916 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1916 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 38 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jeff Pfeffer 30 Brooklyn Robins 2
Dick Rudolph 27 Boston Braves 3
Al Mamaux 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Al Demaree 25 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jeff Tesreau 23 New York Giants 6
Fred Toney 21 Cincinnati Reds 7
Lefty Tyler 21 Boston Braves  
Hippo Vaughn 21 Chicago Cubs  
Eppa Rixey 20 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Clarence Mitchell 17 Cincinnati Reds 11
Pol Perritt 17 New York Giants  
Wilbur Cooper 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Pete Schneider 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Rube Benton 15 New York Giants 15
Larry Cheney 15 Brooklyn Robins  
Claude Hendrix 15 Chicago Cubs  
Rube Marquard 15 Brooklyn Robins  
Sherry Smith 15 Brooklyn Robins  
Pat Ragan 14 Boston Braves 20
Fred Anderson 13 New York Giants 21
Elmer Knetzer 12 Boston Braves 22
Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Doak 11 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Lee Meadows 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Slim Sallee 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
New York Giants  



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.

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.

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.