Complete Games : 1920 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1920 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 33 Chicago Cubs 1
Wilbur Cooper 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Burleigh Grimes 25 Brooklyn Robins 3
Eppa Rixey 25 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hippo Vaughn 24 Chicago Cubs 5
Jesse Barnes 23 New York Giants 6
Dutch Ruether 23 Cincinnati Reds  
Dana Fillingim 22 Boston Braves 8
Art Nehf 22 New York Giants  
Jack Scott 22 Boston Braves  
Bill Doak 20 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Joe Oeschger 20 Boston Braves  
Jeff Pfeffer 20 Brooklyn Robins  
Babe Adams 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Jesse Haines 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Lee Meadows 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jimmy Ring 18 Cincinnati Reds 17
Lefty Tyler 18 Chicago Cubs  
Hugh McQuillan 17 Boston Braves 19
Ferdie Schupp 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Toney 17 New York Giants  
Leon Cadore 16 Brooklyn Robins 22
Hal Carlson 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hod Eller 15 Cincinnati Reds 24
Elmer Ponder 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.