Complete Games : 1926 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1926 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Carl Mays 24 Cincinnati Reds 1
Jesse Petty 23 Brooklyn Robins 2
Charlie Root 21 Chicago Cubs 3
Hal Carlson 20 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Flint Rhem 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
Burleigh Grimes 18 Brooklyn Robins 6
Ray Kremer 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pete Donohue 17 Cincinnati Reds 8
Bill Sherdel 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dolf Luque 16 Cincinnati Reds 10
Grover Alexander 15 Chicago Cubs 11
St. Louis Cardinals  
Wayland Dean 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Lee Meadows 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jesse Haines 14 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Tony Kaufmann 14 Chicago Cubs  
Eppa Rixey 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Smith 14 Boston Braves  
Jack Scott 13 New York Giants 18
Vic Aldridge 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Larry Benton 12 Boston Braves  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 12 New York Giants  
Joe Genewich 12 Boston Braves  
Vic Keen 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hugh McQuillan 12 New York Giants  
Clarence Mitchell 12 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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.