Complete Games : 1928 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1928 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Benton 28 New York Giants 1
Burleigh Grimes 28 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dazzy Vance 24 Brooklyn Robins 3
Jesse Haines 20 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Bill Sherdel 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
Grover Alexander 18 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Ray Kremer 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Eppa Rixey 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Sheriff Blake 16 Chicago Cubs 9
Freddie Fitzsimmons 16 New York Giants  
Carmen Hill 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pat Malone 16 Chicago Cubs  
Jesse Petty 15 Brooklyn Robins 13
Joe Genewich 14 Boston Braves 14
New York Giants  
Bob Smith 14 Boston Braves  
Red Lucas 13 Cincinnati Reds 16
Charlie Root 13 Chicago Cubs  
Ray Benge 12 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Ed Brandt 12 Boston Braves  
Ray Kolp 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Doug McWeeny 12 Brooklyn Robins  
Dolf Luque 11 Cincinnati Reds 22
Watty Clark 10 Brooklyn Robins 23
Art Nehf 10 Chicago Cubs  
Guy Bush 9 Chicago Cubs 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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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