Complete Games : 1930 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)
 

1930 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Erv Brame 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Pat Malone 22 Chicago Cubs  
Larry French 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Socks Seibold 20 Boston Braves 4
Dazzy Vance 20 Brooklyn Robins  
Ray Kremer 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Red Lucas 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Phil Collins 17 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Freddie Fitzsimmons 17 New York Giants  
Carl Hubbell 17 New York Giants  
Dolf Luque 16 Brooklyn Robins 11
Charlie Root 15 Chicago Cubs 12
Ray Benge 14 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Benny Frey 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Jesse Haines 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Smith 14 Boston Braves  
Bill Hallahan 13 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Bill Walker 13 New York Giants  
Guy Bush 11 Chicago Cubs 19
Burleigh Grimes 11 Boston Braves  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Ray Phelps 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Larry Benton 10 New York Giants 22
Cincinnati Reds  
Ben Cantwell 10 Boston Braves  
Tom Zachary 10 Boston Braves  
Watty Clark 9 Brooklyn Robins 25



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.

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