Complete Games : 1935 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1935 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean 29 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Carl Hubbell 24 New York Giants 2
Cy Blanton 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Paul Derringer 20 Cincinnati Reds 4
Lon Warneke 20 Chicago Cubs  
Curt Davis 19 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Paul Dean 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Schumacher 19 New York Giants  
Bill Lee 18 Chicago Cubs 9
Van Mungo 18 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Larry French 16 Chicago Cubs 11
Ben Cantwell 13 Boston Braves 12
Roy Parmelee 13 New York Giants  
Ed Brandt 12 Boston Braves 14
Watty Clark 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Charlie Root 11 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Swift 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Weaver 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred Frankhouse 10 Boston Braves 19
Slick Castleman 9 New York Giants 20
Gene Schott 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Tom Zachary 9 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ralph Birkofer 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Guy Bush 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tex Carleton 8 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.

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