Complete Games : 1936 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)
 

1936 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean 28 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Carl Hubbell 25 New York Giants 2
Van Mungo 22 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Danny MacFayden 21 Boston Bees 4
Bill Lee 20 Chicago Cubs 5
Bill Swift 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Larry French 16 Chicago Cubs 7
Cy Blanton 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Bucky Walters 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tiny Chaplin 14 Boston Bees 10
Curt Davis 13 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Chicago Cubs  
Paul Derringer 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Lon Warneke 13 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Bowman 12 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Ed Brandt 12 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Tex Carleton 12 Chicago Cubs  
Red Lucas 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Weaver 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Jim Winford 10 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Fred Frankhouse 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Al Hollingsworth 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Roy Parmelee 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Schumacher 9 New York Giants  
Al Smith 9 New York Giants  
Claude Passeau 8 Philadelphia Phillies 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).

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.