Complete Games : 1937 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)
 

1937 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Turner 24 Boston Bees 1
Lou Fette 23 Boston Bees 2
Bob Weiland 21 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Tex Carleton 18 Chicago Cubs 4
Carl Hubbell 18 New York Giants  
Claude Passeau 18 Philadelphia Phillies  
Lon Warneke 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dizzy Dean 17 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Bill Lee 17 Chicago Cubs  
Danny MacFayden 16 Boston Bees 10
Bucky Walters 15 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Cy Blanton 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Lee Grissom 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Cliff Melton 14 New York Giants  
Van Mungo 14 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Paul Derringer 12 Cincinnati Reds 16
Si Johnson 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Russ Bauers 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Guy Bush 11 Boston Bees  
Peaches Davis 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry French 11 Chicago Cubs  
Luke Hamlin 11 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Al Hollingsworth 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Slick Castleman 10 New York Giants 24
Harry Gumbert 10 New York Giants  



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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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