Complete Games : 1940 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
 

1940 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bucky Walters 29 Cincinnati Reds 1
Paul Derringer 26 Cincinnati Reds 2
Hugh Mulcahy 21 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Kirby Higbe 20 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Claude Passeau 20 Chicago Cubs  
Larry French 18 Chicago Cubs 6
Bill Posedel 18 Boston Bees  
Dick Errickson 17 Boston Bees 8
Junior Thompson 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Lon Warneke 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mort Cooper 16 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Whit Wyatt 16 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Harry Gumbert 14 New York Giants 13
Manny Salvo 14 Boston Bees  
Rip Sewell 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Clyde Shoun 13 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Hal Schumacher 12 New York Giants 17
Freddie Fitzsimmons 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Carl Hubbell 11 New York Giants  
Bill Lohrman 11 New York Giants  
Bill McGee 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Turner 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Bowman 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Curt Davis 9 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Luke Hamlin 9 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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

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.

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).