Top 25 Complete Games in 1949 in the National League

Complete Games : 1949 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1949 Complete Games Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Complete Games Team Rank

Warren Spahn 25 Boston Braves 1

Ken Raffensberger 20 Cincinnati Reds 2

Don Newcombe 19 Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Larry Jansen 17 New York Giants 4

Howie Pollet 17 St. Louis Cardinals

Johnny Sain 16 Boston Braves 6

Vern Bickford 15 Boston Braves 7

Ken Heintzelman 15 Philadelphia Phillies

Dave Koslo 15 New York Giants

Harry Brecheen 14 St. Louis Cardinals 10

Monte Kennedy 14 New York Giants

Russ Meyer 14 Philadelphia Phillies

Preacher Roe 13 Brooklyn Dodgers 13

Hank Borowy 12 Philadelphia Phillies 14

Red Munger 12 St. Louis Cardinals

Murry Dickson 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 16

Joe Hatten 11 Brooklyn Dodgers

Sheldon Jones 11 New York Giants

Robin Roberts 11 Philadelphia Phillies

Herm Wehmeier 11 Cincinnati Reds

Cliff Chambers 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 21

Dutch Leonard 10 Chicago Cubs

Bill Werle 10 Pittsburgh Pirates

Ralph Branca 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 24

Al Brazle 9 St. Louis Cardinals

Name Complete Games Team Rank

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?

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.

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

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