Complete Games : 1957 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1957 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Warren Spahn 18 Milwaukee Braves 1
Bob Friend 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Ruben Gomez 16 New York Giants 3
Jack Sanford 15 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Bob Buhl 14 Milwaukee Braves 5
Lew Burdette 14 Milwaukee Braves  
Robin Roberts 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Moe Drabowsky 12 Chicago Cubs 8
Brooks Lawrence 12 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Don Newcombe 12 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ron Kline 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Hal Jeffcoat 10 Cincinnati Redlegs 12
Sam Jones 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Lindy McDaniel 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Podres 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Don Drysdale 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Vern Law 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Curt Simmons 9 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Antonelli 8 New York Giants 19
Harvey Haddix 8 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dick Drott 7 Chicago Cubs 21
Vinegar Bend Mizell 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Gene Conley 6 Milwaukee Braves 23
Larry Jackson 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Nuxhall 6 Cincinnati Redlegs  



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.

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).