Complete Games : 1958 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:

"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)
 

1958 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Warren Spahn 23 Milwaukee Braves 1
Robin Roberts 21 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Lew Burdette 19 Milwaukee Braves 3
Bob Purkey 17 Cincinnati Redlegs 4
Bob Friend 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Sam Jones 14 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Johnny Antonelli 13 San Francisco Giants 7
Ray Semproch 12 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Larry Jackson 11 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Ron Kline 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Podres 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Carl Willey 9 Milwaukee Braves 12
Ruben Gomez 8 San Francisco Giants 13
Harvey Haddix 8 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Mike McCormick 8 San Francisco Giants  
Vinegar Bend Mizell 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Newcombe 8 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Cincinnati Redlegs  
Juan Pizarro 7 Milwaukee Braves 18
Jack Sanford 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Curt Simmons 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Don Drysdale 6 Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Joey Jay 6 Milwaukee Braves  
Vern Law 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brooks Lawrence 6 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Sandy Koufax 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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.

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).