Complete Games : 1882 American Association 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
 

1882 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Will White 52 Cincinnati Red Stockings 1
Tony Mullane 51 Louisville Eclipse 2
Jumbo McGinnis 43 St. Louis Brown Stockings 3
Sam Weaver 41 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Harry Salisbury 38 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 5
Doc Landis 37 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Baltimore Orioles  
Harry McCormick 24 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Denny Driscoll 23 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 8
Bill Sweeney 18 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Harry Arundel 13 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 10
John Schappert 13 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Tricky Nichols 12 Baltimore Orioles 12
Bill Geis 10 Baltimore Orioles 13
Guy Hecker 10 Louisville Eclipse  
John Reccius 9 Louisville Eclipse 15
Bert Dorr 8 St. Louis Brown Stockings 16
Frank Mountain 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Morrie Critchley 5 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 18
St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Jack Leary 4 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 19
Baltimore Orioles  
John Doyle 3 St. Louis Brown Stockings 20
Bill Wise 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Charlie Bohn 2 Louisville Eclipse 22
Eddie Fusselback 2 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Charlie Comiskey 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings 24
Ed Halbriter 1 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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.