Complete Games : 1909 American 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)
 

1909 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Smith 37 Chicago White Sox 1
Cy Young 30 Cleveland Naps 2
George Mullin 29 Detroit Tigers 3
Walter Johnson 27 Washington Senators 4
Cy Morgan 26 Boston Red Sox 5
Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Willett 25 Detroit Tigers 6
Chief Bender 24 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Addie Joss 24 Cleveland Naps  
Eddie Plank 24 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Summers 24 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Warhop 21 New York Highlanders 11
Jim Scott 20 Chicago White Sox 12
Ed Walsh 20 Chicago White Sox  
Heinie Berger 19 Cleveland Naps 14
Dolly Gray 19 Washington Senators  
Jack Coombs 18 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Jack Powell 18 St. Louis Browns  
Frank Arellanes 17 Boston Red Sox 18
Bill Bailey 17 St. Louis Browns  
Bob Groom 17 Washington Senators  
Joe Lake 17 New York Highlanders  
Barney Pelty 17 St. Louis Browns  
Harry Krause 16 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Rube Waddell 16 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Killian 14 Detroit Tigers 25



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 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?

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).