Complete Games : 1912 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1912 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Wood 35 Boston Red Sox 1
Walter Johnson 34 Washington Senators 2
Ed Walsh 32 Chicago White Sox 3
Russ Ford 30 New York Highlanders 4
Bob Groom 28 Washington Senators 5
Ed Willett 28 Detroit Tigers  
Vean Gregg 26 Cleveland Naps 7
Buck O'Brien 25 Boston Red Sox 8
Fred Blanding 23 Cleveland Naps 9
Jack Coombs 23 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jean Dubuc 23 Detroit Tigers  
Eddie Plank 23 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Mullin 22 Detroit Tigers 13
Hugh Bedient 19 Boston Red Sox 14
George McConnell 19 New York Highlanders  
Jack Powell 19 St. Louis Browns  
George Baumgardner 18 St. Louis Browns 17
Ray Collins 17 Boston Red Sox 18
Earl Hamilton 17 St. Louis Browns  
George Kahler 17 Cleveland Naps  
Jack Warhop 16 New York Highlanders 21
Boardwalk Brown 15 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Eddie Cicotte 15 Boston Red Sox  
Chicago White Sox  
Joe Lake 15 St. Louis Browns  
Detroit Tigers  
Ray Caldwell 13 New York Highlanders 25



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.

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.

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.