Complete Games : 1930 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1930 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Lyons 29 Chicago White Sox 1
Alvin Crowder 25 St. Louis Browns 2
Washington Senators  
Wes Ferrell 25 Cleveland Indians  
Lefty Stewart 23 St. Louis Browns 4
Lefty Grove 22 Philadelphia Athletics 5
George Earnshaw 20 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Milt Gaston 20 Boston Red Sox  
Danny MacFayden 18 Boston Red Sox 8
George Uhle 18 Detroit Tigers  
Clint Brown 16 Cleveland Indians 10
Earl Whitehill 16 Detroit Tigers  
Bump Hadley 15 Washington Senators 12
Hod Lisenbee 15 Boston Red Sox  
George Pipgras 15 New York Yankees  
Jack Russell 15 Boston Red Sox  
Sam Jones 14 Washington Senators 16
Vic Sorrell 14 Detroit Tigers  
Willis Hudlin 13 Cleveland Indians 18
Red Ruffing 13 Boston Red Sox  
New York Yankees  
Dick Coffman 12 St. Louis Browns 20
Rube Walberg 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Herb Pennock 11 New York Yankees 22
George Blaeholder 10 St. Louis Browns 23
Lloyd Brown 10 Washington Senators  
Red Faber 10 Chicago White Sox  



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.