Complete Games : 1933 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1933 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 21 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Bump Hadley 19 St. Louis Browns 2
Earl Whitehill 19 Washington Senators  
Red Ruffing 18 New York Yankees 4
Tommy Bridges 17 Detroit Tigers 5
Alvin Crowder 17 Washington Senators  
Sugar Cain 16 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Wes Ferrell 16 Cleveland Indians  
Oral Hildebrand 15 Cleveland Indians 9
Firpo Marberry 15 Detroit Tigers  
George Blaeholder 14 St. Louis Browns 11
Lefty Gomez 14 New York Yankees  
Mel Harder 14 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Lyons 14 Chicago White Sox  
Gordon Rhodes 14 Boston Red Sox  
Vic Sorrell 13 Detroit Tigers 16
George Pipgras 12 New York Yankees 17
Boston Red Sox  
Monte Weaver 12 Washington Senators  
Bob Weiland 12 Boston Red Sox  
Sam Jones 11 Chicago White Sox 20
Lefty Stewart 11 Washington Senators  
Johnny Allen 10 New York Yankees 22
Clint Brown 10 Cleveland Indians  
Monte Pearson 10 Cleveland Indians  
Russ Van Atta 10 New York Yankees  



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).

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?