Complete Games : 1934 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1934 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Gomez 25 New York Yankees 1
Tommy Bridges 23 Detroit Tigers 2
Ted Lyons 21 Chicago White Sox 3
Schoolboy Rowe 20 Detroit Tigers 4
Monte Pearson 19 Cleveland Indians 5
Red Ruffing 19 New York Yankees  
Wes Ferrell 17 Boston Red Sox 7
Mel Harder 17 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Marcum 17 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Earnshaw 16 Chicago White Sox 10
Sugar Cain 15 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Willis Hudlin 15 Cleveland Indians  
Bobo Newsom 15 St. Louis Browns  
Earl Whitehill 15 Washington Senators  
George Blaeholder 14 St. Louis Browns 15
Bill Dietrich 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Johnny Broaca 13 New York Yankees 17
Sam Jones 11 Chicago White Sox 18
Monte Weaver 11 Washington Senators  
Elden Auker 10 Detroit Tigers 20
Milt Gaston 10 Chicago White Sox  
Oral Hildebrand 10 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Murphy 10 New York Yankees  
Fritz Ostermueller 10 Boston Red Sox  
Gordon Rhodes 10 Boston Red Sox  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).