Complete Games : 1935 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)
 

1935 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wes Ferrell 31 Boston Red Sox 1
Tommy Bridges 23 Detroit Tigers 2
Lefty Grove 23 Boston Red Sox  
Schoolboy Rowe 21 Detroit Tigers 4
Ted Lyons 19 Chicago White Sox 5
Johnny Marcum 19 Philadelphia Athletics  
Red Ruffing 19 New York Yankees  
Earl Whitehill 19 Washington Senators  
Bobo Newsom 18 St. Louis Browns 9
Washington Senators  
John Whitehead 18 Chicago White Sox  
Mel Harder 17 Cleveland Indians 11
Alvin Crowder 16 Detroit Tigers 12
Vern Kennedy 16 Chicago White Sox  
Lefty Gomez 15 New York Yankees 14
Johnny Broaca 14 New York Yankees 15
Willis Hudlin 14 Cleveland Indians  
Elden Auker 13 Detroit Tigers 17
Bump Hadley 13 Washington Senators  
Johnny Allen 12 New York Yankees 19
Ivy Andrews 10 St. Louis Browns 20
George Blaeholder 10 St. Louis Browns  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Linke 10 Washington Senators  
Fritz Ostermueller 10 Boston Red Sox  
Monte Pearson 10 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Welch 10 Boston Red Sox  



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).

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.

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