Complete Games : 1936 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
 

1936 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wes Ferrell 28 Boston Red Sox 1
Tommy Bridges 26 Detroit Tigers 2
Red Ruffing 25 New York Yankees 3
Bobo Newsom 24 Washington Senators 4
Lefty Grove 22 Boston Red Sox 5
Harry Kelley 20 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Vern Kennedy 20 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Allen 19 Cleveland Indians 8
Schoolboy Rowe 19 Detroit Tigers  
Jimmy DeShong 16 Washington Senators 10
Sugar Cain 15 St. Louis Browns 11
Chicago White Sox  
Ted Lyons 15 Chicago White Sox  
Monte Pearson 15 New York Yankees  
John Whitehead 15 Chicago White Sox  
Elden Auker 14 Detroit Tigers 15
Earl Whitehill 14 Washington Senators  
Mel Harder 13 Cleveland Indians 17
Gordon Rhodes 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Pete Appleton 12 Washington Senators 19
Johnny Broaca 12 New York Yankees  
Lloyd Brown 12 Cleveland Indians  
Buck Ross 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ivy Andrews 11 St. Louis Browns 23
Earl Caldwell 10 St. Louis Browns 24
Lefty Gomez 10 New York Yankees  



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?

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.