Complete Games : 1956 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1956 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Lemon 21 Cleveland Indians 1
Billy Pierce 21 Chicago White Sox  
Frank Lary 20 Detroit Tigers 3
Whitey Ford 18 New York Yankees 4
Billy Hoeft 18 Detroit Tigers  
Early Wynn 18 Cleveland Indians  
Paul Foytack 16 Detroit Tigers 7
Herb Score 16 Cleveland Indians  
Tom Brewer 15 Boston Red Sox 9
Jack Harshman 15 Chicago White Sox  
Chuck Stobbs 15 Washington Senators  
Art Ditmar 14 Kansas City Athletics 12
Dick Donovan 14 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Kucks 12 New York Yankees 14
Frank Sullivan 12 Boston Red Sox  
Connie Johnson 9 Chicago White Sox 16
Baltimore Orioles  
Ray Moore 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Willard Nixon 9 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Garcia 8 Cleveland Indians 19
Bill Wight 7 Baltimore Orioles 20
Jim Wilson 7 Baltimore Orioles  
Chicago White Sox  
Don Larsen 6 New York Yankees 22
Mel Parnell 6 Boston Red Sox  
Camilo Pascual 6 Washington Senators  
Tom Sturdivant 6 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.