Complete Games : 1880 National 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:

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1880 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim McCormick 72 Cleveland Blues 1
Mickey Welch 64 Troy Trojans 2
John Ward 59 Providence Grays 3
Will White 58 Cincinnati Reds 4
Larry Corcoran 57 Chicago White Stockings 5
Lee Richmond 57 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Tommy Bond 49 Boston Red Caps 7
Pud Galvin 46 Buffalo Bisons 8
Fred Goldsmith 22 Chicago White Stockings 9
Curry Foley 21 Boston Red Caps 10
Blondie Purcell 21 Cincinnati Reds  
George Bradley 16 Providence Grays 12
Tim Keefe 12 Troy Trojans 13
Fred Corey 9 Worcester Ruby Legs 14
Gid Gardner 9 Cleveland Blues  
Tom Poorman 9 Buffalo Bisons  
Chicago White Stockings  
Stump Wiedman 9 Buffalo Bisons  
Denny Driscoll 4 Buffalo Bisons 18
Bill McGunnigle 4 Buffalo Bisons  
Terry Larkin 3 Troy Trojans 20
Frank Hankinson 2 Cleveland Blues 21
Frank Mountain 2 Troy Trojans  
Tricky Nichols 2 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Charlie Guth 1 Chicago White Stockings 24



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 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).