Complete Games : 1887 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1887 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Clarkson 56 Chicago White Stockings 1
Tim Keefe 54 New York Giants 2
Old Hoss Radbourn 48 Boston Beaneaters 3
Pud Galvin 47 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 4
Jim Whitney 46 Washington Senators 5
Dan Casey 43 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Charlie Getzien 41 Detroit Wolverines 7
John Healy 40 Indianapolis Hoosiers 8
Mickey Welch 39 New York Giants 9
Henry Boyle 37 Indianapolis Hoosiers 10
Ed Morris 37 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Kid Madden 36 Boston Beaneaters 12
Jim McCormick 36 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Mark Baldwin 35 Chicago White Stockings 14
Charlie Buffinton 35 Philadelphia Phillies  
Charlie Ferguson 31 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Hank O'Day 29 Washington Senators 17
Frank Gilmore 27 Washington Senators 18
Dick Conway 25 Boston Beaneaters 19
Lady Baldwin 24 Detroit Wolverines 20
Stump Wiedman 21 Detroit Wolverines 21
New York Giants  
Dupee Shaw 20 Washington Senators 22
George Van Haltren 18 Chicago White Stockings 23
Pete Conway 16 Detroit Wolverines 24
Lev Shreve 14 Indianapolis Hoosiers 25



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.

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).

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?