Complete Games : 1888 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1888 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ed Morris 54 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1
John Clarkson 53 Boston Beaneaters 2
Pud Galvin 49 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3
Tim Keefe 48 New York Giants 4
Mickey Welch 47 New York Giants 5
Hank O'Day 46 Washington Senators 6
Charlie Getzien 45 Detroit Wolverines 7
Charlie Buffinton 43 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Pete Conway 43 Detroit Wolverines  
Gus Krock 39 Chicago White Stockings 10
Jim Whitney 37 Washington Senators 11
Henry Boyle 36 Indianapolis Hoosiers 12
John Healy 36 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Lev Shreve 34 Indianapolis Hoosiers 14
Bill Sowders 34 Boston Beaneaters  
Dan Casey 31 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Ben Sanders 28 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Mark Baldwin 27 Chicago White Stockings 18
Henry Gruber 25 Detroit Wolverines 19
Old Hoss Radbourn 24 Boston Beaneaters 20
Harry Staley 24 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
George Van Haltren 24 Chicago White Stockings  
Kid Gleason 23 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Cannonball Titcomb 22 New York Giants 24
Bill Burdick 20 Indianapolis Hoosiers 25



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

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?

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.