Complete Games : 1890 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)
 

1890 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Hutchinson 65 Chicago Colts 1
Amos Rusie 56 New York Giants 2
Kid Gleason 54 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Ed Beatin 53 Cleveland Spiders 4
Kid Nichols 47 Boston Beaneaters 5
Billy Rhines 45 Cincinnati Reds 6
John Clarkson 43 Boston Beaneaters 7
Tom Vickery 41 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Charlie Getzien 39 Boston Beaneaters 9
Tom Lovett 39 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Adonis Terry 38 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 11
Mickey Welch 33 New York Giants 12
Bob Caruthers 30 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 13
Jesse Duryea 29 Cincinnati Reds 14
Pat Luby 26 Chicago Colts 15
Phenomenal Smith 24 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Tony Mullane 21 Cincinnati Reds 17
Frank Foreman 20 Cincinnati Reds 18
Lee Viau 20 Cincinnati Reds  
Cleveland Spiders  
Kirtley Baker 19 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 20
Jack Wadsworth 19 Cleveland Spiders  
Jack Sharrott 18 New York Giants 22
Cy Young 16 Cleveland Spiders 23
Dave Anderson 14 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Ed Stein 14 Chicago Colts  



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.

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.