Complete Games : 1900 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)
 

1900 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pink Hawley 34 New York Giants 1
Bill Dinneen 33 Boston Beaneaters 2
Nixey Callahan 32 Chicago Orphans 3
Bill Carrick 32 New York Giants  
Joe McGinnity 32 Brooklyn Superbas  
Cy Young 32 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ed Scott 31 Cincinnati Reds 7
Noodles Hahn 29 Cincinnati Reds 8
Cowboy Jones 29 St. Louis Cardinals  
Deacon Phillippe 29 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Powell 28 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Clark Griffith 27 Chicago Orphans 12
Brickyard Kennedy 26 Brooklyn Superbas 13
Win Mercer 26 New York Giants  
Ned Garvin 25 Chicago Orphans 15
Sam Leever 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kid Nichols 25 Boston Beaneaters  
Jack Taylor 25 Chicago Orphans  
Al Orth 24 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Jesse Tannehill 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Chick Fraser 22 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Doc Newton 22 Cincinnati Reds  
Vic Willis 22 Boston Beaneaters  
Red Donahue 21 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Frank Kitson 21 Brooklyn Superbas  



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.