Complete Games : 1901 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)
 

1901 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Noodles Hahn 41 Cincinnati Reds 1
Dummy Taylor 37 New York Giants 2
Bill Donovan 36 Brooklyn Superbas 3
Christy Mathewson 36 New York Giants  
Red Donahue 34 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Kid Nichols 33 Boston Beaneaters 6
Jack Powell 33 St. Louis Cardinals  
Vic Willis 33 Boston Beaneaters  
Tom Hughes 32 Chicago Orphans 9
Bill Dinneen 31 Boston Beaneaters 10
Al Orth 30 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Deacon Phillippe 30 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Taylor 30 Chicago Orphans  
Bill Phillips 29 Cincinnati Reds 14
Jack Harper 28 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Togie Pittinger 27 Boston Beaneaters 16
Jack Chesbro 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Frank Kitson 26 Brooklyn Superbas  
Doc Newton 26 Cincinnati Reds  
Brooklyn Superbas  
Rube Waddell 26 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Chicago Orphans  
Bill Duggleby 25 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Willie Sudhoff 25 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jesse Tannehill 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jay Hughes 24 Brooklyn Superbas 24
Mal Eason 23 Chicago Orphans 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.

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?

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