Top 25 Complete Games in 1920 in the National League

Complete Games : 1920 National League Top 25

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"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)

1920 Complete Games Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Complete Games Team Rank

Grover Alexander 33 Chicago Cubs 1

Wilbur Cooper 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Burleigh Grimes 25 Brooklyn Robins 3

Eppa Rixey 25 Philadelphia Phillies

Hippo Vaughn 24 Chicago Cubs 5

Jesse Barnes 23 New York Giants 6

Dutch Ruether 23 Cincinnati Reds

Dana Fillingim 22 Boston Braves 8

Art Nehf 22 New York Giants

Jack Scott 22 Boston Braves

Bill Doak 20 St. Louis Cardinals 11

Joe Oeschger 20 Boston Braves

Jeff Pfeffer 20 Brooklyn Robins

Babe Adams 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 14

Jesse Haines 19 St. Louis Cardinals

Lee Meadows 19 Philadelphia Phillies

Jimmy Ring 18 Cincinnati Reds 17

Lefty Tyler 18 Chicago Cubs

Hugh McQuillan 17 Boston Braves 19

Ferdie Schupp 17 St. Louis Cardinals

Fred Toney 17 New York Giants

Leon Cadore 16 Brooklyn Robins 22

Hal Carlson 16 Pittsburgh Pirates

Hod Eller 15 Cincinnati Reds 24

Elmer Ponder 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 25

Name Complete Games Team Rank

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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?

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