Complete Games : 1922 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1922 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wilbur Cooper 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Eppa Rixey 26 Cincinnati Reds 2
Dutch Ruether 26 Brooklyn Robins  
Vic Aldridge 20 Chicago Cubs 4
Grover Alexander 20 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Morrison 20 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Nehf 20 New York Giants  
Lee Meadows 19 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jeff Pfeffer 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Couch 18 Cincinnati Reds 10
Pete Donohue 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Burleigh Grimes 18 Brooklyn Robins  
Dolf Luque 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Ring 17 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Dazzy Vance 16 Brooklyn Robins 15
Bill Sherdel 15 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Jesse Barnes 14 New York Giants 17
Frank Miller 14 Boston Braves  
Leon Cadore 13 Brooklyn Robins 19
Babe Adams 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Hugh McQuillan 12 Boston Braves  
New York Giants  
Rosy Ryan 12 New York Giants  
Jesse Haines 11 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Bill Hubbell 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Whitey Glazner 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 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?

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.