Complete Games : 1923 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
 

1923 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Burleigh Grimes 33 Brooklyn Robins 1
Dolf Luque 28 Cincinnati Reds 2
Johnny Morrison 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Grover Alexander 26 Chicago Cubs 4
Wilbur Cooper 26 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jesse Haines 23 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Jimmy Ring 23 Philadelphia Phillies  
Eppa Rixey 23 Cincinnati Reds  
Dazzy Vance 21 Brooklyn Robins 9
Dutch Ruether 20 Brooklyn Robins 10
Pete Donohue 19 Cincinnati Reds 11
Tony Kaufmann 18 Chicago Cubs 12
Lee Meadows 17 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred Toney 16 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Vic Aldridge 15 Chicago Cubs 15
Rube Benton 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Hugh McQuillan 15 New York Giants  
Bill Sherdel 14 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Jesse Barnes 13 New York Giants 19
Boston Braves  
Whitey Glazner 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Jack Bentley 12 New York Giants 21
Joe Genewich 12 Boston Braves  
Babe Adams 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Rube Marquard 11 Boston Braves  
Vic Keen 10 Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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?