Complete Games : 1927 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1927 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jesse Haines 25 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Lee Meadows 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dazzy Vance 25 Brooklyn Robins  
Grover Alexander 22 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Carmen Hill 22 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Charlie Root 21 Chicago Cubs 6
Hal Carlson 19 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Chicago Cubs  
Red Lucas 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Jesse Petty 19 Brooklyn Robins  
Ray Kremer 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Bill Sherdel 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Vic Aldridge 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Dolf Luque 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Jakie May 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Scott 17 Philadelphia Phillies  
Alex Ferguson 16 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Bob Smith 16 Boston Braves  
Burleigh Grimes 15 New York Giants 18
Freddie Fitzsimmons 14 New York Giants 19
Dutch Ulrich 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Sheriff Blake 13 Chicago Cubs 21
Virgil Barnes 12 New York Giants 22
Pete Donohue 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Jumbo Elliott 12 Brooklyn Robins  
Hub Pruett 12 Philadelphia Phillies  



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).

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?