Complete Games : 1933 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1933 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean 26 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Lon Warneke 26 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Brandt 23 Boston Braves 3
Carl Hubbell 22 New York Giants 4
Larry French 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Red Lucas 21 Cincinnati Reds  
Hal Schumacher 21 New York Giants  
Guy Bush 20 Chicago Cubs 8
Charlie Root 20 Chicago Cubs  
Ben Cantwell 18 Boston Braves 10
Van Mungo 18 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Huck Betts 17 Boston Braves 12
Paul Derringer 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cincinnati Reds  
Ray Benge 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Bill Hallahan 16 St. Louis Cardinals  
Boom-Boom Beck 15 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Tex Carleton 15 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Frankhouse 14 Boston Braves 18
Si Johnson 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Roy Parmelee 14 New York Giants  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 13 New York Giants 21
Pat Malone 13 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Swift 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Holley 12 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Heinie Meine 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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 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.