Complete Games : 1938 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1938 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Derringer 26 Cincinnati Reds 1
Jim Turner 22 Boston Bees 2
Bucky Walters 20 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Lee 19 Chicago Cubs 4
Danny MacFayden 19 Boston Bees  
Clay Bryant 17 Chicago Cubs 6
Lou Fette 17 Boston Bees  
Johnny Vander Meer 16 Cincinnati Reds 8
Hugh Mulcahy 15 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Claude Passeau 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Max Butcher 14 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Philadelphia Phillies  
Harry Gumbert 14 New York Giants  
Jim Tobin 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Carl Hubbell 13 New York Giants 14
Russ Bauers 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Freddie Fitzsimmons 12 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Al Hollingsworth 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Hal Schumacher 12 New York Giants  
Lon Warneke 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Peaches Davis 11 Cincinnati Reds 20
Bob Weiland 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cy Blanton 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Larry French 10 Chicago Cubs  
Luke Hamlin 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Klinger 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.