Complete Games : 1940 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1940 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bucky Walters 29 Cincinnati Reds 1
Paul Derringer 26 Cincinnati Reds 2
Hugh Mulcahy 21 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Kirby Higbe 20 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Claude Passeau 20 Chicago Cubs  
Larry French 18 Chicago Cubs 6
Bill Posedel 18 Boston Bees  
Dick Errickson 17 Boston Bees 8
Junior Thompson 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Lon Warneke 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mort Cooper 16 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Whit Wyatt 16 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Harry Gumbert 14 New York Giants 13
Manny Salvo 14 Boston Bees  
Rip Sewell 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Clyde Shoun 13 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Hal Schumacher 12 New York Giants 17
Freddie Fitzsimmons 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Carl Hubbell 11 New York Giants  
Bill Lohrman 11 New York Giants  
Bill McGee 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Turner 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Bowman 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Curt Davis 9 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Luke Hamlin 9 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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).

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.

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.