Complete Games : 1949 National League Top 25

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1949 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Warren Spahn 25 Boston Braves 1
Ken Raffensberger 20 Cincinnati Reds 2
Don Newcombe 19 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Larry Jansen 17 New York Giants 4
Howie Pollet 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Sain 16 Boston Braves 6
Vern Bickford 15 Boston Braves 7
Ken Heintzelman 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dave Koslo 15 New York Giants  
Harry Brecheen 14 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Monte Kennedy 14 New York Giants  
Russ Meyer 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Preacher Roe 13 Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Hank Borowy 12 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Red Munger 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Murry Dickson 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Joe Hatten 11 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Sheldon Jones 11 New York Giants  
Robin Roberts 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Herm Wehmeier 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Cliff Chambers 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Dutch Leonard 10 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Werle 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ralph Branca 9 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Al Brazle 9 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).