Complete Games : 1960 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1960 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lew Burdette 18 Milwaukee Braves 1
Vern Law 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Warren Spahn 18 Milwaukee Braves  
Bob Friend 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Glen Hobbie 16 Chicago Cubs  
Don Drysdale 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Mike McCormick 15 San Francisco Giants  
Larry Jackson 14 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Sam Jones 13 San Francisco Giants 9
Robin Roberts 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Buhl 11 Milwaukee Braves 11
Bob Purkey 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Sanford 11 San Francisco Giants  
Jay Hook 10 Cincinnati Reds 14
Ernie Broglio 9 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Gene Conley 9 Philadelphia Phillies  
Stan Williams 9 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Vinegar Bend Mizell 8 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Podres 8 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Sandy Koufax 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Jim O'Toole 7 Cincinnati Reds  
Ray Sadecki 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Cardwell 6 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Chicago Cubs  
Roger Craig 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dick Ellsworth 6 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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