Complete Games : 1963 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)
 

1963 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Warren Spahn 22 Milwaukee Braves 1
Sandy Koufax 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Dick Ellsworth 19 Chicago Cubs 3
Juan Marichal 18 San Francisco Giants 4
Don Drysdale 17 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Roger Craig 14 New York Mets 6
Bob Gibson 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Nuxhall 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Jackson 13 Chicago Cubs 9
Jim Maloney 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Turk Farrell 12 Houston Colt .45s 11
Bob Friend 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim O'Toole 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Ernie Broglio 11 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Al Jackson 11 New York Mets  
Jack Sanford 11 San Francisco Giants  
Curt Simmons 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ray Culp 10 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Denny Lemaster 10 Milwaukee Braves  
Cal McLish 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Billy O'Dell 10 San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Podres 10 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Nottebart 9 Houston Colt .45s 23
John Tsitouris 8 Cincinnati Reds 24
Lew Burdette 7 Milwaukee Braves 25
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 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?

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.