Complete Games : 1884 Union Association 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1884 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the Union Association

Bill Sweeney 58 Baltimore Monumentals 1
Hugh Daily 56 Chicago Browns 2
Washington Nationals  
Jersey Bakley 43 Philadelphia Keystones 3
Wilmington Quicksteps  
Kansas City Unions  
George Bradley 36 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 4
Dupee Shaw 35 Boston Unions 5
James Burke 34 Boston Unions 6
Dick Burns 34 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds  
Bill Wise 34 Washington Nationals  
Charlie Sweeney 31 St. Louis Maroons 9
Billy Taylor 29 St. Louis Maroons 10
Al Atkinson 24 Chicago Browns 11
Baltimore Monumentals  
Jim McCormick 24 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds  
Alex Voss 24 Washington Nationals  
Kansas City Unions  
Tommy Bond 19 Boston Unions 14
Charlie Geggus 19 Washington Nationals  
Henry Boyle 16 St. Louis Maroons 16
Ernie Hickman 15 Kansas City Unions 17
John Murphy 15 Altoona Unions  
Wilmington Quicksteps  
Abner Powell 14 Washington Nationals 19
Sam Weaver 14 Philadelphia Keystones  
Bob Black 13 Kansas City Unions 21
Charlie Hodnett 12 St. Louis Maroons 22
Tom Lee 12 Baltimore Monumentals  
Peek-A-Boo Veach 12 Kansas City Unions  
Perry Werden 12 St. Louis Maroons  



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.

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).

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.