Complete Games : 1976 American 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1976 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mark Fidrych 24 Detroit Tigers 1
Jim Palmer 23 Baltimore Orioles 2
Frank Tanana 23 California Angels  
Catfish Hunter 21 New York Yankees 4
Gaylord Perry 21 Texas Rangers  
Nolan Ryan 21 California Angels  
Vida Blue 20 Oakland Athletics 7
Luis Tiant 19 Boston Red Sox 8
Bert Blyleven 18 Minnesota Twins 9
Texas Rangers  
Dave Roberts 18 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Brett 16 New York Yankees 11
Chicago White Sox  
Ken Holtzman 16 Baltimore Orioles  
New York Yankees  
Dennis Leonard 16 Kansas City Royals  
Goose Gossage 15 Chicago White Sox 14
Bill Travers 15 Milwaukee Brewers  
Ed Figueroa 14 New York Yankees 16
Wayne Garland 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Dave Goltz 13 Minnesota Twins 18
Mike Torrez 13 Oakland Athletics  
Fergie Jenkins 12 Boston Red Sox 20
Jim Slaton 12 Milwaukee Brewers  
Rick Wise 11 Boston Red Sox 22
Jim Umbarger 10 Texas Rangers 23
Dennis Eckersley 9 Cleveland Indians 24
Dock Ellis 8 New York Yankees 25



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.