Complete Games : 1982 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:

"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)
 

1982 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dave Stieb 19 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Jack Morris 17 Detroit Tigers 2
Rick Langford 15 Oakland Athletics 3
La Marr Hoyt 14 Chicago White Sox 4
Mike Caldwell 12 Milwaukee Brewers 5
Ken Forsch 12 California Angels  
Charlie Hough 12 Texas Rangers  
Geoff Zahn 12 California Angels  
Jim Clancy 11 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Dennis Eckersley 11 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Flanagan 11 Baltimore Orioles  
Len Barker 10 Cleveland Indians 12
Tommy John 10 New York Yankees  
California Angels  
Matt Keough 10 Oakland Athletics  
Luis Leal 10 Toronto Blue Jays  
Dennis Martinez 10 Baltimore Orioles  
Pete Vuckovich 9 Milwaukee Brewers 17
Milt Wilcox 9 Detroit Tigers  
Larry Gura 8 Kansas City Royals 19
Jim Palmer 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Dan Petry 8 Detroit Tigers  
Scott McGregor 7 Baltimore Orioles 22
Mike Norris 7 Oakland Athletics  
Frank Tanana 7 Texas Rangers  
Jerry Ujdur 7 Detroit Tigers  



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

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?

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).