Complete Games : 1983 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)
 

1983 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ron Guidry 21 New York Yankees 1
Jack Morris 20 Detroit Tigers 2
Dave Stieb 14 Toronto Blue Jays 3
Shane Rawley 13 New York Yankees 4
Scott McGregor 12 Baltimore Orioles 5
Jim Clancy 11 Toronto Blue Jays 6
Ken Forsch 11 California Angels  
Charlie Hough 11 Texas Rangers  
La Marr Hoyt 11 Chicago White Sox  
Geoff Zahn 11 California Angels  
Mike Boddicker 10 Baltimore Orioles 11
Mike Caldwell 10 Milwaukee Brewers  
Mike Smithson 10 Texas Rangers  
Rick Sutcliffe 10 Cleveland Indians  
Danny Darwin 9 Texas Rangers 15
Tommy John 9 California Angels  
Dan Petry 9 Detroit Tigers  
Milt Wilcox 9 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Beattie 8 Seattle Mariners 19
Britt Burns 8 Chicago White Sox  
Richard Dotson 8 Chicago White Sox  
Lary Sorensen 8 Cleveland Indians  
Chris Codiroli 7 Oakland Athletics 23
Moose Haas 7 Milwaukee Brewers  
Luis Leal 7 Toronto Blue Jays  



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

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.

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.