Complete Games : 1985 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)
 

1985 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bert Blyleven 24 Cleveland Indians 1
Minnesota Twins  
Charlie Hough 14 Texas Rangers 2
Mike Moore 14 Seattle Mariners  
Oil Can Boyd 13 Boston Red Sox 4
Jack Morris 13 Detroit Tigers  
Danny Darwin 11 Milwaukee Brewers 6
Ron Guidry 11 New York Yankees  
Bret Saberhagen 10 Kansas City Royals 8
Mike Boddicker 9 Baltimore Orioles 9
Frank Viola 9 Minnesota Twins  
Britt Burns 8 Chicago White Sox 11
John Butcher 8 Minnesota Twins  
Storm Davis 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Charlie Leibrandt 8 Kansas City Royals  
Scott McGregor 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Dan Petry 8 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Smithson 8 Minnesota Twins  
Dave Stieb 8 Toronto Blue Jays  
Teddy Higuera 7 Milwaukee Brewers 19
Phil Niekro 7 New York Yankees  
Doyle Alexander 6 Toronto Blue Jays 21
Ray Burris 6 Milwaukee Brewers  
Moose Haas 6 Milwaukee Brewers  
Bruce Hurst 6 Boston Red Sox  
Kirk McCaskill 6 California Angels  



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

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?