Complete Games : 1995 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1995 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack McDowell 8 New York Yankees 1
Scott Erickson 7 Minnesota Twins 2
Baltimore Orioles  
Mike Mussina 7 Baltimore Orioles  
David Cone 6 Toronto Blue Jays 4
New York Yankees  
Randy Johnson 6 Seattle Mariners  
Tim Wakefield 6 Boston Red Sox  
Alex Fernandez 5 Chicago White Sox 7
Jim Abbott 4 Chicago White Sox 8
California Angels  
Kevin Appier 4 Kansas City Royals  
Kevin Gross 4 Texas Rangers  
Sterling Hitchcock 4 New York Yankees  
Bob Tewksbury 4 Texas Rangers  
Wilson Alvarez 3 Chicago White Sox 13
Ricky Bones 3 Milwaukee Brewers  
Kevin Brown 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Mark Gubicza 3 Kansas City Royals  
Juan Guzman 3 Toronto Blue Jays  
Dennis Martinez 3 Cleveland Indians  
Andy Pettitte 3 New York Yankees  
Kenny Rogers 3 Texas Rangers  
Steve Sparks 3 Milwaukee Brewers  
Kevin Tapani 3 Minnesota Twins  
David Wells 3 Detroit Tigers  
Mark Clark 2 Cleveland Indians 24
Chuck Finley 2 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.

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.