Complete Games : 2001 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:

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2001 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Steve Sparks 8 Detroit Tigers 1
Mark Mulder 6 Oakland Athletics 2
Brad Radke 6 Minnesota Twins  
Jeff Weaver 5 Detroit Tigers 4
Mark Buehrle 4 Chicago White Sox 5
Freddy Garcia 4 Seattle Mariners  
Joe Mays 4 Minnesota Twins  
Mike Mussina 4 New York Yankees  
Chris Carpenter 3 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Tim Hudson 3 Oakland Athletics  
Sidney Ponson 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Barry Zito 3 Oakland Athletics  
James Baldwin 2 Chicago White Sox 13
Chad Durbin 2 Kansas City Royals  
Rick Helling 2 Texas Rangers  
Jason Johnson 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Jose Lima 2 Detroit Tigers  
Jose Mercedes 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Eric Milton 2 Minnesota Twins  
Hideo Nomo 2 Boston Red Sox  
Ramon Ortiz 2 Anaheim Angels  
Andy Pettitte 2 New York Yankees  
Aaron Sele 2 Seattle Mariners  
Paul Abbott 1 Seattle Mariners 24
Dave Burba 1 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.

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