Complete Games : 2002 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)
 

2002 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Paul Byrd 7 Kansas City Royals 1
Mark Buehrle 5 Chicago White Sox 2
Joe Kennedy 5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Bartolo Colon 4 Cleveland Indians 4
Tim Hudson 4 Oakland Athletics  
Jamie Moyer 4 Seattle Mariners  
Ramon Ortiz 4 Anaheim Angels  
Tanyon Sturtze 4 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Scott Erickson 3 Baltimore Orioles 9
Esteban Loaiza 3 Toronto Blue Jays  
Darrell May 3 Kansas City Royals  
Andy Pettitte 3 New York Yankees  
Sidney Ponson 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Mark Redman 3 Detroit Tigers  
Steve Sparks 3 Detroit Tigers  
Jeff Suppan 3 Kansas City Royals  
Jeff Weaver 3 Detroit Tigers  
New York Yankees  
Roy Halladay 2 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Cory Lidle 2 Oakland Athletics  
Ted Lilly 2 New York Yankees  
Oakland Athletics  
Pedro Martinez 2 Boston Red Sox  
Eric Milton 2 Minnesota Twins  
Mark Mulder 2 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Mussina 2 New York Yankees  
Joel Pineiro 2 Seattle Mariners  



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

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).

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.