Complete Games : 2004 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

2004 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mark Mulder 5 Oakland Athletics 1
Sidney Ponson 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Jake Westbrook 5 Cleveland Indians  
Mark Buehrle 4 Chicago White Sox 4
Tim Hudson 3 Oakland Athletics 5
Darrell May 3 Kansas City Royals  
Curt Schilling 3 Boston Red Sox  
Brian Anderson 2 Kansas City Royals 8
Miguel Batista 2 Toronto Blue Jays  
Jeremy Bonderman 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ryan Drese 2 Texas Rangers  
Ryan Franklin 2 Seattle Mariners  
Mark Hendrickson 2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Jason Johnson 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ted Lilly 2 Toronto Blue Jays  
Esteban Loaiza 2 Chicago White Sox  
New York Yankees  
Mike Maroth 2 Detroit Tigers  
Mark Redman 2 Oakland Athletics  
Kenny Rogers 2 Texas Rangers  
Rob Bell 1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 20
Dave Bush 1 Toronto Blue Jays  
Daniel Cabrera 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Bruce Chen 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Chad Durbin 1 Cleveland Indians  
Scott Elarton 1 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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?