Complete Games : 2005 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)
 

2005 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Roy Halladay 5 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Jeremy Bonderman 4 Detroit Tigers 2
Randy Johnson 4 New York Yankees  
Mark Buehrle 3 Chicago White Sox 4
Jon Garland 3 Chicago White Sox  
Dan Haren 3 Oakland Athletics  
Brad Radke 3 Minnesota Twins  
Johan Santana 3 Minnesota Twins  
Tim Wakefield 3 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Blanton 2 Oakland Athletics 10
Dave Bush 2 Toronto Blue Jays  
Paul Byrd 2 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Bartolo Colon 2 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Ryan Franklin 2 Seattle Mariners  
Freddy Garcia 2 Chicago White Sox  
Zack Greinke 2 Kansas City Royals  
Rich Harden 2 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Mussina 2 New York Yankees  
Joel Pineiro 2 Seattle Mariners  
Nate Robertson 2 Detroit Tigers  
Kirk Saarloos 2 Oakland Athletics  
Carlos Silva 2 Minnesota Twins  
Josh Towers 2 Toronto Blue Jays  
David Wells 2 Boston Red Sox  
Jake Westbrook 2 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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).

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