Complete Games : 2006 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

2006 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

C.C. Sabathia 6 Cleveland Indians 1
Roy Halladay 4 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Kris Benson 3 Baltimore Orioles 3
John Lackey 3 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Jake Westbrook 3 Cleveland Indians  
A.J. Burnett 2 Toronto Blue Jays 6
Daniel Cabrera 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Dan Haren 2 Oakland Athletics  
Felix Hernandez 2 Seattle Mariners  
Randy Johnson 2 New York Yankees  
Esteban Loaiza 2 Oakland Athletics  
Kevin Millwood 2 Texas Rangers  
Jamie Moyer 2 Seattle Mariners  
Mark Redman 2 Kansas City Royals  
Jeremy Sowers 2 Cleveland Indians  
Chien-Ming Wang 2 New York Yankees  
Joe Blanton 1 Oakland Athletics 17
Mark Buehrle 1 Chicago White Sox  
Paul Byrd 1 Cleveland Indians  
Bartolo Colon 1 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Jose Contreras 1 Chicago White Sox  
Kelvim Escobar 1 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Freddy Garcia 1 Chicago White Sox  
Jon Garland 1 Chicago White Sox  
Devern Hansack 1 Boston Red Sox  



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.