Complete Games : 1970 National 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1970 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fergie Jenkins 24 Chicago Cubs 1
Bob Gibson 23 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Gaylord Perry 23 San Francisco Giants  
Tom Seaver 19 New York Mets 4
Larry Dierker 17 Houston Astros 5
Ken Holtzman 15 Chicago Cubs 6
Juan Marichal 14 San Francisco Giants 7
Steve Carlton 13 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Bill Hands 12 Chicago Cubs 9
Jim Merritt 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Pat Jarvis 11 Atlanta Braves 11
Claude Osteen 11 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Carl Morton 10 Montreal Expos 13
Phil Niekro 10 Atlanta Braves  
Wayne Simpson 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Don Sutton 10 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dock Ellis 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Jim McAndrew 9 New York Mets  
Bob Moose 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Stone 9 Atlanta Braves  
Jack Billingham 8 Houston Astros 21
Pat Dobson 8 San Diego Padres  
Alan Foster 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Milt Pappas 7 Atlanta Braves  
Chicago Cubs  
Steve Renko 7 Montreal Expos  



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 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?

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.