Complete Games : 1987 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:

"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)
 

1987 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rick Reuschel 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
San Francisco Giants  
Fernando Valenzuela 12 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Orel Hershiser 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Zane Smith 9 Atlanta Braves 4
Mike Scott 8 Houston Astros 5
Dwight Gooden 7 New York Mets 6
Brian Fisher 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Rick Sutcliffe 6 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Welch 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dave Dravecky 5 San Diego Padres 10
San Francisco Giants  
Mike Dunne 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Eric Show 5 San Diego Padres  
Kelly Downs 4 San Francisco Giants 13
Joe Magrane 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Shane Rawley 4 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Sebra 4 Montreal Expos  
Doyle Alexander 3 Atlanta Braves 17
Don Carman 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Danny Darwin 3 Houston Astros  
Sid Fernandez 3 New York Mets  
Kevin Gross 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Gullickson 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Neal Heaton 3 Montreal Expos  
Mike Krukow 3 San Francisco Giants  
Rick Mahler 3 Atlanta Braves  



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.

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).