Top 25 Complete Games in 1988 in the National League

Complete Games : 1988 National League Top 25

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"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)

1988 Complete Games Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Complete Games Team Rank

Orel Hershiser 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Danny Jackson 15 Cincinnati Reds

Eric Show 13 San Diego Padres 3

Rick Sutcliffe 12 Chicago Cubs 4

Dwight Gooden 10 New York Mets 5

Tim Leary 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Greg Maddux 9 Chicago Cubs

Dennis Martinez 9 Montreal Expos

David Cone 8 New York Mets 9

Mike Scott 8 Houston Astros

Ron Darling 7 New York Mets 11

Dennis Rasmussen 7 Cincinnati Reds

San Diego Padres

Rick Reuschel 7 San Francisco Giants

Kelly Downs 6 San Francisco Giants 14

Tom Browning 5 Cincinnati Reds 15

Kevin Gross 5 Philadelphia Phillies

Rick Mahler 5 Atlanta Braves

Bob Ojeda 5 New York Mets

John Smiley 5 Pittsburgh Pirates

Pete Smith 5 Atlanta Braves

John Tudor 5 St. Louis Cardinals

Los Angeles Dodgers

Tim Belcher 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 22

Andy Hawkins 4 San Diego Padres

Joe Magrane 4 St. Louis Cardinals

Pascual Perez 4 Montreal Expos

Name Complete Games Team Rank

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.

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.

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