Complete Games : 1989 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:

"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
 

1989 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Belcher 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Bruce Hurst 10 San Diego Padres  
Tom Browning 9 Cincinnati Reds 3
Joe Magrane 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike Scott 9 Houston Astros  
Doug Drabek 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Orel Hershiser 8 Los Angeles Dodgers  
John Smiley 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
David Cone 7 New York Mets 9
Greg Maddux 7 Chicago Cubs  
Jim Deshaies 6 Houston Astros 11
Sid Fernandez 6 New York Mets  
Tom Glavine 6 Atlanta Braves  
Mark Langston 6 Montreal Expos  
Jose DeLeon 5 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Rick Mahler 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Dennis Martinez 5 Montreal Expos  
Bob Ojeda 5 New York Mets  
Don Robinson 5 San Francisco Giants  
John Smoltz 5 Atlanta Braves  
Rick Sutcliffe 5 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Whitson 5 San Diego Padres  
Mike Bielecki 4 Chicago Cubs 23
Ron Darling 4 New York Mets  
Kevin Gross 4 Montreal Expos  



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

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?

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).