Complete Games : 1997 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1997 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pedro Martinez 13 Montreal Expos 1
Carlos Perez 8 Montreal Expos 2
Mike Hampton 7 Houston Astros 3
Curt Schilling 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Smoltz 7 Atlanta Braves  
Kevin Brown 6 Florida Marlins 6
Darryl Kile 6 Houston Astros  
Roger Bailey 5 Colorado Rockies 8
Alex Fernandez 5 Florida Marlins  
Tom Glavine 5 Atlanta Braves  
Greg Maddux 5 Atlanta Braves  
Denny Neagle 4 Atlanta Braves 12
Mark Clark 3 New York Mets 13
Chicago Cubs  
Shawn Estes 3 San Francisco Giants  
Jeff Juden 3 Montreal Expos  
Mark Leiter 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Matt Morris 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Andy Ashby 2 San Diego Padres 18
Pedro Astacio 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Colorado Rockies  
Alan Benes 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Bullinger 2 Montreal Expos  
Dave Burba 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Francisco Cordova 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mark Gardner 2 San Francisco Giants  
Bobby Jones 2 New York Mets  



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.

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.

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).