Complete Games : 1959 American 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:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1959 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Camilo Pascual 17 Washington Senators 1
Don Mossi 15 Detroit Tigers 2
Milt Pappas 15 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Bunning 14 Detroit Tigers 4
Early Wynn 14 Chicago White Sox  
Cal McLish 13 Cleveland Indians 6
Hoyt Wilhelm 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Gary Bell 12 Cleveland Indians 8
Bud Daley 12 Kansas City Athletics  
Billy Pierce 12 Chicago White Sox  
Tom Brewer 11 Boston Red Sox 11
Paul Foytack 11 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Lary 11 Detroit Tigers  
Pedro Ramos 11 Washington Senators  
Ray Herbert 10 Kansas City Athletics 15
Jerry Casale 9 Boston Red Sox 16
Whitey Ford 9 New York Yankees  
Ned Garver 9 Kansas City Athletics  
Herb Score 9 Cleveland Indians  
Russ Kemmerer 8 Washington Senators 20
Jim Perry 8 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Shaw 8 Chicago White Sox  
Art Ditmar 7 New York Yankees 23
Ralph Terry 7 Kansas City Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Bob Turley 7 New York Yankees  



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

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 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?