Complete Games : 1968 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:

"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)
 

1968 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Denny McLain 28 Detroit Tigers 1
Mel Stottlemyre 19 New York Yankees 2
Luis Tiant 19 Cleveland Indians  
Dave McNally 18 Baltimore Orioles 4
Jim Hardin 16 Baltimore Orioles 5
Dean Chance 15 Minnesota Twins 6
Joe Coleman 12 Washington Senators 7
Jim Nash 12 Oakland Athletics  
Ray Culp 11 Boston Red Sox 9
Chuck Dobson 11 Oakland Athletics  
Catfish Hunter 11 Oakland Athletics  
Sam McDowell 11 Cleveland Indians  
Jim Merritt 11 Minnesota Twins  
Stan Bahnsen 10 New York Yankees 14
Dick Ellsworth 10 Boston Red Sox  
Earl Wilson 10 Detroit Tigers  
Gary Bell 9 Boston Red Sox 17
Jim Kaat 9 Minnesota Twins  
Blue Moon Odom 9 Oakland Athletics  
Tom Phoebus 9 Baltimore Orioles  
George Brunet 8 California Angels 21
Mickey Lolich 8 Detroit Tigers  
Jim McGlothlin 8 California Angels  
Camilo Pascual 8 Washington Senators  
Sonny Siebert 8 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.

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).