Complete Games : 1970 American 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)
 

1970 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Mike Cuellar 21 Baltimore Orioles 1
Sam McDowell 19 Cleveland Indians 2
Jim Palmer 17 Baltimore Orioles 3
Dave McNally 16 Baltimore Orioles 4
Ray Culp 15 Boston Red Sox 5
Mel Stottlemyre 14 New York Yankees 6
Chuck Dobson 13 Oakland Athletics 7
Mickey Lolich 13 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Perry 13 Minnesota Twins  
Marty Pattin 11 Milwaukee Brewers 10
Tommy John 10 Chicago White Sox 11
Bob Johnson 10 Kansas City Royals  
Gary Peters 10 Boston Red Sox  
Catfish Hunter 9 Oakland Athletics 14
Steve Hargan 8 Cleveland Indians 15
Lew Krausse 8 Milwaukee Brewers  
Fritz Peterson 8 New York Yankees  
Dick Bosman 7 Washington Senators 18
Dick Drago 7 Kansas City Royals  
Sonny Siebert 7 Boston Red Sox  
Clyde Wright 7 California Angels  
Stan Bahnsen 6 New York Yankees 22
Joe Coleman 6 Washington Senators  
Andy Messersmith 6 California Angels  
Joe Niekro 6 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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).

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.
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