Complete Games : 1980 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:

"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)
 

1980 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rick Langford 28 Oakland Athletics 1
Mike Norris 24 Oakland Athletics 2
Matt Keough 20 Oakland Athletics 3
Larry Gura 16 Kansas City Royals 4
Tommy John 16 New York Yankees  
Jim Clancy 15 Toronto Blue Jays 6
Moose Haas 14 Milwaukee Brewers 7
Dave Stieb 14 Toronto Blue Jays  
Milt Wilcox 13 Detroit Tigers 9
Geoff Zahn 13 Minnesota Twins  
Mike Flanagan 12 Baltimore Orioles 11
Fergie Jenkins 12 Texas Rangers  
Scott McGregor 12 Baltimore Orioles  
Britt Burns 11 Chicago White Sox 14
Mike Caldwell 11 Milwaukee Brewers  
Steve McCatty 11 Oakland Athletics  
Jack Morris 11 Detroit Tigers  
Brian Kingman 10 Oakland Athletics 18
Rick Honeycutt 9 Seattle Mariners 19
Dennis Leonard 9 Kansas City Royals  
Dan Schatzeder 9 Detroit Tigers  
Steve Stone 9 Baltimore Orioles  
Rick Waits 9 Cleveland Indians  
Floyd Bannister 8 Seattle Mariners 24
Len Barker 8 Cleveland Indians  



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?

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.