Complete Games : 1986 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1986 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tom Candiotti 17 Cleveland Indians 1
Bert Blyleven 16 Minnesota Twins 2
Teddy Higuera 15 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Jack Morris 15 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Witt 14 California Angels 5
Bruce Hurst 11 Boston Red Sox 6
Mike Moore 11 Seattle Mariners  
Oil Can Boyd 10 Boston Red Sox 8
Roger Clemens 10 Boston Red Sox  
Kirk McCaskill 10 California Angels  
Mark Langston 9 Seattle Mariners 11
Mike Morgan 9 Seattle Mariners  
Walt Terrell 9 Detroit Tigers  
Charlie Leibrandt 8 Kansas City Royals 14
Mike Smithson 8 Minnesota Twins  
Joaquin Andujar 7 Oakland Athletics 16
Mike Boddicker 7 Baltimore Orioles  
Charlie Hough 7 Texas Rangers  
Frank Viola 7 Minnesota Twins  
Floyd Bannister 6 Chicago White Sox 20
Jim Clancy 6 Toronto Blue Jays  
Danny Darwin 5 Milwaukee Brewers 22
Ron Guidry 5 New York Yankees  
Neal Heaton 5 Cleveland Indians  
Minnesota Twins  
Dennis Leonard 5 Kansas City Royals  



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.

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?

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