Top 25 Complete Games in 1989 in the American League

Complete Games : 1989 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:

"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)

1989 Complete Games Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Complete Games Team Rank

Bret Saberhagen 12 Kansas City Royals 1

Jack Morris 10 Detroit Tigers 2

Chuck Finley 9 California Angels 3

Bert Blyleven 8 California Angels 4

Chris Bosio 8 Milwaukee Brewers

Roger Clemens 8 Boston Red Sox

Mark Gubicza 8 Kansas City Royals

Dave Stewart 8 Oakland Athletics

Kevin Brown 7 Texas Rangers 9

John Farrell 7 Cleveland Indians

Frank Viola 7 Minnesota Twins

Bud Black 6 Cleveland Indians 12

Brian Holman 6 Seattle Mariners

Kirk McCaskill 6 California Angels

Mike Moore 6 Oakland Athletics

Nolan Ryan 6 Texas Rangers

Frank Tanana 6 Detroit Tigers

Doyle Alexander 5 Detroit Tigers 18

Andy Hawkins 5 New York Yankees

Charlie Hough 5 Texas Rangers

Jimmy Key 5 Toronto Blue Jays

Greg Swindell 5 Cleveland Indians

Bobby Witt 5 Texas Rangers

Mike Witt 5 California Angels

Jim Abbott 4 California Angels 25

Name Complete Games Team Rank

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?

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

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