Complete Games : 2000 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)
 

2000 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
David Wells 9 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Pedro Martinez 7 Boston Red Sox 2
Mike Mussina 6 Baltimore Orioles 3
Sidney Ponson 6 Baltimore Orioles  
Albie Lopez 4 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5
Brad Radke 4 Minnesota Twins  
Kelvim Escobar 3 Toronto Blue Jays 7
Chuck Finley 3 Cleveland Indians  
Orlando Hernandez 3 New York Yankees  
Andy Pettitte 3 New York Yankees  
Jeff Suppan 3 Kansas City Royals  
Steve Trachsel 3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Toronto Blue Jays  
James Baldwin 2 Chicago White Sox 13
Chris Carpenter 2 Toronto Blue Jays  
Bartolo Colon 2 Cleveland Indians  
Cal Eldred 2 Chicago White Sox  
Gil Heredia 2 Oakland Athletics  
Tim Hudson 2 Oakland Athletics  
Joe Mays 2 Minnesota Twins  
Brian Meadows 2 Kansas City Royals  
Brian Moehler 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ramon Ortiz 2 Anaheim Angels  
Bryan Rekar 2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Kenny Rogers 2 Texas Rangers  
Aaron Sele 2 Seattle Mariners  



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

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.

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.
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