Complete Games : 1980 National 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 National League

Steve Rogers 14 Montreal Expos 1
Steve Carlton 13 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Joe Niekro 11 Houston Astros 3
Phil Niekro 11 Atlanta Braves  
Vida Blue 10 San Francisco Giants 5
Jerry Reuss 10 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Frank Pastore 9 Cincinnati Reds 7
Bob Forsch 8 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Bob Knepper 8 San Francisco Giants  
Doyle Alexander 7 Atlanta Braves 10
John Candelaria 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Scott Sanderson 7 Montreal Expos  
Pete Vuckovich 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pat Zachry 7 New York Mets  
Jim Bibby 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
John Curtis 6 San Diego Padres  
Ken Forsch 6 Houston Astros  
Jim Kaat 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rick Reuschel 6 Chicago Cubs  
Vern Ruhle 6 Houston Astros  
Dick Ruthven 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ed Whitson 6 San Francisco Giants  
Bert Blyleven 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Bill Gullickson 5 Montreal Expos  
Charlie Leibrandt 5 Cincinnati Reds  



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?

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.