Complete Games : 1983 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)
 

1983 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mario Soto 18 Cincinnati Reds 1
Steve Rogers 13 Montreal Expos 2
Bill Gullickson 10 Montreal Expos 3
Dave Dravecky 9 San Diego Padres 4
Joe Niekro 9 Houston Astros  
Fernando Valenzuela 9 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Carlton 8 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Atlee Hammaker 8 San Francisco Giants  
Charlie Lea 8 Montreal Expos  
Larry McWilliams 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Denny 7 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Pascual Perez 7 Atlanta Braves  
Jerry Reuss 7 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Rick Rhoden 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred Breining 6 San Francisco Giants 15
Bob Forsch 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Craig McMurtry 6 Atlanta Braves  
John Stuper 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Neil Allen 5 New York Mets 19
St. Louis Cardinals  
Joaquin Andujar 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Price 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Dick Ruthven 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chicago Cubs  
Nolan Ryan 5 Houston Astros  
Tom Seaver 5 New York Mets  
Bryn Smith 5 Montreal Expos  



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.

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

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.