Complete Games : 1989 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1989 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Belcher 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Bruce Hurst 10 San Diego Padres  
Tom Browning 9 Cincinnati Reds 3
Joe Magrane 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike Scott 9 Houston Astros  
Doug Drabek 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Orel Hershiser 8 Los Angeles Dodgers  
John Smiley 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
David Cone 7 New York Mets 9
Greg Maddux 7 Chicago Cubs  
Jim Deshaies 6 Houston Astros 11
Sid Fernandez 6 New York Mets  
Tom Glavine 6 Atlanta Braves  
Mark Langston 6 Montreal Expos  
Jose DeLeon 5 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Rick Mahler 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Dennis Martinez 5 Montreal Expos  
Bob Ojeda 5 New York Mets  
Don Robinson 5 San Francisco Giants  
John Smoltz 5 Atlanta Braves  
Rick Sutcliffe 5 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Whitson 5 San Diego Padres  
Mike Bielecki 4 Chicago Cubs 23
Ron Darling 4 New York Mets  
Kevin Gross 4 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.

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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).