Complete Games : 1990 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1990 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ramon Martinez 12 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Doug Drabek 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Bruce Hurst 9 San Diego Padres  
Greg Maddux 8 Chicago Cubs 4
Dennis Martinez 7 Montreal Expos 5
Jose Rijo 7 Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Viola 7 New York Mets  
David Cone 6 New York Mets 8
Mike Morgan 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Terry Mulholland 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Smoltz 6 Atlanta Braves  
Ed Whitson 6 San Diego Padres  
Tim Belcher 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Charlie Leibrandt 5 Atlanta Braves  
Fernando Valenzuela 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Scott Garrelts 4 San Francisco Giants 16
Don Robinson 4 San Francisco Giants  
Mike Scott 4 Houston Astros  
Zane Smith 4 Montreal Expos  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Oil Can Boyd 3 Montreal Expos 20
Pat Combs 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Danny Darwin 3 Houston Astros  
Jose DeJesus 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mark Gardner 3 Montreal Expos  
Joe Magrane 3 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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.