Complete Games : 2003 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

2003 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Livan Hernandez 8 Montreal Expos 1
Kevin Millwood 5 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Matt Morris 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jason Schmidt 5 San Francisco Giants  
Javier Vazquez 4 Montreal Expos 5
Kerry Wood 4 Chicago Cubs  
Mark Prior 3 Chicago Cubs 7
Mark Redman 3 Florida Marlins  
Curt Schilling 3 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Jeff Suppan 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Carlos Zambrano 3 Chicago Cubs  
Miguel Batista 2 Arizona Diamondbacks 12
Matt Clement 2 Chicago Cubs  
Jeff D'Amico 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Danny Graves 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Hideo Nomo 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Tomo Ohka 2 Montreal Expos  
Carl Pavano 2 Florida Marlins  
Brett Tomko 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Steve Trachsel 2 New York Mets  
Jerome Williams 2 San Francisco Giants  
Dontrelle Willis 2 Florida Marlins  
Randy Wolf 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jose Acevedo 1 Cincinnati Reds 24
Wilson Alvarez 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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?

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).

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