Complete Games : 2005 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)
 

2005 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Chris Carpenter 7 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Dontrelle Willis 7 Florida Marlins  
A.J. Burnett 4 Florida Marlins 3
Pedro Martinez 4 New York Mets  
Roy Oswalt 4 Houston Astros  
Greg Maddux 3 Chicago Cubs 6
Jason Marquis 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mark Mulder 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jake Peavy 3 San Diego Padres  
Ben Sheets 3 Milwaukee Brewers  
John Smoltz 3 Atlanta Braves  
Brett Tomko 3 San Francisco Giants  
Javier Vazquez 3 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Jeff Weaver 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Josh Beckett 2 Florida Marlins 15
Aaron Cook 2 Colorado Rockies  
Doug Davis 2 Milwaukee Brewers  
Shawn Estes 2 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Tom Glavine 2 New York Mets  
Livan Hernandez 2 Washington Nationals  
Tim Hudson 2 Atlanta Braves  
Derek Lowe 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Matt Morris 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Brett Myers 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Patterson 2 Washington Nationals  



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.

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.

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