1978 Complete Games Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Complete Games	Team	Rank
Phil Niekro	22	Atlanta Braves	1
Ross Grimsley	19	Montreal Expos	2
Bob Knepper	16	San Francisco Giants	3
J.R. Richard	16	Houston Astros
Steve Carlton	12	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Don Sutton	12	Los Angeles Dodgers
Bert Blyleven	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
John Denny	11	St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Rogers	11	Montreal Expos
Dick Ruthven	11	Atlanta Braves
		Philadelphia Phillies
Burt Hooton	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Joe Niekro	10	Houston Astros
Vida Blue	9	San Francisco Giants	13
Larry Christenson	9	Philadelphia Phillies
Ed Halicki	9	San Francisco Giants
Mark Lemongello	9	Houston Astros
Rick Reuschel	9	Chicago Cubs
Don Robinson	9	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tom Seaver	8	Cincinnati Reds	19
Bob Forsch	7	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Tommy John	7	Los Angeles Dodgers
Randy Jones	7	San Diego Padres
Doug Rau	7	Los Angeles Dodgers
Nino Espinosa	6	New York Mets	24
Dennis Lamp	6	Chicago Cubs
Name	Complete Games	Team	Rank

	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. 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.