1978 Complete Games Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Complete Games	Team	Rank
Mike Caldwell	23	Milwaukee Brewers	1
Dennis Leonard	20	Kansas City Royals	2
Jim Palmer	19	Baltimore Orioles	3
Jon Matlack	18	Texas Rangers	4
Mike Flanagan	17	Baltimore Orioles	5
Lary Sorensen	17	Milwaukee Brewers
Dennis Eckersley	16	Boston Red Sox	7
Ron Guidry	16	New York Yankees
Fergie Jenkins	16	Texas Rangers
Milt Wilcox	16	Detroit Tigers
Dennis Martinez	15	Baltimore Orioles	11
Mike Torrez	15	Boston Red Sox
Rick Waits	15	Cleveland Indians
Roger Erickson	14	Minnesota Twins	14
Nolan Ryan	14	California Angels
Dave Goltz	13	Minnesota Twins	16
Scott McGregor	13	Baltimore Orioles
Paul Splittorff	13	Kansas City Royals
Ed Figueroa	12	New York Yankees	19
Luis Tiant	12	Boston Red Sox
Geoff Zahn	12	Minnesota Twins
Dave Rozema	11	Detroit Tigers	22
Jim Slaton	11	Detroit Tigers
Jack Billingham	10	Detroit Tigers	24
Frank Tanana	10	California Angels
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. 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. 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).