Complete Games : 1977 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1977 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Phil Niekro 20 Atlanta Braves 1
Tom Seaver 19 New York Mets 2
Cincinnati Reds  
Steve Carlton 17 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Steve Rogers 17 Montreal Expos  
J.R. Richard 13 Houston Astros 5
Tommy John 11 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Eric Rasmussen 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Niekro 9 Houston Astros 8
Don Sutton 9 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Forsch 8 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Fred Norman 8 Cincinnati Reds  
Rick Reuschel 8 Chicago Cubs  
Jerry Reuss 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Nino Espinosa 7 New York Mets 14
Ed Halicki 7 San Francisco Giants  
Jim Rooker 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Barr 6 San Francisco Giants 17
Jackie Brown 6 Montreal Expos  
John Candelaria 6 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Burt Hooton 6 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Knepper 6 San Francisco Giants  
Jerry Koosman 6 New York Mets  
Dick Ruthven 6 Atlanta Braves  
Ray Burris 5 Chicago Cubs 24
Larry Christenson 5 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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).