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Most Complete Games of the 1870s (MLB)

Every MLB season from 1871 to 1879, added up. Games finished by the starter

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Bobby Mathews recorded more complete games than any other MLB player in the 1870s, with 319, 8 clear of Tommy Bond (311). He did it in 8 seasons, with a best year of 69 in 1875. Covers the 9 seasons the MLB played in the 1870s, 1871 to 1879. The top ten runs from 319 down to 130.

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The MLB played 9 seasons in the 1870s, 1871 to 1879. Totals cover those seasons only.

Bobby Mathews MLB leader, 1870s Bobby Mathews 1871–1879 · 8 seasons
319 Complete Games 8 clear of Tommy Bond
# Player Seasons CG Best year
1 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews 1871–1879 (8) 319 69 (1875)
2 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond 1874–1879 (6) 311 59 (1879)
3 Al Spalding Al Spalding 1871–1877 (7) 279 65 (1874)
4 Candy Cummings Candy Cummings 1872–1877 (6) 233 53 (1872)
5 George Zettlein 1871–1876 (6) 228 57 (1874)
6 Dick McBride 1871–1876 (6) 227 59 (1875)
7 George Bradley George Bradley 1875–1879 (4) 208 63 (1876)
8 Terry Larkin Terry Larkin 1876–1879 (4) 169 57 (1879)
9 Jim Devlin Jim Devlin 1875–1877 (3) 151 66 (1876)
10 Will White Will White 1877–1879 (3) 130 75 (1879)
11 Cherokee Fisher Cherokee Fisher 1871–1878 (7) 126 36 (1875)
12 John Ward John Ward 1878–1879 (2) 95 58 (1879)
13 Jim Britt 1872–1873 (2) 88 51 (1873)
14 Asa Brainard Asa Brainard 1871–1874 (4) 77 30 (1871)
15 Tricky Nichols Tricky Nichols 1875–1878 (4) 76 35 (1877)
16 Bill Stearns 1871–1875 (5) 73 32 (1873)
17 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin 1875–1879 (2) 72 65 (1879)
18 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick 1878–1879 (2) 71 59 (1879)
19 Harry McCormick 1879–1879 (1) 49 49 (1879)
20 Jack Manning Jack Manning 1874–1878 (5) 41 17 (1874)
21 Mike Golden 1875–1878 (2) 40 25 (1875)
22 Sam Weaver 1875–1878 (2) 40 39 (1878)
23 Bobby Mitchell 1877–1879 (3) 40 20 (1879)
24 Lon Knight 1875–1876 (2) 39 27 (1876)
25 The Only Nolan 1878–1878 (1) 37 37 (1878)
26 Rynie Wolters Rynie Wolters 1871–1873 (3) 37 31 (1871)
27 Al Pratt 1871–1872 (2) 30 22 (1871)
28 John McMullin 1871–1875 (4) 30 28 (1871)
29 Joe Blong Joe Blong 1875–1877 (3) 29 17 (1877)
30 Dory Dean Dory Dean 1876–1876 (1) 26 26 (1876)
31 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson 1878–1879 (2) 26 25 (1879)
32 George Bechtel 1871–1875 (4) 25 18 (1875)
33 Joe Borden 1875–1876 (2) 23 16 (1876)
34 John Cassidy 1875–1877 (2) 20 18 (1875)
35 Hugh Campbell 1873–1873 (1) 18 18 (1873)
36 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell 1879–1879 (1) 17 17 (1879)
37 Curry Foley Curry Foley 1879–1879 (1) 16 16 (1879)
38 Foghorn Bradley 1876–1876 (1) 16 16 (1876)
39 Cy Bentley 1872–1872 (1) 14 14 (1872)
40 Bill McGunnigle 1879–1879 (1) 13 13 (1879)
41 Tom Healey 1878–1878 (1) 12 12 (1878)
42 Cal McVey Cal McVey 1875–1879 (4) 12 6 (1877)
43 Jim Clinton Jim Clinton 1872–1876 (3) 11 9 (1875)
44 Phonney Martin Phonney Martin 1872–1873 (2) 10 9 (1872)
45 Bill Parks Bill Parks 1875–1875 (1) 9 9 (1875)
46 Dale Williams 1876–1876 (1) 9 9 (1876)
47 Harry Salisbury 1879–1879 (1) 9 9 (1879)
48 Laurie Reis 1877–1878 (2) 8 4 (1878)
49 Fred Goldsmith 1879–1879 (1) 7 7 (1879)
50 James McDermott 1872–1872 (1) 7 7 (1872)
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