1880 MLB Complete Games Leaders

Jim McCormick led all of MLB in complete games in 1880 with 72, 8 ahead of Mickey Welch (64). It stands 3rd among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Jim McCormick led in complete games.

Led all of MLB in 1880 Jim McCormick Cleveland Blues

72 Complete Games 8 clear of Mickey Welch

Showing Complete Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	CG	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Jim McCormick	CL2	72	45	28	1.85	657.2
2	Mickey Welch	TRN	64	34	30	2.54	574.0
3	John Ward	PRO	59	39	24	1.74	595.0
4	Will White	CN1	58	18	42	2.14	517.1
5	Lee Richmond	WOR	57	32	32	2.15	590.2
6	Larry Corcoran	CHN	57	43	14	1.95	536.1
7	Tommy Bond	BSN	49	26	29	2.67	493.0
8	Pud Galvin	BFN	46	20	35	2.71	458.2
9	FG Fred Goldsmith	CHN	22	21	3	1.75	210.1
10	Curry Foley	BSN	21	14	14	3.89	238.0
11	Blondie Purcell	CN1	21	3	17	3.21	196.0
12	George Bradley	PRO	16	13	8	1.38	196.0
13	Tim Keefe	TRN	12	6	6	0.86	105.0
14	FC Fred Corey	WOR	9	8	9	2.43	148.1
15	George Weidman	BFN	9	0	9	3.40	113.2
16	Tom Poorman	BFN +1	9	3	8	3.87	100.0
17	Gid Gardner	CL2	9	1	8	2.57	77.0
18	Denny Driscoll	BFN	4	1	3	3.89	41.2
19	BM Bill McGunnigle	BFN	4	2	3	3.41	37.0
20	Terry Larkin	TRN	3	0	5	8.76	38.0
21	Frank Hankinson	CL2	2	1	1	1.08	25.0
22	Frank Mountain	TRN	2	1	1	5.29	17.0
23	Tricky Nichols	WOR	2	0	2	4.08	17.2
24	CG Charlie Guth	CHN	1	1	0	5.00	9.0
25	John Morrill	BSN	0	0	0	0.84	10.2
26	Harry Stovey	WOR	0	0	0	4.50	6.0
27	Tom Burns	CHN	0	0	0	0.00	1.1
28	MD Mike Dorgan	PRO	0	0	0	1.12	8.0
29	Jake Evans	TRN	0	0	0	13.50	4.0
30	JH Joe Hornung	BFN	0	0	0	6.00	3.0
31	King Kelly	CHN	0	0	0	0.00	3.0
32	JL Jack Leary	BSN	0	0	1	15.00	3.0