1881 MLB Complete Games Leaders

Jim Whitney led all of MLB in complete games in 1881 with 57, tied with Jim McCormick. It stands 50th among all single seasons in MLB history.

Led all of MLB in 1881 Jim Whitney Boston Red Caps

57 Complete Games Tied with Jim McCormick

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#	Player	Team	CG	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Jim Whitney	BSN	57	31	33	2.48	552.1
2	Jim McCormick	CL2	57	26	30	2.45	526.0
3	George Derby	DTN	55	29	26	2.20	494.2
4	Lee Richmond	WOR	50	25	26	3.39	462.1
5	Pud Galvin	BFN	48	28	24	2.37	474.0
6	Tim Keefe	TRN	45	18	27	3.24	403.0
7	Larry Corcoran	CHN	43	31	14	2.31	396.2
8	Mickey Welch	TRN	40	21	18	2.67	368.0
9	FG Fred Goldsmith	CHN	37	24	13	2.59	330.0
10	Old Hoss Radbourn	PRO	34	25	11	2.43	325.1
11	John Ward	PRO	32	18	18	2.13	330.0
12	FC Fred Corey	WOR	20	6	15	3.72	188.2
13	The Only Nolan	CL2	20	8	14	3.05	180.0
14	Jack Lynch	BFN	17	10	9	3.59	165.2
15	George Weidman	DTN	13	8	5	1.80	115.0
16	JF John Fox	BSN	12	6	8	3.33	124.1
17	Bobby Mathews	PRO +1	11	5	8	3.02	125.1
18	Harry McCormick	WOR	9	1	8	3.56	78.1
19	Frank Mountain	DTN	7	3	4	5.25	60.0
20	Blondie Purcell	BFN	5	4	1	2.77	61.2
21	George Bradley	CL2	5	2	4	3.88	51.0
22	Tony Mullane	DTN	5	1	4	4.91	44.0
23	Curry Foley	BFN	2	3	4	5.27	41.0
24	Tommy Bond	BSN	2	0	3	4.26	25.1
25	Will White	DTN	2	0	2	5.00	18.0
26	Ed Williamson	CHN	1	1	1	2.00	18.0
27	JL Jack Leary	DTN	1	0	2	4.15	13.0
28	Billy Taylor	WOR +1	1	0	1	5.73	11.0
29	John Morrill	BSN	0	0	1	6.35	5.2