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1885 MLB Complete Games Leaders

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John Clarkson led the majors with 68 complete games in 1885, 5 ahead of Ed Morris (63). It stands 8th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 3 times John Clarkson led in complete games.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
John Clarkson Led all of MLB in 1885 John Clarkson Chicago White Stockings
68 Complete Games 5 clear of Ed Morris
Showing Complete Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team CG W L ERA IP
1 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 68 53 16 1.85 623.0
2 Ed Morris Ed Morris PT1 63 39 24 2.35 581.0
3 Hardie Henderson Hardie Henderson BL2 59 25 35 3.19 539.1
4 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 55 44 11 1.66 492.0
5 Henry Porter Henry Porter BR3 53 33 21 2.78 481.2
6 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers SL4 53 40 13 2.07 482.1
7 Guy Hecker Guy Hecker LS2 51 30 23 2.17 480.0
8 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN 50 18 32 2.98 441.1
9 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton BSN 49 22 27 2.88 434.1
10 Ed Daily Ed Daily PHI 49 26 23 2.21 440.0
11 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 49 28 21 2.20 445.2
12 Dupee Shaw PRO 47 23 26 2.57 399.2
13 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews PH4 46 30 17 2.43 422.1
14 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz SL4 46 33 14 2.63 407.2
15 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 45 26 20 2.22 405.0
16 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 45 32 13 1.57 400.0
17 Jack Lynch Jack Lynch NY4 43 23 21 3.61 379.0
18 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN +1 40 16 26 3.99 372.1
19 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle SL5 39 16 24 2.75 366.2
20 George Weidman George Weidman DTN 37 14 24 3.14 330.0
21 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 37 12 25 3.03 330.0
22 John Harkins John Harkins BR3 33 14 20 3.75 293.0
23 Will White Will White CN2 33 18 15 3.53 293.1
24 Charlie Sweeney Charlie Sweeney SL5 32 11 21 3.93 275.0
25 Larry McKeon CN2 32 20 13 2.86 290.0
26 Ed Cushman Ed Cushman NY4 +1 32 11 21 3.01 278.0
27 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CHN +1 28 21 7 2.43 252.0
28 Billy Serad Billy Serad BFN 27 7 21 4.10 241.1
29 Pete Conway Pete Conway BFN 26 10 17 4.67 210.0
30 Norm Baker LS2 24 13 12 3.40 217.0
31 Adonis Terry Adonis Terry BR3 23 6 17 4.26 209.0
32 Bill Mountjoy CN2 +1 23 12 11 3.75 206.2
33 Pete Wood Pete Wood BFN 21 8 15 4.44 198.2
34 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 19 11 9 1.86 179.1
35 Doug Crothers NY4 18 7 11 5.08 154.0
36 Al Mays LS2 17 6 11 2.76 150.0
37 Tom Lovett Tom Lovett PH4 15 7 8 3.70 138.2
38 Pete Meegan PT1 14 7 8 3.39 146.0
39 Bob Emslie Bob Emslie BL2 +1 14 3 14 4.71 135.2
40 Bill Vinton Bill Vinton PHI +1 14 7 9 2.80 132.0
41 John Kirby John Kirby SL5 14 5 8 3.55 129.1
42 Ed Knouff Ed Knouff PH4 12 7 6 3.65 106.0
43 Jumbo McGinnis Jumbo McGinnis SL4 12 6 6 3.38 112.0
44 Dan Casey Dan Casey DTN 12 4 8 3.29 104.0
45 George Pechiney CN2 11 7 4 2.02 98.0
46 Ed Bagley NY4 10 4 9 4.93 115.0
47 Thomas Burns Thomas Burns BL2 10 7 4 3.58 105.2
48 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day PT1 10 5 7 3.67 103.0
49 Hugh Daily Hugh Daily SL5 10 3 8 3.94 91.1
50 Daisy Davis BSN 10 5 6 4.29 94.1
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