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1887 MLB Complete Games Leaders

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Matt Kilroy led the majors with 66 complete games in 1887, 5 ahead of Toad Ramsey (61). It stands 12th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Matt Kilroy led in complete games.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Matt Kilroy Led all of MLB in 1887 Matt Kilroy Baltimore Orioles
66 Complete Games 5 clear of Toad Ramsey
Showing Complete Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team CG W L ERA IP
1 Matt Kilroy Matt Kilroy BL2 66 46 19 3.07 589.1
2 Toad Ramsey Toad Ramsey LS2 61 37 27 3.43 561.0
3 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 56 38 21 3.08 523.0
4 Phenomenal Smith Phenomenal Smith BL2 54 25 30 3.79 491.1
5 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 54 35 19 3.12 476.2
6 Gus Weyhing Gus Weyhing PH4 53 26 28 4.27 466.1
7 Ed Seward Ed Seward PH4 52 25 25 4.13 470.2
8 Al Mays NY4 50 17 34 4.73 441.1
9 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith CN2 49 34 17 2.94 447.1
10 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 48 24 23 4.55 425.0
11 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin PIT 47 28 21 3.29 440.2
12 Tony Mullane Tony Mullane CN2 47 31 17 3.24 416.1
13 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney WS8 46 24 21 3.22 404.2
14 Billy Crowell Billy Crowell CL3 45 14 31 4.88 389.1
15 Silver King Silver King SL4 43 32 12 3.78 390.0
16 Dan Casey Dan Casey PHI 43 28 13 2.86 390.1
17 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 41 29 13 3.73 366.2
18 Egyptian Healy IN3 40 12 29 5.17 341.0
19 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 39 22 15 3.36 346.0
20 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers SL4 39 29 9 3.30 341.0
21 Henry Porter Henry Porter BR3 38 15 24 4.21 339.2
22 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle IN3 37 13 24 3.65 328.0
23 Ed Morris Ed Morris PIT 37 14 22 4.31 317.2
24 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz SL4 36 25 12 3.87 339.1
25 Kid Madden BSN 36 21 14 3.79 321.0
26 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick PIT 36 13 23 4.30 322.1
27 Mark Baldwin Mark Baldwin CHN 35 18 17 3.40 334.0
28 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton PHI 35 21 17 3.66 332.1
29 Mike Morrison CL3 35 12 25 4.92 316.2
30 Adonis Terry Adonis Terry BR3 35 16 16 4.02 318.0
31 Ice Box Chamberlain Ice Box Chamberlain LS2 35 18 16 3.79 309.0
32 Guy Hecker Guy Hecker LS2 32 18 12 4.16 285.1
33 George Weidman George Weidman DTN +2 32 17 16 5.00 288.0
34 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 31 22 10 3.00 297.1
35 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day WS8 29 8 20 4.17 254.2
36 Frank Gilmore Frank Gilmore WS8 27 7 20 3.87 234.2
37 Dick Conway BSN 25 9 15 4.66 222.1
38 Ed Cushman Ed Cushman NY4 25 10 15 5.97 220.0
39 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 24 13 10 3.84 211.0
40 John Harkins John Harkins BR3 22 10 14 6.02 199.0
41 Steve Toole Steve Toole BR3 22 14 10 4.31 194.0
42 Jack Lynch Jack Lynch NY4 21 7 14 5.10 187.0
43 Billy Serad Billy Serad CN2 20 10 11 4.08 187.1
44 Dupee Shaw WS8 20 7 13 6.45 181.1
45 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren CHN 18 11 7 3.86 161.0
46 Lev Shreve Lev Shreve IN3 +1 18 8 10 4.50 160.0
47 Pete Conway Pete Conway DTN 16 8 9 2.90 146.0
48 Hugh Daily Hugh Daily CL3 16 4 12 3.67 139.2
49 Bill Stemmyer Bill Stemmyer BSN 14 6 8 5.20 119.1
50 John Shaffer NY4 13 2 11 6.19 112.0
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