1887 MLB Complete Games by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games finished by the starter

The Louisville Colonels led all of MLB in complete games in 1887, with 133, 1 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 16 MLB teams is 126.1.

Season

League

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB CG L BB W-L%

Led all of MLB in 1887 Louisville Colonels 137 games

133 Complete Games 1 clear of Baltimore Orioles

#	Team	League	G	CG
1	Louisville Colonels	AA	137	133
2	Baltimore Orioles	AA	141	132
2	Brooklyn Grays	AA	138	132
2	New York Metropolitans	AA	138	132
2	St. Louis Browns	AA	137	132
6	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	137	131
7	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	135	129
8	Cleveland Blues	AA	133	127
	MLB average			126.1
9	Washington Nationals	NL	126	124
10	Boston Beaneaters	NL	127	123
10	New York Giants	NL	129	123
10	Pittsburg Alleghenys	NL	125	123
13	Detroit Wolverines	NL	127	122
14	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	128	119
15	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NL	127	118
16	Chicago White Stockings	NL	127	117

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.