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1931 MLB Complete Games by Team

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

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in complete games in 1931, with 97, 7 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 22 MLB teams is 60.1.

Led all of MLB in 1931 Philadelphia Athletics 153 games
97 Complete Games 7 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G CG
1 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 97
2 New York Giants NL 153 90
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 89
4 Detroit Tigers AL 154 86
5 Chicago Cubs NL 156 80
5 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 80
7 Boston Braves NL 156 78
7 New York Yankees AL 155 78
9 Cleveland Indians AL 155 76
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 70
11 St. Louis Browns AL 154 65
12 Brooklyn Robins NL 153 64
13 Boston Red Sox AL 153 61
MLB average 60.1
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 60
14 Washington Senators AL 156 60
16 Chicago White Sox AL 156 54
17 Detroit Stars NNL 55 34
18 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 59 25
19 Louisville White Sox NNL 52 24
20 Cleveland Cubs NNL 44 20
21 St. Louis Stars NNL 56 19
22 Chicago Columbia Giants NNL 26 13

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.