League Leaders Daily Quiz

1962 MLB Complete Games by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in complete games in 1962, with 62, 3 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 20 MLB teams is 42.2.

Led all of MLB in 1962 San Francisco Giants 165 games
62 Complete Games 3 clear of Milwaukee Braves
# Team League G CG
1 San Francisco Giants NL 165 62
2 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 59
3 Minnesota Twins AL 163 53
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 53
5 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 51
6 Chicago White Sox AL 162 50
7 Detroit Tigers AL 161 46
8 Cleveland Indians AL 162 45
9 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 165 44
10 New York Mets NL 161 43
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 43
MLB average 42.2
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 40
13 Washington Senators AL 162 38
14 Boston Red Sox AL 160 34
14 Houston Colt .45's NL 162 34
16 New York Yankees AL 162 33
17 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 32
17 Kansas City Athletics AL 162 32
19 Chicago Cubs NL 162 29
20 Los Angeles Angels AL 162 23

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.