1972 MLB Complete Games by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in complete games in 1972, with 64, 2 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 24 MLB teams is 42.0.

Led all of MLB in 1972 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games

64 Complete Games 2 clear of Baltimore Orioles

#	Team	League	G	CG
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	64
2	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	62
3	California Angels	AL	155	57
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	54
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	50
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	48
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	47
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	46
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	44
9	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	44
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	43
	MLB average			42.0
12	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	42
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	40
14	Montreal Expos	NL	156	39
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	39
14	San Diego Padres	NL	153	39
17	Houston Astros	NL	153	38
18	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	37
18	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	37
20	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	36
21	New York Yankees	AL	155	35
22	New York Mets	NL	156	32
23	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	25
24	Texas Rangers	AL	154	11

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.