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1976 MLB Complete Games by Team

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

The California Angels led all of MLB in complete games in 1976, with 64, 1 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 24 MLB teams is 43.3.

Led all of MLB in 1976 California Angels 162 games
64 Complete Games 1 clear of Texas Rangers
# Team League G CG
1 California Angels AL 162 64
2 Texas Rangers AL 162 63
3 New York Yankees AL 159 62
4 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 59
5 Detroit Tigers AL 161 55
6 Chicago White Sox AL 161 54
7 New York Mets NL 162 53
8 Boston Red Sox AL 162 49
9 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 47
9 San Diego Padres NL 162 47
11 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 45
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 45
MLB average 43.3
13 Houston Astros NL 162 42
14 Kansas City Royals AL 162 41
15 Oakland Athletics AL 161 39
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 35
17 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 34
18 Atlanta Braves NL 162 33
18 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 33
20 Cleveland Indians AL 159 30
21 Minnesota Twins AL 162 29
22 Chicago Cubs NL 162 27
22 San Francisco Giants NL 162 27
24 Montreal Expos NL 162 26

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.