Daily quiz

1979 MLB Complete Games Leaders

Games finished by the starter

All-time career leaders →

Phil Niekro led all of MLB in complete games in 1979 with 23, 4 ahead of J. R. Richard (19). It was one of 4 times Phil Niekro led in complete games.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Phil Niekro Led all of MLB in 1979 Phil Niekro Atlanta Braves
23 Complete Games 4 clear of J. R. Richard
Showing Complete Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team CG W L ERA IP
1 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL 23 21 20 3.39 342.0
2 J. R. Richard J. R. Richard HOU 19 18 13 2.71 292.1
3 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL 18 15 16 3.66 292.1
4 Tommy John Tommy John NYA 17 21 9 2.96 276.1
5 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan CAL 17 16 14 3.60 222.2
6 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley BOS 17 17 10 2.99 246.2
7 Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan BAL 16 23 9 3.08 265.2
8 Lary Sorensen Lary Sorensen ML4 16 15 14 3.98 235.1
9 Mike Caldwell Mike Caldwell ML4 16 16 6 3.29 235.0
10 Ron Guidry Ron Guidry NYA 15 18 8 2.78 236.1
11 Rick Langford Rick Langford OAK 14 12 16 4.28 218.2
12 Mike Parrott Mike Parrott SEA 13 14 12 3.77 229.1
13 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 13 13 12 3.00 248.2
14 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 13 18 11 3.62 251.0
15 Dave Frost Dave Frost CAL 12 16 10 3.57 239.1
16 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz MIN 12 14 13 4.16 250.2
17 Mike Torrez Mike Torrez BOS 12 16 13 4.49 252.1
18 Tom Underwood Tom Underwood TOR 12 9 16 3.69 227.0
19 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA 12 14 12 4.08 236.0
20 Jim Slaton Jim Slaton ML4 12 15 9 3.63 213.0
21 Burt Hooton Burt Hooton LAN 12 11 10 2.97 212.0
22 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 11 21 11 3.00 263.2
23 Paul Splittorff Paul Splittorff KCA 11 15 17 4.24 240.0
24 Dave Lemanczyk Dave Lemanczyk TOR 11 8 10 3.71 143.0
25 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins TEX 10 16 14 4.07 259.0
26 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman MIN 10 20 13 3.38 263.2
27 Ken Kravec CHA 10 15 13 3.74 250.0
28 Craig Swan Craig Swan NYN 10 14 13 3.29 251.1
29 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 10 14 14 5.01 237.0
30 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SDN 10 12 11 3.06 232.2
31 Ken Forsch Ken Forsch HOU 10 11 6 3.04 177.2
32 John Fulgham John Fulgham SLN 10 10 6 2.53 146.0
33 Bob Stanley Bob Stanley BOS 9 16 12 3.99 216.2
34 Pete Vuckovich Pete Vuckovich SLN 9 15 10 3.59 233.0
35 Rick Wise Rick Wise CLE 9 15 10 3.73 231.2
36 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 9 16 6 3.14 215.0
37 Bill Travers Bill Travers ML4 9 14 8 3.89 187.1
38 Jack Morris Jack Morris DET 9 17 7 3.28 197.2
39 Joaquin Andujar Joaquin Andujar HOU 8 12 12 3.43 194.0
40 Rick Waits Rick Waits CLE 8 16 13 4.44 231.0
41 John Candelaria John Candelaria PIT 8 14 9 3.22 207.0
42 Nino Espinosa Nino Espinosa PHI 8 14 12 3.65 212.0
43 Rick Honeycutt SEA 8 11 12 4.04 194.0
44 Steve McCatty Steve McCatty OAK 8 11 12 4.22 185.2
45 Moose Haas Moose Haas ML4 8 11 11 4.78 184.2
46 Larry Gura KCA 7 13 12 4.47 233.2
47 Don Aase Don Aase CAL 7 9 10 4.81 185.1
48 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 7 11 11 3.83 218.2
49 Milt Wilcox DET 7 12 10 4.35 196.1
50 Silvio Martinez Silvio Martinez SLN 7 15 8 3.27 206.2
1–50 of 390Next →