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1979 NL Complete Games Leaders

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Phil Niekro led the NL 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 the NL 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 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 13 13 12 3.00 248.2
4 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 13 18 11 3.62 251.0
5 Burt Hooton Burt Hooton LAN 12 11 10 2.97 212.0
6 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 11 21 11 3.00 263.2
7 Craig Swan Craig Swan NYN 10 14 13 3.29 251.1
8 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 10 14 14 5.01 237.0
9 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SDN 10 12 11 3.06 232.2
10 Ken Forsch Ken Forsch HOU 10 11 6 3.04 177.2
11 John Fulgham John Fulgham SLN 10 10 6 2.53 146.0
12 Pete Vuckovich Pete Vuckovich SLN 9 15 10 3.59 233.0
13 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 9 16 6 3.14 215.0
14 Joaquin Andujar Joaquin Andujar HOU 8 12 12 3.43 194.0
15 John Candelaria John Candelaria PIT 8 14 9 3.22 207.0
16 Nino Espinosa Nino Espinosa PHI 8 14 12 3.65 212.0
17 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 7 11 11 3.83 218.2
18 Silvio Martinez Silvio Martinez SLN 7 15 8 3.27 206.2
19 Lynn McGlothen Lynn McGlothen CHN 6 13 14 4.12 212.0
20 Randy Jones Randy Jones SDN 6 11 12 3.63 263.0
21 Dennis Lamp Dennis Lamp CHN 6 11 10 3.50 200.1
22 Randy Lerch Randy Lerch PHI 6 10 13 3.74 214.0
23 Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss CIN 6 14 8 3.50 205.2
24 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper SFN 6 9 12 4.64 207.1
25 Bill Lee Bill Lee MON 6 16 10 3.04 222.0
26 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN 6 12 15 3.82 226.0
27 Eric Rasmussen Eric Rasmussen SDN 5 6 9 3.27 156.2
28 Rick Sutcliffe Rick Sutcliffe LAN 5 17 10 3.46 242.0
29 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN 5 18 12 3.62 239.0
30 Fred Norman Fred Norman CIN 5 11 13 3.64 195.1
31 Scott Sanderson Scott Sanderson MON 5 9 8 3.43 168.0
32 John Denny John Denny SLN 5 8 11 4.85 206.0
33 Bob Shirley Bob Shirley SDN 4 8 16 3.38 205.0
34 Jerry Reuss Jerry Reuss LAN 4 7 14 3.54 160.0
35 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven PIT 4 12 5 3.60 237.1
36 Jim Bibby Jim Bibby PIT 4 12 4 2.81 137.2
37 Eddie Solomon Eddie Solomon ATL 4 7 14 4.21 186.0
38 Don Robinson Don Robinson PIT 4 8 8 3.87 160.2
39 Ed Halicki Ed Halicki SFN 3 5 8 4.58 125.2
40 Bruce Kison PIT 3 13 7 3.19 172.1
41 Dan Schatzeder Dan Schatzeder MON 3 10 5 2.83 162.0
42 John Curtis John Curtis SFN 3 10 9 4.18 120.2
43 Randy Niemann Randy Niemann HOU 3 3 2 3.76 67.0
44 Ken Holtzman Ken Holtzman CHN 3 6 9 4.59 117.2
45 Dick Ruthven Dick Ruthven PHI 3 7 5 4.27 122.1
46 Tom Hume Tom Hume CIN 2 10 9 2.76 163.0
47 Bob Owchinko Bob Owchinko SDN 2 6 12 3.74 149.1
48 Ed Whitson Ed Whitson PIT +1 2 7 11 4.10 158.0
49 David Palmer MON 2 10 2 2.64 122.2
50 Rudy May Rudy May MON 2 10 3 2.31 93.2
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