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1981 MLB Complete Games Leaders

Games finished by the starter

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Rick Langford led all of MLB in complete games in 1981 with 18, 2 ahead of Steve McCatty (16). It was one of 2 times Rick Langford led in complete games.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Rick Langford Led all of MLB in 1981 Rick Langford Oakland Athletics
18 Complete Games 2 clear of Steve McCatty
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# Player Team CG W L ERA IP
1 Rick Langford Rick Langford OAK 18 12 10 2.99 195.1
2 Steve McCatty Steve McCatty OAK 16 14 7 2.33 185.2
3 Jack Morris Jack Morris DET 15 14 7 3.05 198.0
4 Larry Gura KCA 12 11 8 2.72 172.1
5 Mike Norris Mike Norris OAK 12 12 9 3.75 172.2
6 Dave Stieb Dave Stieb TOR 11 11 10 3.19 183.2
7 Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela LAN 11 13 7 2.48 192.1
8 Mario Soto Mario Soto CIN 10 12 9 3.29 175.0
9 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 10 13 4 2.42 190.0
10 Ken Forsch Ken Forsch CAL 10 11 7 2.88 153.0
11 Matt Keough Matt Keough OAK 10 10 6 3.40 140.1
12 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA 9 13 11 2.99 201.2
13 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL 9 14 5 3.32 179.0
14 Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn CAL 9 10 11 4.41 161.1
15 Len Barker Len Barker CLE 9 8 7 3.91 154.1
16 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven CLE 9 11 7 2.88 159.1
17 Scott McGregor Scott McGregor BAL 8 13 5 3.26 160.0
18 Milt Wilcox DET 8 12 9 3.03 166.1
19 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley BOS 8 9 8 4.27 154.0
20 Jerry Reuss Jerry Reuss LAN 8 10 4 2.30 152.2
21 Rick Honeycutt TEX 8 11 6 3.31 127.2
22 Dan Petry Dan Petry DET 7 10 9 3.00 141.0
23 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 7 12 8 3.42 160.2
24 Mike Witt Mike Witt CAL 7 8 9 3.28 129.0
25 Tommy John Tommy John NYA 7 9 8 2.63 140.1
26 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 6 14 2 2.54 166.1
27 Don Sutton Don Sutton HOU 6 11 9 2.61 158.2
28 Danny Darwin TEX 6 9 9 3.64 146.0
29 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper HOU 6 9 5 2.18 156.2
30 John Denny John Denny CLE 6 10 6 3.15 145.2
31 Britt Burns Britt Burns CHA 5 10 6 2.64 156.2
32 Richard Dotson Richard Dotson CHA 5 9 8 3.77 141.0
33 Moose Haas Moose Haas ML4 5 11 7 4.46 137.1
34 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 5 9 9 2.82 166.0
35 Frank Tanana Frank Tanana BOS 5 4 10 4.01 141.1
36 Burt Hooton Burt Hooton LAN 5 11 6 2.28 142.1
37 Dick Ruthven Dick Ruthven PHI 5 12 7 5.15 146.2
38 Jim Palmer Jim Palmer BAL 5 7 8 3.75 127.1
39 Rick Waits Rick Waits CLE 5 8 10 4.92 126.1
40 Floyd Bannister Floyd Bannister SEA 5 9 9 4.45 121.1
41 Bruce Berenyi Bruce Berenyi CIN 5 9 6 3.50 126.0
42 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan HOU 5 11 5 1.69 149.0
43 Rudy May Rudy May NYA 4 6 11 4.14 147.2
44 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN +1 4 8 11 3.11 156.1
45 Albert Williams Albert Williams MIN 4 6 10 4.08 150.0
46 Ray Burris Ray Burris MON 4 9 7 3.05 135.2
47 Scott Sanderson Scott Sanderson MON 4 9 7 2.95 137.1
48 Chris Welsh SDN 4 6 7 3.78 123.2
49 Rick Rhoden Rick Rhoden PIT 4 9 4 3.89 136.1
50 Doc Medich Doc Medich TEX 4 10 6 3.08 143.1
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