1987 MLB Complete Games by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in complete games in 1987, with 47, 3 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 26 MLB teams is 21.6.

Led all of MLB in 1987 Boston Red Sox 162 games

47 Complete Games 3 clear of Kansas City Royals

#	Team	League	G	CG
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	47
2	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	44
3	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	39
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	33
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	29
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	29
7	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	28
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	25
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	24
	MLB average			21.6
10	California Angels	AL	162	20
10	Texas Rangers	AL	162	20
12	New York Yankees	AL	162	19
12	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	19
14	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	18
14	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	18
16	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	17
17	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	16
17	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	16
17	Montreal Expos	NL	162	16
17	New York Mets	NL	162	16
21	San Diego Padres	NL	162	14
22	Houston Astros	NL	162	13
22	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	13
24	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	11
25	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	10
26	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	7

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.