1875 MLB Complete Games by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games finished by the starter
The Hartford Dark Blues led all of MLB in complete games in 1875, with 83, 8 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 13 MLB teams is 47.8.
Led all of MLB in 1875
Hartford Dark Blues
86 games
83
Complete Games
8 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
| # | Team | League | G | CG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartford Dark Blues | NA | 86 | 83 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 77 | 75 |
| 3 | New York Mutuals | NA | 71 | 70 |
| 4 | St. Louis Brown Stockings | NA | 70 | 67 |
| 5 | Chicago White Stockings | NA | 69 | 65 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Whites | NA | 70 | 64 |
| 7 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 82 | 60 |
| MLB average | 47.8 | |||
| 8 | New Haven Elm Citys | NA | 47 | 40 |
| 9 | Brooklyn Atlantics | NA | 44 | 31 |
| 10 | Washington Nationals | NA | 28 | 23 |
| 11 | St. Louis Red Stockings | NA | 19 | 16 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Centennials | NA | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Keokuk Westerns | NA | 13 | 13 |
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.