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1885 NL Complete Games Leaders

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John Clarkson led the NL in complete games in 1885 with 68, 13 ahead of Mickey Welch (55). It was one of 3 times John Clarkson led in complete games.

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John Clarkson Led the NL in 1885 John Clarkson Chicago White Stockings
68 Complete Games 13 clear of Mickey Welch
Showing Complete Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team CG W L ERA IP
1 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 68 53 16 1.85 623.0
2 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 55 44 11 1.66 492.0
3 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN 50 18 32 2.98 441.1
4 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton BSN 49 22 27 2.88 434.1
5 Ed Daily Ed Daily PHI 49 26 23 2.21 440.0
6 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 49 28 21 2.20 445.2
7 Dupee Shaw PRO 47 23 26 2.57 399.2
8 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 45 26 20 2.22 405.0
9 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 45 32 13 1.57 400.0
10 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN +1 40 16 26 3.99 372.1
11 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle SL5 39 16 24 2.75 366.2
12 George Weidman George Weidman DTN 37 14 24 3.14 330.0
13 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 37 12 25 3.03 330.0
14 Charlie Sweeney Charlie Sweeney SL5 32 11 21 3.93 275.0
15 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CHN +1 28 21 7 2.43 252.0
16 Billy Serad Billy Serad BFN 27 7 21 4.10 241.1
17 Pete Conway Pete Conway BFN 26 10 17 4.67 210.0
18 Pete Wood Pete Wood BFN 21 8 15 4.44 198.2
19 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 19 11 9 1.86 179.1
20 Bill Vinton Bill Vinton PHI +1 14 7 9 2.80 132.0
21 John Kirby John Kirby SL5 14 5 8 3.55 129.1
22 Dan Casey Dan Casey DTN 12 4 8 3.29 104.0
23 Hugh Daily Hugh Daily SL5 10 3 8 3.94 91.1
24 Daisy Davis BSN 10 5 6 4.29 94.1
25 Larry Corcoran Larry Corcoran CHN +1 8 7 3 3.42 84.1
26 Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy CHN 8 7 2 3.43 78.2
27 Egyptian Healy SL5 8 1 7 3.00 66.0
28 Danny Richardson Danny Richardson NY1 7 7 1 2.40 75.0
29 The Only Nolan The Only Nolan PHI 6 1 5 4.17 54.0
30 Billy Palmer SL5 4 0 4 3.44 34.0
31 Fred Pfeffer Fred Pfeffer CHN 2 2 1 2.56 31.2
32 Paul Radford Paul Radford PRO 2 0 2 7.85 18.1
33 Bill Stemmyer Bill Stemmyer BSN 2 1 1 0.00 11.0
34 John Fischer BFN 1 0 1 5.00 9.0
35 John Foley PRO 1 0 1 4.50 8.0
36 Charlie Hallstrom PRO 1 0 1 11.00 9.0
37 Sam Kimber Sam Kimber PRO 1 0 1 11.25 8.0
38 Edgar Smith PRO 1 1 0 1.00 9.0
39 Bill Stellberger PRO 1 0 1 7.88 8.0
40 John Ward PRO 1 0 1 4.50 8.0
41 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN 0 0 0 0.00 6.0
42 Dick Burns Dick Burns SL5 0 0 0 9.00 3.0
43 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing NY1 0 0 1 4.50 2.0
44 Frank Meinke DTN 0 0 1 3.60 5.0
45 Gene Moriarty DTN 0 0 0 9.00 2.0
46 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN 0 0 0 2.25 4.0
47 Ed Seward Ed Seward PRO 0 0 0 0.00 6.0
48 Wash Williams CHN 0 0 0 13.50 2.0
49 George Wood George Wood DTN 0 0 0 0.00 4.0