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1955 MLB Complete Games by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games finished by the starter

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in complete games in 1955, with 66, 5 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 16 MLB teams is 46.8.

Led all of MLB in 1955 Detroit Tigers 154 games
66 Complete Games 5 clear of Milwaukee Braves
# Team League G CG
1 Detroit Tigers AL 154 66
2 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 61
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 58
4 Chicago White Sox AL 155 55
5 New York Giants NL 154 52
5 New York Yankees AL 154 52
7 Chicago Cubs NL 154 47
MLB average 46.8
8 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 46
9 Cleveland Indians AL 154 45
10 Boston Red Sox AL 154 44
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 42
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 41
13 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 38
14 Washington Senators AL 154 37
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 156 35
16 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 29

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.