1981 MLB Complete Games by Team

The Oakland Athletics led all of MLB in complete games in 1981, with 60, 27 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 26 MLB teams is 19.6.

Led all of MLB in 1981 Oakland Athletics 109 games

60 Complete Games 27 clear of Cleveland Indians

#	Team	League	G	CG
1	Oakland Athletics	AL	109	60
2	Cleveland Indians	AL	103	33
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	109	33
4	California Angels	AL	110	27
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	110	26
6	Baltimore Orioles	AL	105	25
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	108	25
8	Kansas City Royals	AL	103	24
9	Houston Astros	NL	110	23
9	Texas Rangers	AL	105	23
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	106	20
11	Montreal Expos	NL	108	20
11	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	106	20
	MLB average			19.6
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	108	19
14	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	107	19
16	New York Yankees	AL	107	16
17	Minnesota Twins	AL	110	13
18	Atlanta Braves	NL	107	11
18	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	109	11
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	103	11
18	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	103	11
22	Seattle Mariners	AL	110	10
23	San Diego Padres	NL	110	9
24	San Francisco Giants	NL	111	8
25	New York Mets	NL	105	7
26	Chicago Cubs	NL	106	6

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.