best complete games by a pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Gaylord Perry had the most complete games, with 197 complete games.

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best regular-season complete games by a pitcher in the 1970s

	NAME	CG	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	197	369	184	133	.580	368	2.92	1,907	36	1	2905.0	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	1	75	11,759	68	5.91	2.35	2.52	0.64	16.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.37	80	3.02	83	7.93	199.6
2	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	184	360	178	130	.578	354	3.38	1,841	33	0	2706.2	2,507	1,015	1,128	301	518	51	5	55	11,009	34	6.12	1.72	3.55	1.00	16.7	4.7	1.12	.266	3.75	86	3.29	86	8.34	158.8
3	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	175	355	186	103	.644	352	2.58	1,559	44	2	2745.0	2,275	787	883	184	861	26	3	31	11,105	55	5.11	2.82	1.81	0.60	14.0	7.8	1.14	.247	2.90	73	3.28	90	7.46	110.6
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	165	368	178	126	.586	366	3.18	2,097	32	0	2747.0	2,413	971	1,103	238	960	31	0	87	11,361	81	6.87	3.15	2.18	0.78	18.5	8.4	1.23	.271	3.61	85	3.26	89	7.91	125.5
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	164	348	155	146	.515	333	3.14	2,678	42	2	2465.0	1,731	860	984	133	1,515	75	8	34	10,453	116	9.78	5.53	1.77	0.49	25.6	14.5	1.32	.264	3.59	89	3.05	85	6.32	150.5
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	160	406	164	151	.521	376	3.26	1,866	25	8	2881.0	2,642	1,045	1,228	259	920	76	19	53	12,043	116	5.83	2.87	2.03	0.81	15.5	7.6	1.24	.267	3.84	83	3.50	90	8.25	120.6
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	147	348	178	101	.638	345	2.61	2,304	40	0	2652.1	2,105	768	843	190	741	28	2	65	10,607	64	7.82	2.51	3.11	0.64	21.7	7.0	1.07	.261	2.86	73	2.64	74	7.14	272
8	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	145	353	148	128	.536	350	2.88	2,082	39	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
9	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	140	329	169	102	.624	327	3.17	1,309	30	0	2399.0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	133	319	115	117	.496	277	3.43	1,496	20	1	2110.0	2,048	803	897	202	581	32	15	40	8,765	71	6.38	2.48	2.57	0.86	17.1	6.6	1.25	.286	3.83	94	3.23	87	8.74	107.8
11	Vida Blue V. Blue	124	330	155	109	.587	327	3.07	1,600	32	1	2398.2	2,080	819	927	161	780	19	1	42	9,827	69	6.00	2.93	2.05	0.60	16.3	7.9	1.19	.264	3.48	88	3.12	87	7.80	125.1
12	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	120	322	142	92	.607	285	3.42	1,229	28	3	2063.0	1,904	783	839	204	595	28	18	22	8,498	12	5.36	2.60	2.07	0.89	14.5	7.0	1.21	.264	3.66	86	3.59	92	8.31	68.8
13	Don Sutton D. Sutton	117	352	166	110	.601	349	3.07	1,767	39	2	2557.1	2,174	871	975	214	660	45	3	45	10,403	63	6.22	2.32	2.68	0.75	17.0	6.3	1.11	.254	3.43	87	3.11	88	7.65	121.3
14	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	115	253	120	78	.606	245	3.34	832	25	1	1741.0	1,605	646	723	158	525	7	4	27	7,152	34	4.30	2.71	1.58	0.82	11.6	7.3	1.22	.257	3.74	96	3.68	103	8.30	-22
15	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	113	363	136	123	.525	276	3.31	1,138	24	22	2150.1	2,087	792	923	170	570	50	68	31	8,931	49	4.76	2.39	2.00	0.71	12.7	6.4	1.24	.274	3.86	89	3.37	91	8.73	73.8
16	Rick Wise R. Wise	107	314	133	117	.532	303	3.67	1,112	22	0	2121.0	2,156	866	980	188	556	26	4	53	8,912	31	4.72	2.36	2.00	0.80	12.5	6.2	1.28	.280	4.16	95	3.50	93	9.15	65
17	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	100	323	134	104	.563	313	3.71	985	14	0	2138.2	2,049	882	1,001	148	962	44	3	58	9,194	74	4.15	4.05	1.02	0.62	10.7	10.5	1.41	.269	4.21	96	3.99	105	8.62	-43.1
18	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	97	329	126	107	.541	294	3.50	1,038	22	2	2073.2	2,066	807	928	175	626	32	15	42	8,728	72	4.51	2.72	1.66	0.76	11.9	7.2	1.30	.276	4.03	96	3.61	98	8.97	17.2
19	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	89	179	84	64	.568	171	3.20	998	14	2	1361.2	1,218	484	538	87	475	26	4	57	5,688	39	6.60	3.14	2.10	0.58	17.5	8.4	1.24	.276	3.56	87	2.99	85	8.05	83
20	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	86	276	110	86	.561	257	2.93	1,340	24	9	1899.0	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	1.16	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
21	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	85	193	91	66	.580	187	2.93	1,120	24	0	1411.1	1,238	459	507	128	377	47	3	24	5,775	38	7.14	2.40	2.97	0.82	19.4	6.5	1.14	.271	3.23	82	3.11	85	7.89	88.7
22	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	85	251	102	98	.510	245	2.97	1,215	28	1	1803.0	1,662	595	693	115	485	20	4	62	7,405	51	6.06	2.42	2.51	0.57	16.4	6.5	1.19	.278	3.46	84	2.89	81	8.30	133.8
23	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	85	337	124	127	.494	313	3.30	1,587	15	5	2281.1	2,119	837	947	173	747	40	13	74	9,498	53	6.26	2.95	2.12	0.68	16.7	7.9	1.26	.280	3.74	92	3.22	89	8.36	97.6
24	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	83	323	114	108	.514	287	3.79	1,141	22	6	1967.0	2,000	828	942	121	742	34	18	66	8,486	73	5.22	3.40	1.54	0.55	13.4	8.7	1.39	.291	4.31	105	3.40	95	9.15	41.9
25	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	80	247	96	79	.549	215	3.48	887	11	3	1638.0	1,654	634	729	119	493	24	15	19	6,887	54	4.87	2.71	1.80	0.65	12.9	7.2	1.31	.286	4.01	90	3.43	90	9.09	73.9

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Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Gaylord Perry had the most complete games, with 197 complete games.

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