how many complete games in 1981

Rick Langford had the most complete games in a season in 1981, with 18 complete games.

NAMECGSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Rick Langford
R. Langford
18
1981
OAK OAK
24
12
10
.545
24
2.99
84
2
0
195.1
190
65
81
14
58
3
0
2
823
1
3.87
2.67
1.45
0.65
10.2
7.0
1.27
.265
3.73
86
3.61
99
8.75
0.7
2Steve McCatty
S. McCatty
16
1981
OAK OAK
22
14
7
.667
22
2.33
91
4
0
185.2
140
48
50
12
61
2
0
1
741
0
4.41
2.96
1.49
0.58
12.3
8.2
1.08
.223
2.42
67
3.47
95
6.79
3.4
3Jack Morris
J. Morris
15
1981
DET DET
25
14
7
.667
25
3.05
97
1
0
198.0
153
67
69
14
78
2
0
11
798
2
4.41
3.55
1.24
0.64
12.2
9.8
1.17
.229
3.14
83
3.75
98
6.95
2
4Larry Gura
L. Gura
12
1981
KCR KCR
23
11
8
.579
23
2.72
61
2
0
172.1
139
52
61
11
35
4
0
0
680
3
3.19
1.83
1.74
0.57
9.0
5.1
1.01
.225
3.19
74
3.40
93
7.26
4.7
5Mike Norris
M. Norris
12
1981
OAK OAK
23
12
9
.571
23
3.75
78
2
0
172.2
145
72
77
17
63
10
0
0
721
14
4.07
3.28
1.24
0.89
10.8
8.7
1.20
.231
4.01
108
4.24
116
7.56
-11.8
6Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
11
1981
TOR TOR
25
11
10
.524
25
3.19
89
2
0
183.2
148
65
70
10
61
11
0
2
748
1
4.36
2.99
1.46
0.49
11.9
8.2
1.14
.239
3.43
82
3.51
92
7.25
6.6
7Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
11
1981
LAD LAD
25
13
7
.650
25
2.48
180
8
0
192.1
140
53
55
11
61
1
0
4
758
4
8.42
2.85
2.95
0.51
23.7
8.0
1.05
.255
2.57
73
2.44
72
6.55
20.4
8Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
10
1981
PHI PHI
24
13
4
.765
24
2.42
179
1
0
190.0
152
51
59
9
62
1
0
3
763
9
8.48
2.94
2.89
0.43
23.5
8.1
1.13
.279
2.79
69
2.32
67
7.20
23.7
9Ken Forsch
K. Forsch
10
1981
CAL CAL
20
11
7
.611
20
2.88
55
4
0
153.0
143
49
54
7
27
4
0
2
616
0
3.24
1.59
2.04
0.41
8.9
4.4
1.11
.260
3.18
80
3.08
82
8.41
11.5
10Matt Keough
M. Keough
10
1981
OAK OAK
19
10
6
.625
19
3.40
60
2
0
140.1
125
53
56
11
45
0
0
0
579
5
3.85
2.89
1.33
0.71
10.4
7.8
1.21
.246
3.59
98
3.72
102
8.02
-1.4
11Mario Soto
M. Soto
10
1981
CIN CIN
25
12
9
.571
25
3.29
151
3
0
175.0
142
64
69
13
61
3
0
3
717
4
7.77
3.14
2.48
0.67
21.1
8.5
1.16
.264
3.55
93
2.93
85
7.30
10.1
12Len Barker
L. Barker
9
1981
CLE CLE
22
8
7
.533
22
3.91
127
3
0
154.1
150
67
72
7
46
1
0
0
660
5
7.41
2.68
2.76
0.41
19.2
7.0
1.27
.299
4.20
105
2.45
65
8.75
22.7
13Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
9
1981
CLE CLE
20
11
7
.611
20
2.88
107
1
0
159.1
145
51
52
9
40
5
0
1
644
3
6.04
2.26
2.68
0.51
16.6
6.2
1.16
.282
2.94
77
2.84
75
8.19
16.8
14Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
9
1981
KCR KCR
26
13
11
.542
26
2.99
107
2
0
201.2
202
67
79
15
41
3
0
5
837
5
4.78
1.83
2.61
0.67
12.8
4.9
1.20
.279
3.53
81
3.16
87
9.01
11
15Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
9
1981
BAL BAL
25
14
5
.737
24
3.32
88
2
0
179.0
173
66
84
10
62
2
0
1
753
6
4.42
3.12
1.42
0.50
11.7
8.2
1.31
.276
4.22
93
3.41
93
8.70
5.3
16Geoff Zahn
G. Zahn
9
1981
CAL CAL
25
10
11
.476
25
4.41
52
0
0
161.1
181
79
93
18
43
0
0
2
689
2
2.90
2.40
1.21
1.00
7.5
6.2
1.39
.283
5.19
123
4.20
112
10.10
-7.8
17Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
8
1981
BOS BOS
23
9
8
.529
23
4.27
79
2
0
154.0
160
73
82
9
35
3
0
2
649
0
4.62
2.05
2.26
0.53
12.2
5.4
1.27
.289
4.79
111
3.07
82
9.35
11.7
18Rick Honeycutt
R. Honeycutt
8
1981
TEX TEX
20
11
6
.647
20
3.31
40
2
0
127.2
120
47
49
12
17
0
0
1
509
1
2.82
1.20
2.35
0.85
7.9
3.3
1.07
.245
3.45
93
3.59
100
8.46
0.1
19Scott McGregor
S. McGregor
8
1981
BAL BAL
24
13
5
.722
22
3.26
82
3
0
160.0
167
58
63
13
40
0
2
5
664
3
4.61
2.25
2.05
0.73
12.3
6.0
1.29
.291
3.54
91
3.38
92
9.39
5.4
20Jerry Reuss
J. Reuss
8
1981
LAD LAD
22
10
4
.714
22
2.30
51
2
0
152.2
138
39
44
6
27
4
0
3
608
1
3.01
1.59
1.89
0.35
8.4
4.4
1.08
.254
2.59
68
3.05
90
8.14
5.7
21Milt Wilcox
M. Wilcox
8
1981
DET DET
24
12
9
.571
24
3.03
79
1
0
166.1
152
56
61
10
52
6
0
3
686
4
4.27
2.81
1.52
0.54
11.5
7.6
1.23
.263
3.30
83
3.47
91
8.22
6.6
22Tommy John
T. John
7
1981
NYY NYY
20
9
8
.529
20
2.63
50
0
0
140.1
135
41
50
10
39
3
0
2
580
6
3.21
2.50
1.28
0.64
8.6
6.7
1.24
.262
3.21
74
3.71
102
8.66
-1.1
23Dan Petry
D. Petry
7
1981
DET DET
23
10
9
.526
22
3.00
79
2
0
141.0
115
47
53
10
57
1
1
4
583
3
5.04
3.64
1.39
0.64
13.6
9.8
1.22
.241
3.38
82
3.63
95
7.34
3.2
24Steve Rogers
S. Rogers
7
1981
MON MON
22
12
8
.600
22
3.42
87
3
0
160.2
149
61
64
7
41
2
0
4
652
1
4.87
2.30
2.12
0.39
13.3
6.3
1.18
.276
3.59
97
2.88
85
8.35
9
25Mike Witt
M. Witt
7
1981
CAL CAL
22
8
9
.471
21
3.28
75
1
0
129.0
123
47
60
9
47
11
1
4
555
2
5.23
3.28
1.60
0.63
13.5
8.5
1.32
.276
4.19
91
3.69
98
8.58
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