most cg in a season by a pitcher in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Rick Langford pitched the most complete games in a season, with 28 complete games in 1980.

	NAME	CG	SEASON	TM	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	Rick Langford R. Langford	28	1980	OAK	35	19	12	.613	33	3.26	102	2	0	290.0	276	105	119	29	64	1	2	6	1,166	7	3.17	1.99	1.59	0.90	8.7	5.5	1.17	.255	3.69	85	4.01	101	8.57	-1
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	24	1985	TOT	37	17	16	.515	37	3.16	206	5	0	293.2	264	103	121	23	75	9	0	1	1,203	4	6.31	2.30	2.75	0.70	17.1	6.2	1.15	.271	3.71	74	3.15	77	8.09	31.2
3	Mike Norris M. Norris	24	1980	OAK	33	22	9	.710	33	2.53	180	1	0	284.1	215	80	88	18	83	6	0	2	1,135	9	5.70	2.63	2.17	0.57	15.9	7.3	1.05	.232	2.79	66	3.24	81	6.81	23.7
4	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	21	1983	NYY	31	21	9	.700	31	3.42	156	3	0	250.1	232	95	99	26	60	2	0	3	1,024	4	5.61	2.16	2.60	0.93	15.2	5.9	1.17	.264	3.56	88	3.59	92	8.34	8.9
5	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	20	1986	LAD	34	21	11	.656	34	3.14	242	3	0	269.1	226	94	104	18	85	1	0	5	1,102	13	8.09	2.84	2.85	0.60	22.0	7.7	1.15	.275	3.48	87	2.79	77	7.55	25.4
6	Jack Morris J. Morris	20	1983	DET	37	20	13	.606	37	3.34	232	1	0	293.2	257	109	117	30	83	3	0	5	1,204	18	7.11	2.54	2.80	0.92	19.3	6.9	1.16	.265	3.59	83	3.37	82	7.88	24
7	Matt Keough M. Keough	20	1980	OAK	34	16	13	.552	32	2.92	121	2	0	250.0	218	81	94	24	94	5	0	3	1,041	13	4.36	3.38	1.29	0.86	11.6	9.0	1.25	.243	3.38	76	4.21	106	7.85	-6.4
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	19	1982	PHI	38	23	11	.676	38	3.10	286	6	0	295.2	253	102	114	17	86	1	0	5	1,193	9	8.71	2.62	3.33	0.52	24.0	7.2	1.15	.294	3.47	85	2.40	67	7.70	38.3
9	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	19	1982	TOR	38	17	14	.548	38	3.25	141	5	0	288.1	271	104	116	27	75	5	0	4	1,187	3	4.40	2.34	1.88	0.84	11.9	6.3	1.20	.260	3.62	76	3.78	90	8.46	13
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	18	1987	BOS	36	20	9	.690	36	2.97	256	7	0	281.2	248	93	100	19	83	9	0	4	1,157	4	8.18	2.65	3.08	0.61	22.1	7.2	1.18	.290	3.20	65	2.90	66	7.92	46.6
11	Mario Soto M. Soto	18	1983	CIN	34	17	13	.567	34	2.70	242	3	0	273.2	207	82	96	28	95	5	0	6	1,114	2	7.96	3.12	2.55	0.92	21.7	8.5	1.10	.241	3.16	71	3.40	91	6.81	10.5
12	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	18	1982	LAD	37	19	13	.594	37	2.87	199	4	0	285.0	247	91	105	13	83	2	0	12	1,156	4	6.28	2.62	2.40	0.41	17.2	7.2	1.16	.272	3.32	81	2.80	80	7.80	22.3
13	Rick Langford R. Langford	18	1981	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
14	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	17	1986	CLE	36	16	12	.571	34	3.57	167	3	0	252.1	234	100	112	18	106	8	1	0	1,078	12	5.96	3.78	1.58	0.64	15.5	9.8	1.35	.277	3.99	85	3.72	90	8.35	12.2
15	Charlie Hough C. Hough	17	1984	TEX	36	16	14	.533	36	3.76	164	1	0	266.0	260	111	127	26	94	9	0	3	1,133	12	5.55	3.18	1.74	0.88	14.5	8.3	1.33	.279	4.30	95	3.96	101	8.80	-1.1
16	Jack Morris J. Morris	17	1982	DET	37	17	16	.515	37	4.06	135	3	0	266.1	247	120	131	37	96	0	0	7	1,107	10	4.56	3.24	1.41	1.25	12.2	8.7	1.29	.250	4.43	101	4.58	110	8.35	-11.3
17	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	16	1986	MIN	36	17	14	.548	36	4.01	215	3	0	271.2	262	121	134	50	58	10	0	4	1,126	4	7.12	1.92	3.71	1.66	19.1	5.2	1.18	.267	4.44	93	4.32	104	8.68	-5
18	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	16	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	1.53	268	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
19	Mike Boddicker M. Boddicker	16	1984	BAL	34	20	11	.645	34	2.79	128	4	0	261.1	218	81	95	23	81	5	0	1	1,051	6	4.41	2.79	1.58	0.79	12.2	7.7	1.14	.240	3.27	71	3.91	97	7.51	4.1
20	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	16	1982	HOU	35	17	12	.586	35	2.47	130	5	0	270.0	224	74	79	12	64	5	0	1	1,067	19	4.33	2.13	2.03	0.40	12.2	6.0	1.07	.248	2.63	73	3.09	92	7.47	7.6
21	Steve McCatty S. McCatty	16	1981	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
22	Larry Gura L. Gura	16	1980	KCR	36	18	10	.643	36	2.95	113	4	0	283.1	272	93	107	20	76	5	0	6	1,175	2	3.59	2.41	1.49	0.64	9.6	6.5	1.23	.262	3.40	73	3.72	94	8.64	7
23	Tommy John T. John	16	1980	NYY	36	22	9	.710	36	3.43	78	6	0	265.1	270	101	115	13	56	6	0	1	1,089	5	2.65	1.90	1.39	0.44	7.2	5.1	1.23	.275	3.90	88	3.49	88	9.16	14.6
24	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	15	1988	LAD	35	23	8	.742	34	2.26	178	8	1	267.0	208	67	73	18	73	4	1	10	1,068	6	6.00	2.46	2.44	0.61	16.7	6.8	1.05	.239	2.46	68	3.17	93	7.01	6.7
25	Danny Jackson D. Jackson	15	1988	CIN	35	23	8	.742	35	2.73	161	6	0	260.2	206	79	86	13	71	2	0	6	1,034	5	5.56	2.45	2.27	0.45	15.6	6.9	1.06	.245	2.97	77	3.01	83	7.11	18.1

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Tue 7/21	ATH	@	AZ	9:40 PM
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