most complete games as a pitcher in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Hal Newhouser had the most complete games, with 181 complete games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season complete games as a pitcher in the 1940s

	NAME	CG	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	181	377	170	118	.590	305	2.84	1,579	31	15	2453.1	2,127	774	927	84	1,068	10	56	10,360	52	5.79	3.92	1.48	0.31	15.2	10.3	1.30	.268	3.40	72	3.01	77	7.80	237.2
2	Bob Feller B. Feller	155	266	137	82	.626	231	2.90	1,396	28	16	1897.0	1,539	611	677	95	827	22	27	7,880	30	6.62	3.92	1.69	0.45	17.7	10.5	1.25	.261	3.21	76	3.11	83	7.30	133.9
3	Bucky Walters B. Walters	153	246	122	90	.575	238	2.97	677	28	3	1868.1	1,724	616	726	92	631	24	6	7,778	28	3.26	3.04	1.07	0.44	8.7	8.1	1.26	.257	3.50	84	3.53	99	8.30	5.6
4	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	139	294	122	123	.498	273	3.14	779	23	2	2047.1	2,105	715	884	84	445	31	10	8,535	53	3.42	1.96	1.75	0.37	9.1	5.2	1.25	.281	3.89	85	3.04	83	9.25	148.4
5	Rip Sewell R. Sewell	132	316	133	87	.605	231	3.35	548	19	12	1894.0	1,864	706	848	101	646	20	55	8,102	26	2.60	3.07	0.85	0.48	6.8	8.0	1.33	.260	4.03	90	3.71	99	8.86	12.9
6	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	132	374	129	119	.520	239	3.01	930	27	22	2026.1	1,944	678	821	74	746	21	93	8,587	36	4.13	3.31	1.25	0.33	10.8	8.7	1.33	.274	3.65	78	3.21	85	8.63	133.3
7	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	130	258	111	85	.566	207	2.94	646	21	12	1693.2	1,704	554	665	65	426	17	38	7,149	17	3.43	2.26	1.52	0.35	9.0	6.0	1.26	.273	3.53	84	3.07	87	9.05	88.7
8	Jim Tobin J. Tobin	127	202	76	88	.463	167	3.35	348	10	4	1426.1	1,407	531	630	82	430	20	28	6,033	21	2.20	2.71	0.81	0.52	5.8	7.1	1.29	.257	3.98	95	3.74	105	8.88	-30.6
9	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	120	246	114	68	.626	210	2.93	772	31	9	1606.1	1,441	523	598	77	462	25	26	6,627	24	4.33	2.59	1.67	0.43	11.6	7.0	1.18	.258	3.35	79	3.09	84	8.07	101
10	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	115	302	105	120	.467	261	3.59	1,070	19	5	1961.1	1,949	782	915	93	792	32	22	8,488	26	4.91	3.63	1.35	0.43	12.6	9.3	1.40	.285	4.20	97	3.33	90	8.94	87
11	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	110	231	103	72	.589	193	3.06	478	21	9	1551.0	1,501	528	580	117	287	9	27	6,284	4	2.77	1.67	1.67	0.68	7.6	4.6	1.15	.257	3.37	83	3.46	94	8.71	37.9
12	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	103	232	93	92	.503	219	3.32	972	26	1	1589.1	1,363	587	657	71	805	12	4	6,758	25	5.50	4.56	1.21	0.40	14.4	11.9	1.36	.264	3.72	92	3.41	94	7.72	36.5
13	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	101	216	105	59	.640	172	2.74	666	22	12	1388.0	1,242	422	480	68	378	27	30	5,662	14	4.32	2.45	1.76	0.44	11.8	6.7	1.17	.260	3.11	72	3.06	80	8.05	115.8
14	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	99	177	82	70	.539	170	3.28	500	14	2	1335.0	1,368	486	564	90	371	18	6	5,617	13	3.37	2.50	1.35	0.61	8.9	6.6	1.30	.276	3.80	90	3.52	96	9.22	19.1
15	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	99	225	96	54	.640	156	2.94	693	19	17	1375.2	1,270	450	504	77	372	11	51	5,663	5	4.53	2.43	1.86	0.50	12.2	6.6	1.19	.265	3.30	79	3.01	82	8.31	98.8
16	Early Wynn E. Wynn	97	214	83	92	.474	188	3.94	447	9	2	1411.0	1,519	617	724	72	507	16	23	6,141	16	2.85	3.23	0.88	0.46	7.3	8.3	1.44	.284	4.62	108	3.64	101	9.69	-10.8
17	Thornton Lee T. Lee	97	176	65	74	.468	152	3.13	521	8	2	1235.2	1,171	430	528	62	421	27	11	5,199	14	3.79	3.07	1.24	0.45	10.0	8.1	1.29	.266	3.85	85	3.50	94	8.53	31.2
18	Hank Borowy H. Borowy	93	261	104	76	.578	208	3.35	650	16	7	1607.1	1,542	599	692	96	567	5	35	6,772	28	3.64	3.17	1.15	0.54	9.6	8.4	1.31	.265	3.87	93	3.53	98	8.63	7.6
19	Johnny Sain J. Sain	90	194	79	65	.549	147	3.28	539	11	10	1185.2	1,151	432	506	68	387	20	34	5,025	13	4.09	2.94	1.39	0.52	10.7	7.7	1.30	.270	3.84	88	3.38	90	8.74	47.4
20	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	89	165	85	34	.714	151	2.67	543	22	6	1211.2	1,039	359	425	49	387	16	9	4,939	18	4.03	2.87	1.40	0.36	11.0	7.8	1.18	.251	3.16	72	3.14	87	7.72	61
21	Mickey Haefner M. Haefner	88	229	77	83	.481	168	3.35	481	13	13	1372.0	1,308	511	602	62	520	37	39	5,886	17	3.16	3.41	0.93	0.41	8.2	8.8	1.33	.260	3.95	95	3.61	101	8.58	-13.2
22	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	88	204	75	75	.500	160	3.39	489	9	11	1301.1	1,328	490	569	65	280	5	30	5,443	10	3.38	1.94	1.75	0.45	9.0	5.1	1.24	.274	3.94	96	3.15	88	9.18	61.9
23	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	84	354	105	83	.559	207	3.53	853	10	22	1692.2	1,492	663	759	102	819	25	82	7,273	47	4.54	4.35	1.04	0.54	11.7	11.3	1.37	.254	4.04	94	3.84	101	7.93	-6
24	Howie Pollet H. Pollet	82	204	83	49	.629	145	2.99	508	18	8	1157.0	1,107	385	449	52	397	17	26	4,875	21	3.95	3.09	1.28	0.40	10.4	8.1	1.30	.270	3.49	78	3.27	86	8.61	69.6
25	Phil Marchildon P. Marchildon	82	184	68	75	.476	162	3.92	481	6	2	1213.0	1,083	529	604	81	682	23	18	5,302	45	3.57	5.06	0.71	0.60	9.1	12.9	1.46	.248	4.48	102	4.34	114	8.04	-72.3