Between the 1880 and 1889 seasons, Pud Galvin pitched the most complete games, with 508 complete games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season complete games by a player career in the 1880s

	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	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	508	548	287	242	.543	536	2.87	1,526	48	1	4696.2	5,030	1,500	2,583	102	548	29	15	19,841	182	2.92	1.05	2.78	0.20	7.7	2.8	1.19	.280	4.95	94	2.97	94	9.64	77.9
2	Mickey Welch M. Welch	478	505	285	187	.604	496	2.62	1,706	39	3	4344.2	4,132	1,266	2,266	94	1,074	29	10	18,244	259	3.53	2.22	1.59	0.19	9.4	5.9	1.20	.263	4.69	87	3.19	102	8.56	-30.1
3	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	470	490	291	180	.618	487	2.47	2,219	36	1	4196.0	3,580	1,153	1,948	59	909	41	4	17,162	208	4.76	1.95	2.44	0.13	12.9	5.3	1.07	.253	4.18	77	2.81	87	7.68	196.4
4	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	429	460	271	169	.616	440	2.54	1,696	32	3	3966.1	3,740	1,118	1,941	97	713	30	19	16,458	198	3.85	1.62	2.38	0.22	10.3	4.3	1.12	.262	4.40	80	3.07	95	8.49	41.8
5	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	395	416	240	166	.591	411	2.46	1,471	29	1	3612.1	3,382	986	1,740	79	660	12	6	14,887	126	3.66	1.64	2.23	0.20	9.9	4.4	1.12	.261	4.34	84	2.95	99	8.43	-13.5
6	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	374	407	189	202	.483	392	2.95	1,565	26	2	3456.1	3,537	1,131	1,999	78	400	27	14	14,475	214	4.08	1.04	3.91	0.20	10.8	2.8	1.14	.279	5.21	96	2.73	87	9.21	149.1
7	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	329	368	203	138	.595	344	2.78	1,338	26	7	3078.1	2,800	952	1,628	48	709	74	25	12,938	256	3.91	2.07	1.89	0.14	10.3	5.5	1.14	.257	4.76	82	3.20	95	8.19	62.3
8	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	309	329	220	98	.692	326	2.54	1,470	26	1	2858.0	2,609	808	1,408	102	624	35	3	11,859	115	4.63	1.97	2.36	0.32	12.4	5.3	1.13	.260	4.43	71	3.11	84	8.22	227.7
9	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	301	322	173	137	.558	310	2.83	1,078	15	1	2804.1	2,762	883	1,615	41	448	25	11	11,853	124	3.46	1.44	2.41	0.13	9.1	3.8	1.14	.266	5.18	83	3.06	92	8.86	68.7
10	Ed Morris E. Morris	282	293	163	115	.586	292	2.70	1,192	28	1	2533.2	2,290	760	1,196	37	463	22	1	10,422	109	4.23	1.64	2.57	0.13	11.4	4.4	1.09	.260	4.25	85	2.86	91	8.13	33
11	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	281	317	181	120	.601	307	2.86	1,423	28	1	2660.0	2,599	844	1,372	67	564	14	10	11,184	135	4.81	1.91	2.52	0.23	12.7	5.0	1.19	.278	4.64	88	2.96	87	8.79	128.5
12	Will White W. White	264	272	154	113	.577	272	2.45	633	26	0	2367.2	2,260	644	1,176	54	381		0	9,993	130	2.41	1.45	1.66	0.21	6.3	3.8	1.12	.249	4.47	82	3.28	110	8.59	-80.2
13	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	256	277	177	89	.665	268	2.36	1,103	22	2	2392.1	2,147	626	1,235	68	496	2	9	10,001	113	4.15	1.87	2.22	0.26	11.0	5.0	1.10	.250	4.65	79	2.99	97	8.08	41
14	Stump Wiedman S. Wiedman	249	279	101	156	.393	269	3.61	910	13	2	2318.1	2,594	929	1,536	62	459	12	10	10,144	102	3.53	1.78	1.98	0.24	9.0	4.5	1.32	.291	5.96	114	3.19	99	10.07	7.4
15	Bob Caruthers B. Caruthers	229	249	175	64	.732	235	2.62	746	21	1	2130.0	1,932	619	970	33	376	39	14	8,761	106	3.15	1.59	1.98	0.14	8.5	4.3	1.08	.252	4.10	73	3.10	89	8.16	89.8
16	Matt Kilroy M. Kilroy	222	236	121	99	.550	233	3.26	1,082	18	0	1974.0	1,884	715	1,183	32	560	70	4	8,438	184	4.93	2.55	1.93	0.15	12.8	6.6	1.24	.277	5.39	92	3.15	88	8.59	86.4
17	Pretzels Getzien P. Getzien	218	231	113	108	.511	229	3.35	865	7	1	1983.2	2,045	738	1,196	80	462	19	2	8,509	96	3.92	2.10	1.87	0.36	10.2	5.4	1.26	.277	5.43	99	3.37	95	9.28	34.6
18	Jack Lynch J. Lynch	213	220	110	104	.514	215	3.65	858	8	0	1915.1	2,026	777	1,206	53	290	4	5	8,161	137	4.03	1.36	2.96	0.25	10.5	3.6	1.21	.285	5.67	111	3.07	96	9.52	15.8
19	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	206	225	130	84	.607	219	3.03	1,063	7	2	1900.0	1,913	640	1,146	38	269	3	6	8,152	100	5.04	1.27	3.95	0.18	13.0	3.3	1.15	.278	5.43	92	2.69	84	9.06	115.4
20	Henry Porter H. Porter	201	207	96	107	.473	206	3.70	659	9	0	1793.1	1,893	737	1,209	43	466	31	1	7,822	88	3.31	2.34	1.41	0.22	8.4	6.0	1.32	.280	6.07	103	3.39	100	9.50	19.9
21	Adonis Terry A. Terry	199	219	94	107	.468	209	3.43	950	12	4	1812.1	1,723	691	1,130	38	521	34	10	7,747	127	4.72	2.59	1.82	0.19	12.3	6.7	1.24	.273	5.61	98	3.27	95	8.56	31.1
22	Hardie Henderson H. Henderson	197	210	81	121	.401	206	3.50	930	4	0	1788.1	1,800	696	1,230	25	522	7	4	7,852	178	4.68	2.63	1.78	0.13	11.8	6.6	1.30	.281	6.19	106	3.21	98	9.06	5
23	Dupee Shaw D. Shaw	196	211	83	121	.407	207	3.10	950	13	0	1762.0	1,710	607	1,050	41	396	3	4	7,555	85	4.85	2.02	2.40	0.21	12.6	5.2	1.20	.271	5.36	99	3.04	96	8.73	2.4
24	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	191	204	90	107	.457	201	3.22	1,258	4	0	1752.0	1,616	626	1,152	30	569	30	3	7,550	151	6.46	2.92	2.21	0.15	16.7	7.5	1.25	.281	5.92	87	2.87	79	8.30	147.9
25	Henry Boyle H. Boyle	189	207	89	111	.445	199	3.06	602	10	1	1756.1	1,740	597	983	46	378	36	8	7,447	84	3.08	1.94	1.59	0.24	8.1	5.1	1.21	.265	5.04	90	3.35	97	8.92	24.7