most complete games wins in one season since 1950

4 pitchers pitched 28 complete games. The first three are Denny McLain in 1968, Bob Gibson in 1968 and in 1969 and Bob Lemon in 1952.

Interpreted as:
most complete games wins by a player in one season since 1950
NAMECGWSEASONTMLW%GGSERASOSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Denny McLain
D. McLain
28
28
1968
DET DET
0
1.000
28
28
1.46
223
6
0
253.0
170
41
45
19
40
4
0
0
950
1
7.93
1.42
5.58
0.68
23.5
4.2
0.83
.227
1.60
6.05
2Robin Roberts
R. Roberts
30
27
1952
PHN PHN
3
.900
30
30
2.34
127
3
0
277.0
229
72
79
16
36
4
0
1,083
2
4.13
1.17
3.53
0.52
11.7
3.3
0.96
.237
2.57
7.44
3Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
27
25
1965
LAD LAD
2
.926
27
27
1.32
289
8
0
244.2
136
36
41
16
45
1
0
1
914
6
10.63
1.66
6.42
0.59
31.6
4.9
0.74
.213
1.51
5.00
4Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
30
24
1972
PHI PHI
6
.800
30
30
1.39
237
8
0
272.0
181
42
48
11
61
1
0
6
1,029
6
7.84
2.02
3.89
0.36
23.0
5.9
0.89
.236
1.59
5.99
5Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
30
24
1971
CHC CHC
6
.800
30
30
1.95
229
3
0
271.2
222
59
70
21
24
2
0
3
1,046
2
7.59
0.80
9.54
0.70
21.9
2.3
0.91
.261
2.32
7.35
6Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
30
24
1968
SFG SFG
6
.800
30
30
1.78
183
5
0
272.2
229
54
66
15
35
5
0
6
1,072
4
6.04
1.16
5.23
0.50
17.1
3.3
0.97
.257
2.18
7.56
7Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
27
24
1966
LAD LAD
3
.889
27
27
1.12
238
5
0
241.1
165
30
36
9
51
0
0
2
930
5
8.88
1.90
4.67
0.34
25.6
5.5
0.90
.247
1.34
6.15
8Bobby Shantz
B. Shantz
27
24
1952
PHA PHA
3
.889
27
27
1.87
133
5
0
245.0
185
51
57
14
58
4
0
950
0
4.89
2.13
2.29
0.51
14.0
6.1
0.99
.231
2.09
6.80
9Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
25
23
1966
SFG SFG
2
.920
25
25
1.61
161
4
0
229.0
153
41
48
19
27
1
0
1
863
3
6.33
1.06
5.96
0.75
18.7
3.1
0.79
.205
1.89
6.01
10Robin Roberts
R. Roberts
33
23
1953
PHN PHN
9
.719
33
33
2.10
167
5
0
292.0
248
68
75
25
45
2
0
1,152
0
5.15
1.39
3.71
0.77
14.5
3.9
1.00
.244
2.31
7.64
11Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
29
22
1974
TEX TEX
7
.759
29
29
1.98
183
6
0
259.2
195
57
65
16
34
5
0
1
995
3
6.34
1.18
5.38
0.55
18.4
3.4
0.88
.236
2.25
6.76
12Mickey Lolich
M. Lolich
29
22
1971
DET DET
7
.759
29
29
1.92
229
4
0
262.2
213
56
64
17
54
2
0
0
1,042
5
7.85
1.85
4.24
0.58
22.0
5.2
1.02
.265
2.19
7.30
13Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
28
22
1968
STL STL
6
.786
28
28
0.92
230
13
0
255.2
157
26
33
8
51
5
0
5
960
3
8.10
1.80
4.51
0.28
24.0
5.3
0.81
.224
1.16
5.53
14Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
26
22
1951
BSN BSN
3
.880
26
26
2.00
134
7
0
242.2
186
54
58
13
77
0
0
966
3
4.97
2.86
1.74
0.48
13.9
8.0
1.08
.233
2.15
6.90
15Vida Blue
V. Blue
24
21
1971
OAK OAK
3
.875
24
24
1.18
214
8
0
212.2
121
28
29
6
57
4
0
0
802
7
9.06
2.41
3.75
0.25
26.7
7.1
0.84
.221
1.23
5.12
16Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
23
21
1970
SFG SFG
2
.913
23
23
1.49
132
5
0
206.0
137
34
41
9
37
6
0
1
777
2
5.77
1.62
3.57
0.39
17.0
4.8
0.84
.216
1.79
5.99
17Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
24
21
1965
SFG SFG
3
.875
24
24
1.08
171
10
0
216.0
140
26
30
12
30
2
0
2
812
2
7.13
1.25
5.70
0.50
21.1
3.7
0.79
.214
1.25
5.83
18Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
22
21
1963
MIL MIL
1
.955
22
22
1.54
78
7
0
204.1
161
35
35
14
26
0
0
3
775
2
3.44
1.15
3.00
0.62
10.1
3.4
0.92
.224
1.54
7.09
19Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
24
21
1953
MIL MIL
3
.875
24
24
1.14
126
5
0
221.0
139
28
36
7
56
1
0
841
1
5.13
2.28
2.25
0.29
15.0
6.7
0.88
.203
1.47
5.66
20Bob Lemon
B. Lemon
28
21
1952
CLE CLE
7
.750
28
28
1.59
105
5
0
249.1
175
44
58
8
78
4
0
984
5
3.79
2.82
1.35
0.29
10.7
7.9
1.01
.212
2.09
6.32
21Robin Roberts
R. Roberts
22
21
1951
PHN PHN
1
.955
22
22
1.95
87
6
0
198.0
143
43
44
7
31
2
0
757
3
3.95
1.41
2.81
0.32
11.5
4.1
0.88
.216
2.00
6.50
22Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
28
20
1974
CLE CLE
8
.714
28
28
1.78
174
4
0
253.1
166
50
57
16
70
5
0
4
970
1
6.18
2.49
2.49
0.57
17.9
7.2
0.93
.213
2.03
5.90
23Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
29
20
1972
CLE CLE
9
.690
29
29
1.42
176
5
0
266.0
176
42
47
12
56
6
0
12
1,015
8
5.95
1.89
3.14
0.41
17.3
5.5
0.87
.214
1.59
5.95
24Mickey Lolich
M. Lolich
23
20
1972
DET DET
3
.870
23
23
1.47
170
4
0
208.0
162
34
36
12
47
5
0
3
823
4
7.36
2.03
3.62
0.52
20.7
5.7
1.00
.255
1.56
7.01
25Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
23
20
1970
STL STL
3
.870
23
23
1.93
197
3
0
215.0
152
46
50
9
50
1
0
3
832
4
8.25
2.09
3.94
0.38
23.7
6.0
0.94
.249
2.09
6.36
StatMuse has game-level data for complete games and pitcher wins going back to the 1901 season.
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