oldest pitcher to pitch a complete game

Phil Niekro is the oldest in a complete game. He was 48 years and 85 days old against the Twins on June 25, 1987.

Interpreted as:
oldest pitcher to pitch a regular-season complete game
NAME AGE CG DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-085
1
6/25/1987
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
L
1
4.50
6
0
0
8.0
8
4
4
3
1
0
0
1
33
1
2 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-056
1
5/27/1987
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
L
1
1.13
3
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
30
1
3 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
47-199
1
6/5/2010
PHI PHI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
34
0
4 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-171
1
9/19/1986
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
L
1
5.63
1
0
0
8.0
9
5
5
1
0
0
0
0
33
1
5 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
47-170
1
5/7/2010
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
6 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-099
1
7/9/1986
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
W
1
3.00
3
0
0
9.0
6
3
3
0
0
1
0
0
33
0
7 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-094
1
7/4/1986
CLE CLE
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
3.00
2
0
0
9.0
8
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
36
0
8 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-082
1
6/22/1986
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
W
1
1.00
4
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
31
0
9 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-064
1
6/4/1986
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
L
1
6.75
6
0
0
8.0
8
6
6
3
2
1
0
0
35
0
10 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-188
1
10/6/1985
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
11 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-170
1
9/18/1985
NYY NYY
@
DET DET
L
1
5.63
5
0
0
8.0
11
5
5
3
4
0
0
0
38
0
12 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-165
1
9/13/1985
NYY NYY
vs
TOR TOR
L
1
0.00
5
0
0
9.0
8
0
3
0
4
0
0
0
38
1
13 Charlie Hough
C. Hough
46-160
1
6/14/1994
FLA FLA
@
STL STL
W
1
0.00
9
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
33
0
14 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-133
1
8/12/1985
NYY NYY
@
CWS CWS
W
1
3.00
7
0
0
9.0
7
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
34
0
15 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-111
1
7/21/1985
NYY NYY
@
MIN MIN
W
1
2.00
4
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
35
0
16 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-098
1
7/8/1985
NYY NYY
vs
KCR KCR
L
1
4.00
5
0
0
9.0
8
4
5
2
4
0
0
0
38
0
17 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
46-075
1
9/20/1952
SLA SLA
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
9.0
8
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
39
0
18 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
46-063
1
9/2/1929
PHA PHA
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
3
3
0
0
0
0
36
0
19 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
46-056
1
9/1/1952
SLA SLA
vs
CLE CLE
W
1
1.80
4
0
0
5.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
19
0
20 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-052
1
5/23/1985
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
L
1
6.75
3
0
0
8.0
7
6
6
2
3
0
0
0
34
0
21 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
46-043
1
8/13/1929
PHA PHA
@
DET DET
W
1
2.00
4
0
0
9.0
8
2
3
1
1
0
0
36
0
22 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
46-030
1
8/6/1952
SLA SLA
vs
DET DET
W
1
0.00
9
1
0
12.0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
44
0
23 Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
46-020
1
8/31/1953
PHA PHA
@
DET DET
W
1
1.00
4
0
0
9.0
11
1
4
1
3
0
0
0
43
0
24 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
46-003
1
7/4/1929
PHA PHA
vs
BSA BSA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
1
1
1
1
0
0
33
0
25 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
45-356
1
6/22/1929
PHA PHA
@
NYY NYY
L
1
2.63
2
0
0
13.2
18
4
4
0
4
0
0
59
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age going back to the 1908 season.
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Team Rankings

HR

63

15th

R

241

23rd

SO

518

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ERA

3.98

19th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
41
23
.641
Guardians Guardians
33
27
.550
6.0
Twins Twins
34
28
.548
6.0
Royals Royals
32
30
.516
8.0
White Sox White Sox
20
43
.317
20.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
6/6
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Sat
6/7
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
4:10 PM
Sun
6/8
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM
Mon
6/9
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
Tue
6/10
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
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37 - 23

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Final

4

CLE Guardians

33 - 27

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AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
37
23
.617
Blue Jays Blue Jays
33
29
.532
5.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
41
23
.641
Guardians Guardians
33
27
.550
6.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
33
28
.541
Mariners Mariners
32
29
.525
1.0
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
39
24
.619
Phillies Phillies
37
25
.597
1.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
38
23
.623
Cardinals Cardinals
34
27
.557
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
38
25
.603
Padres Padres
35
26
.574
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
5/20
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
1-3
Tue
5/20
BAL BAL
@
MIL MIL
8-4
Tue
5/20
DET DET
@
STL STL
5-1
Tue
5/20
SEA SEA
@
CWS CWS
6-5
Tue
5/20
KCR KCR
@
SFG SFG
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/5
HOU HOU
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
6/6
MIA MIA
@
TBR TBR
1:10 PM
Fri
6/6
PHI PHI
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
6/6
TEX TEX
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Fri
6/6
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM