which baseball pitcher has the most complete games in a year since 1974

Since 1974, Catfish Hunter has pitched the most complete games in a season, with 30 complete games in 1975.

	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	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	30	1975	NYY	39	23	14	.622	39	2.58	177	7	0	328.0	248	94	107	25	83	5	0	4	1,294	7	4.86	2.28	2.13	0.69	13.7	6.4	1.01	.222	2.94	70	3.29	88	6.80	16
2	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	29	1974	TEX	41	25	12	.676	41	2.82	225	6	0	328.1	286	103	117	27	45	8	0	3	1,305	4	6.17	1.23	5.00	0.74	17.2	3.4	1.01	.259	3.21	79	2.75	77	7.84	29.4
3	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
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	28	1974	CLE	37	21	13	.618	37	2.51	216	4	0	322.1	230	90	98	25	99	6	0	7	1,262	2	6.03	2.76	2.18	0.70	17.1	7.8	1.02	.224	2.74	69	3.21	87	6.42	17.3
5	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	27	1974	DET	41	16	21	.432	41	4.15	202	3	0	308.0	310	142	155	38	78	3	0	11	1,263	10	5.90	2.28	2.59	1.11	16.0	6.2	1.26	.289	4.53	109	3.65	98	9.06	3.2
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	26	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	41	2.89	367	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
7	Randy Jones R. Jones	25	1976	SDP	40	22	14	.611	40	2.74	93	5	0	315.1	274	96	109	15	50	4	0	9	1,251	0	2.65	1.43	1.86	0.43	7.4	4.0	1.03	.238	3.11	83	3.17	94	7.82	7.1
8	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	25	1975	BAL	39	23	11	.676	38	2.09	193	10	1	323.0	253	75	87	20	80	2	1	4	1,268	4	5.38	2.23	2.41	0.56	15.2	6.3	1.03	.239	2.42	58	2.95	80	7.05	27
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	25	1975	TOT	37	18	17	.514	37	3.24	233	5	0	305.2	277	110	127	28	70	4	0	6	1,248	5	6.86	2.06	3.33	0.82	18.7	5.6	1.14	.273	3.74	86	2.97	78	8.16	28.4
10	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	25	1974	BOS	38	22	13	.629	38	2.92	176	7	0	311.1	281	101	106	21	82	4	0	3	1,266	1	5.09	2.37	2.15	0.61	13.9	6.5	1.17	.264	3.06	75	3.14	83	8.12	21.4
11	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
12	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
13	Mark Fidrych M. Fidrych	24	1976	DET	31	19	9	.679	29	2.34	97	4	0	250.1	217	65	76	12	53	3	2	3	996	6	3.49	1.91	1.83	0.43	9.7	5.3	1.08	.247	2.73	63	3.15	86	7.80	13.7
14	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	23	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	44	3.39	208	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
15	Mike Caldwell M. Caldwell	23	1978	MIL	37	22	9	.710	34	2.36	131	6	1	293.1	258	77	90	14	54	7	1	3	1,176	8	4.02	1.66	2.43	0.43	11.1	4.6	1.06	.252	2.76	63	2.93	79	7.92	26.3
16	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	23	1976	BAL	40	22	13	.629	40	2.51	159	6	0	315.0	255	88	101	20	84	8	0	5	1,256	5	4.54	2.40	1.89	0.57	12.7	6.7	1.08	.239	2.89	77	3.32	97	7.29	3.3
17	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	23	1976	CAL	34	19	10	.655	34	2.43	261	2	0	288.1	212	78	88	24	73	9	0	5	1,142	5	8.15	2.28	3.58	0.75	22.9	6.4	0.99	.243	2.75	72	2.75	80	6.62	21.8
18	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	23	1974	OAK	41	25	12	.676	41	2.49	143	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	73	3.16	86	7.58	17.6
19	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	22	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	42	2.88	248	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
20	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	22	1977	BAL	39	20	11	.645	39	2.91	193	3	0	319.0	263	103	106	24	99	3	0	1	1,269	7	5.45	2.79	1.95	0.68	15.2	7.8	1.13	.252	2.99	77	3.46	89	7.42	15.5
21	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	22	1977	CAL	37	19	16	.543	37	2.77	341	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9
22	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	22	1975	TEX	37	17	18	.486	37	3.93	157	4	0	270.0	261	118	130	37	56	9	0	7	1,119	3	5.23	1.87	2.80	1.23	14.0	5.0	1.17	.260	4.33	104	3.92	105	8.70	-6
23	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	22	1974	CWS	42	20	19	.513	42	3.60	169	1	0	320.1	305	128	143	27	80	9	0	8	1,316	5	4.75	2.25	2.11	0.76	12.8	6.1	1.20	.270	4.02	97	3.44	96	8.57	5
24	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
25	Wayne Garland W. Garland	21	1977	CLE	38	13	19	.406	38	3.60	118	1	0	282.2	281	113	130	23	88	2	0	8	1,184	12	3.76	2.80	1.34	0.73	10.0	7.4	1.31	.271	4.14	89	3.91	94	8.95	7.5

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