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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a relief pitcher</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cy_Young_by_Conlon,_1911-crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Cy_Young_by_Conlon%2C_1911-crop.jpg/220px-Cy_Young_by_Conlon%2C_1911-crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Cy_Young_by_Conlon%2C_1911-crop.jpg/330px-Cy_Young_by_Conlon%2C_1911-crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Cy_Young_by_Conlon%2C_1911-crop.jpg/440px-Cy_Young_by_Conlon%2C_1911-crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="983" data-file-height="1473" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a>, the all-time MLB complete-game leader</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, a <b>complete game</b> (<b>CG</b>) is the act of a <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> pitching an entire game without the benefit of a <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A pitcher who meets this criterion will be credited with a complete game regardless of the number of innings played—pitchers who throw an entire <a href="/wiki/Official_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Official game">official game</a> that is shortened by rain will still be credited with a complete game, while starting pitchers who are relieved in <a href="/wiki/Extra_innings" title="Extra innings">extra innings</a> after throwing nine or more innings will not be credited with a complete game. A starting pitcher who is replaced by a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> in the final half inning of a game will still be credited with a complete game. </p><p>The frequency of complete games has evolved since the early days of baseball. The complete game was essentially an expectation in the early 20th century and pitchers completed almost all of the games they started. In modern baseball, the feat is much more rare and no pitcher has reached 30 complete games in a season since 1975; in the 21st century, a pitcher has thrown 10 or more complete games in a season only twice. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_trend">Historical trend</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Complete_game&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical trend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align: right"> <caption>Historical MLB complete game trend </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Games started</th> <th>Complete games</th> <th>Complete game %</th> <th class="unsortable">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1904_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1904 Major League Baseball season">1904</a></td> <td>2,496</td> <td>2,186</td> <td>87.6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1914 Major League Baseball season">1914</a></td> <td>3,758</td> <td>2,067</td> <td>55.0</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1924_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1924 Major League Baseball season">1924</a></td> <td>2,462</td> <td>1,198</td> <td>48.7</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1934 Major League Baseball season">1934</a></td> <td>2,446</td> <td>1,061</td> <td>43.4</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1944_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1944 Major League Baseball season">1944</a></td> <td>2,484</td> <td>1,123</td> <td>45.2</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1954 Major League Baseball season">1954</a></td> <td>2,472</td> <td>840</td> <td>34.0</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">1964</a></td> <td>3,252</td> <td>797</td> <td>24.5</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a></td> <td>3,890</td> <td>1,089</td> <td>28.0</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a></td> <td>4,210</td> <td>632</td> <td>15.0</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1994 Major League Baseball season">1994</a></td> <td>3,200</td> <td>255</td> <td>8.0</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2004 Major League Baseball season">2004</a></td> <td>4,854</td> <td>150</td> <td>3.1</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-baseball_prospectus_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball_prospectus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2014 Major League Baseball season">2014</a></td> <td>4,860</td> <td>118</td> <td>2.4</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2024 Major League Baseball season">2024</a></td> <td>4,858</td> <td>28</td> <td>0.6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the early 20th century, it was common for most good <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) pitchers to pitch a complete game almost every start, barring injury or ejection. Pitchers were expected to complete games they started. Over the course of the 20th century, complete games became less common, to the point where a modern pitcher may pitch an entire season without throwing a complete game. (In the 2024 MLB season, 0.6% of starts were complete games.)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To put this in perspective, as recently as the 1980s, 10–15 complete games a year by a star pitcher was not unheard of, and in 1980, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Rick_Langford" title="Rick Langford">Rick Langford</a> threw 22 consecutive complete games.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Years earlier, <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> threw 28 consecutive complete games, spanning the 1952 and 1953 seasons. In 1962, a news article detailed <a href="/wiki/Bo_Belinsky" title="Bo Belinsky">Bo Belinsky</a>'s concern when he failed to complete six starts in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This change has been brought about by strict adherence to <a href="/wiki/Pitch_count" title="Pitch count">pitch counts</a> as a basis for removing a pitcher, even though he may appear to be pitching well, and new pitching philosophies in general. Many have come to believe that the risk of arm injuries becomes far more prevalent after a pitcher has thrown 100 to 120 pitches in a single game.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Hall-of-Famer <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> once threw well over 200 pitches in a single game (a 1974 contest in which he pitched 13 innings),<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is now rare for a manager to allow a pitcher to throw more than 120 pitches in a start. Former pitcher <a href="/wiki/Carl_Erskine" title="Carl Erskine">Carl Erskine</a> noted the increase in ex-pitchers on coaching staffs since the 1950s, whom he considered better evaluators of a pitchers' ability to pitch late into games. <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Given this, <a href="/wiki/Sabermetrician" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabermetrician">sabermetricians</a> generally regard <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a>'s total of 749 complete games as the career baseball record that will never be broken.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Further supporting the belief is that only three pitchers (Young, Ryan, and <a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a>) even made at least 749 starts in their careers.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">James Shields</a> threw 11 complete games in the 2011 season for the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a>, becoming the first pitcher to reach double digits in a single season since <a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">CC Sabathia</a> threw 10 complete games for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> in 2008. The last pitcher to throw as many as 15 complete games in a single season was <a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a>, who accomplished that feat for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in 1998. The last pitcher to throw 20 complete games in a single season was <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Valenzuela" title="Fernando Valenzuela">Fernando Valenzuela</a>, who did so for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in 1986. The last pitcher to throw 25 complete games in a season was <a href="/wiki/Rick_Langford" title="Rick Langford">Rick Langford</a>, who had 28 for the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> in 1980. The last pitcher to throw 30 complete games in a season was <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a>, who did so for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> in 1975. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_leaders">Career leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Complete_game&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_complete_games_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career complete games leaders">List of Major League Baseball career complete games leaders</a></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a> – 749</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pud_Galvin" title="Pud Galvin">Pud Galvin</a> – 646</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Tim Keefe</a> – 554</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">Walter Johnson</a> – 531</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Kid Nichols</a> – 531</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mathews" title="Bobby Mathews">Bobby Mathews</a> – 525</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Welch" title="Mickey Welch">Mickey Welch</a> – 525</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Radbourn" class="mw-redirect" title="Charley Radbourn">Charley Radbourn</a> – 489</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">John Clarkson</a> – 485</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Mullane" title="Tony Mullane">Tony Mullane</a> – 468</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCormick_(pitcher)" title="Jim McCormick (pitcher)">Jim McCormick</a> – 466</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Weyhing" title="Gus Weyhing">Gus Weyhing</a> – 448</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Grover Cleveland Alexander</a> – 437</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Christy Mathewson</a> – 434</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Powell_(pitcher,_born_1874)" title="Jack Powell (pitcher, born 1874)">Jack Powell</a> – 422</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Plank" title="Eddie Plank">Eddie Plank</a> – 410</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_White" title="Will White">Will White</a> – 394</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Rusie" title="Amos Rusie">Amos Rusie</a> – 392</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Willis" title="Vic Willis">Vic Willis</a> – 388</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bond_(baseball)" title="Tommy Bond (baseball)">Tommy Bond</a> – 386</li></ol> <p>All pitchers above are right-handed, except for Eddie Plank. All also played most or all of their careers before the start of the modern <a href="/wiki/Live-ball_era" title="Live-ball era">live-ball era</a> of baseball, which began during the 1920 season and was fully established in 1921. Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the live-ball era, the all-time leader in complete games is <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a>, whose total of 382 places him 21st all-time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Active_career_leaders">Active career leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Complete_game&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Active career leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through March 28, 2024, the top 9 active players who lead MLB in career complete games were:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Complete games </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a> </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cueto" title="Johnny Cueto">Johnny Cueto</a> </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Sale" title="Chris Sale">Chris Sale</a> </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Alcantara" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandy Alcantara">Sandy Alcantara</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Keuchel" title="Dallas Keuchel">Dallas Keuchel</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Max_Scherzer" title="Max Scherzer">Max Scherzer</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Carrasco_(baseball)" title="Carlos Carrasco (baseball)">Carlos Carrasco</a> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_Cole" title="Gerrit Cole">Gerrit Cole</a> </td> <td>8 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Single-season_leaders">Single-season leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Complete_game&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Single-season leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Will_White" title="Will White">Will White</a> – 75 (1879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Radbourn" class="mw-redirect" title="Charley Radbourn">Charley Radbourn</a> – 73 (1884)</li> <li>(tie) <a href="/wiki/Pud_Galvin" title="Pud Galvin">Pud Galvin</a> – 72 (1883)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="3"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Guy_Hecker" title="Guy Hecker">Guy Hecker</a> – 72 (1884)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="3"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Jim_McCormick_(pitcher)" title="Jim McCormick (pitcher)">Jim McCormick</a> – 72 (1880)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="6"> Pud Galvin – 71 (1884)</li> <li>(tie) <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">John Clarkson</a> –68 (1885)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="7"> (tie) John Clarkson – 68 (1889)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="7"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Tim Keefe</a> – 68 (1883)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="10"> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hutchison_(baseball)" title="Bill Hutchison (baseball)">Bill Hutchison</a> – 67 (1892)</li> <li>(tie) <a href="/wiki/Jim_Devlin" title="Jim Devlin">Jim Devlin</a> – 66 (1876)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="11"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Matt_Kilroy" title="Matt Kilroy">Matt Kilroy</a> – 66 (1886)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="11"> (tie) Matt Kilroy –66 (1887)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="11"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Charley_Radbourn" class="mw-redirect" title="Charley Radbourn">Charley Radbourn</a> – 66 (1883)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="11"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Toad_Ramsey" title="Toad Ramsey">Toad Ramsey</a> – 66 (1886)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="16"> (tie) Pud Galvin – 65 (1879)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="16"> (tie) Bill Hutchison – 65 (1890)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="16"> (tie) Jim McCormick –65 (1882)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="19"> <a href="/wiki/Silver_King_(baseball)" title="Silver King (baseball)">Silver King</a> – 64 (1888)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="19"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Tony_Mullane" title="Tony Mullane">Tony Mullane</a> – 64 (1884)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="19"> (tie) <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Welch" title="Mickey Welch">Mickey Welch</a> – 64 (1880)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="19"> (tie) Will White – 64 - (1883)</li></ol> <p>All pitchers were right-handed except Matt Kilroy and Toad Ramsey. The record for complete games in a live-ball season is 36, set by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Bob Feller</a> in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_records">Other records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Complete_game&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Taylor_(20th_century_baseball_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Taylor (20th century baseball player)">Jack Taylor</a> completed 187 consecutive games he started between 1901 and 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Cadore" title="Leon Cadore">Leon Cadore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Oeschger" title="Joe Oeschger">Joe Oeschger</a> share the record for the longest complete game, achieved when they pitched against each other in a 26-inning marathon that ended in a 1–1 tie on May 1, 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Travers" class="mw-redirect" title="Allan Travers">Allan Travers</a> allowed 26 hits and 24 runs in a 1912 complete game, both still records.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Complete_game&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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