What is Complete Games ?

Complete games are credited to a pitcher when he is on the mound for all outs in a baseball game. Typically this is 27 outs but if the game goes into extra innings the number of innings could be higher. Generally, for Complete Games, higher is better. (Source)

What is a good Complete Games?

What does good Complete Games mean? "Good" baseball stats can be very subjective and mean different things to different people. I have attempted to quantify good and bad by taking season and career stats for MLB pitchers with a minimum number of pitched outs. In this case 100 for career and 50 for a season. To find good and bad within this cohort of players I calculated the first and third quartiles, anything between these quartiles I consider average. This makes up the middle 50% of players. In an example where higher is better for a stat, below the first quartile (bottom 25% of players) would be bad and above the 3rd quartile (top 25% of players) would be good. For stats where lower is better, flip around good and bad.
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Career, Season, and Season Average Complete Games Records

For my hot take on Complete Games records most of the same rules apply from the first section. To be considered for my prestigious lists the player must meet a certain threshold of pitched outs. Since this is a Pitching stat to be considered for the career list the player must have over 100 pitched outs, for a season consideration the player must have had 75 pitched outs. Additionally, the player's final game must have been after 1899.
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Distribution of Career Complete Games by Player Generation

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Distribution of Season Complete Games by Player Generation

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Distribution of Career Complete Games by Player Position

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Distribution of Season Complete Games by Player Position

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