Thanks to a recently-added feature to the PI, we can do searches for players in the HOF, plus those currently on the ballot. Here is a very simply search of all 85 pitchers either currently in the HOF or on the ballot, ranked by Complete Games.

  Cnt Player             CG From  To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
    1 Walter Johnson    531 1907 1927 
    2 Pete Alexander    437 1911 1930 
    3 Christy Mathewson 433 1901 1916 
    4 Eddie Plank       410 1901 1917 
    5 Warren Spahn      382 1942 1965 
    6 Ted Lyons         356 1923 1946 
    7 Red Ruffing       335 1924 1947 
    8 Cy Young          331 1901 1911 
    9 Burleigh Grimes   314 1916 1934 
   10 Robin Roberts     305 1948 1966 
   11 Gaylord Perry     303 1962 1983 
   12 Vic Willis        302 1901 1910 
   13 Lefty Grove       298 1925 1941 
   14 Early Wynn        290 1939 1963 
   15 Eppa Rixey        290 1912 1933 
   16 Bob Feller        279 1936 1956 
   17 Red Faber         273 1914 1933 
   18 Mordecai Brown    271 1903 1916 
   19 Fergie Jenkins    267 1965 1983 
   20 Carl Hubbell      260 1928 1943 
   21 Bob Gibson        255 1959 1975 
   22 Chief Bender      255 1903 1925 
   23 Steve Carlton     254 1965 1988 
   24 Ed Walsh          250 1904 1917 
   25 Herb Pennock      247 1912 1934 
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
  Cnt Player             CG From  To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
   26 Phil Niekro       245 1964 1987 
   27 Juan Marichal     244 1960 1975 
   28 Joe McGinnity     244 1901 1908 
   29 Bert Blyleven     242 1970 1992 
   30 Rube Waddell      235 1901 1910 
   31 Addie Joss        234 1902 1910 
   32 Tom Seaver        231 1967 1986 
   33 Waite Hoyt        226 1918 1938 
   34 Jack Chesbro      225 1901 1909 
   35 Stan Coveleski    224 1912 1928 
   36 Nolan Ryan        222 1966 1993 
   37 Dazzy Vance       216 1915 1935 
   38 Hal Newhouser     212 1939 1955 
   39 Jim Palmer        211 1965 1984 
   40 Jesse Haines      208 1918 1937 
   41 Rube Marquard     197 1908 1925 
   42 Bob Lemon         188 1946 1958 
   43 Catfish Hunter    181 1965 1979 
   44 Don Sutton        178 1966 1988 
   45 Jack Morris       175 1977 1994 
   46 Lefty Gomez       173 1930 1943 
   47 Don Drysdale      167 1956 1969 
   48 Tommy John        162 1963 1989 
   49 Whitey Ford       156 1950 1967 
   50 Dizzy Dean        154 1930 1947 
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
  Cnt Player             CG From  To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
   51 Jim Bunning       151 1955 1971 
   52 Sandy Koufax      137 1955 1966 
   53 Babe Ruth         107 1914 1933 
   54 Dennis Eckersley  100 1975 1998 
   55 Kid Nichols        89 1901 1906 
   56 Clark Griffith     82 1901 1914 
   57 Chuck Finley       63 1986 2002 
   58 Todd Stottlemyre   25 1988 2002 
   59 Jose Rijo          22 1984 2002 
   60 Hoyt Wilhelm       20 1952 1972 
   61 Rich Gossage       16 1972 1994 
   62 George Sisler       9 1915 1928 
   63 Satchel Paige       7 1948 1965 
   64 Rollie Fingers      4 1968 1985 
   65 Amos Rusie          2 1901 1901 
   66 Sam Rice            1 1915 1916 
   67 Rod Beck            0 1991 2004 
   68 Robb Nen            0 1993 2002 
   69 Wade Boggs          0 1997 1999 
   70 Lee Smith           0 1980 1997 
   71 Dave Concepcion     0 1988 1988 
   72 Bruce Sutter        0 1976 1988 
   73 Tommy Lasorda       0 1954 1956 
   74 Stan Musial         0 1952 1952 
   75 Jimmie Foxx         0 1939 1945 
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
  Cnt Player             CG From  To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
   76 Ted Williams        0 1940 1940 
   77 Ty Cobb             0 1918 1925 
   78 George Kelly        0 1917 1917 
   79 Tris Speaker        0 1914 1914 
   80 Harry Hooper        0 1913 1913 
   81 Roger Bresnahan     0 1901 1910 
   82 Jake Beckley        0 1902 1902 
   83 Jesse Burkett       0 1902 1902 
   84 Honus Wagner        0 1902 1902 
   85 Bobby Wallace       0 1902 1902 

Look at my man Bert Blyleven, all the way up there  at 29th, ahead of a lot of other great pitchers. And just how impressive is Dennis Eckersely? Perhaps the best reliever in baseball from 1988 through 1992, sometimes we forget that he had a great career as a starter in a previous life.

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