most games as a athletics starting pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Vida Blue threw in the most games by an Oakland Athletics starting pitcher, with 258 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games as a athletics starting pitcher in the 1970s
NAMEGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Vida Blue
V. Blue
258
123
84
.594
258
2.86
1,291
105
28
0
1901.1
1,598
605
695
126
597
18
0
27
7,735
55
6.11
2.83
2.16
0.60
16.7
7.7
1.15
.258
3.29
7.56
2Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
191
105
49
.682
191
2.89
815
75
19
0
1404.0
1,167
451
503
144
338
21
0
19
5,647
14
5.22
2.17
2.41
0.92
14.4
6.0
1.07
.236
3.22
7.48
3Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
153
75
54
.581
153
2.92
524
54
13
0
1078.0
990
350
412
75
277
18
0
15
4,426
25
4.37
2.31
1.89
0.63
11.8
6.3
1.18
.259
3.44
8.27
4Blue Moon Odom
B. Moon Odom
115
38
44
.463
115
3.92
325
15
4
0
649.2
607
283
324
53
332
14
0
14
2,825
36
4.50
4.60
0.98
0.73
11.5
11.8
1.45
.264
4.49
8.41
5Rick Langford
R. Langford
84
24
47
.338
84
3.98
298
24
4
0
533.1
551
236
268
50
157
8
0
12
2,274
20
5.03
2.65
1.90
0.84
13.1
6.9
1.33
.284
4.52
9.30
6Chuck Dobson
C. Dobson
71
31
20
.608
71
3.77
252
20
6
0
458.1
419
192
209
57
164
6
0
13
1,922
16
4.95
3.22
1.54
1.12
13.1
8.5
1.27
.251
4.10
8.23
7Matt Keough
M. Keough
66
11
35
.239
66
4.10
224
13
1
0
410.2
428
187
224
30
182
12
0
4
1,791
25
4.91
3.99
1.23
0.66
12.5
10.2
1.49
.296
4.91
9.38
8Mike Norris
M. Norris
57
12
25
.324
57
4.70
155
7
3
0
308.1
289
161
178
31
178
14
0
6
1,372
15
4.52
5.20
0.87
0.90
11.3
13.0
1.51
.260
5.20
8.44
9Dave Hamilton
D. Hamilton
54
18
19
.486
54
3.58
151
4
1
0
291.1
291
116
129
23
107
5
0
2
1,242
3
4.66
3.31
1.41
0.71
12.2
8.6
1.37
.280
3.99
8.99
10Glenn Abbott
G. Abbott
45
10
15
.400
45
4.25
91
7
1
0
224.1
240
106
121
19
83
6
0
6
980
6
3.65
3.33
1.10
0.76
9.3
8.5
1.44
.283
4.85
9.63
11John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
43
12
18
.400
43
3.80
137
8
2
0
258.0
245
109
124
31
111
1
0
5
1,110
6
4.78
3.87
1.23
1.08
12.3
10.0
1.38
.258
4.33
8.55
12Mike Torrez
M. Torrez
43
19
13
.594
43
2.68
127
15
4
0
292.2
254
87
107
18
98
7
0
2
1,205
8
3.91
3.01
1.30
0.55
10.5
8.1
1.20
.247
3.29
7.81
13Diego Segui
D. Segui
43
17
15
.531
43
3.00
143
8
2
0
258.0
225
86
100
19
112
5
0
5
1,081
5
4.99
3.91
1.28
0.66
13.2
10.4
1.31
.257
3.49
7.85
14Dick Bosman
D. Bosman
36
15
5
.750
36
3.98
63
2
0
0
199.0
195
88
92
23
35
3
0
4
815
3
2.85
1.58
1.80
1.04
7.7
4.3
1.16
.249
4.16
8.82
15Stan Bahnsen
S. Bahnsen
32
10
14
.417
32
3.76
95
3
1
0
179.2
167
75
83
12
57
5
0
2
755
12
4.76
2.86
1.67
0.60
12.6
7.5
1.25
.265
4.16
8.37
16Paul Mitchell
P. Mitchell
29
9
10
.474
29
4.70
69
4
1
0
151.1
181
79
86
18
37
1
0
0
663
4
4.10
2.20
1.86
1.07
10.4
5.6
1.44
.303
5.11
10.76
17Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
29
5
13
.278
29
4.11
94
3
1
0
151.0
147
69
79
19
47
7
0
2
637
2
5.60
2.80
2.00
1.13
14.8
7.4
1.28
.272
4.71
8.76
18Pete Broberg
P. Broberg
26
8
11
.421
26
4.40
76
2
0
0
137.0
144
67
82
14
50
3
0
3
600
1
4.99
3.28
1.52
0.92
12.7
8.3
1.42
.284
5.39
9.46
19Steve Renko
S. Renko
25
6
12
.333
25
4.28
88
3
1
0
143.0
138
68
73
10
67
1
0
4
624
1
5.54
4.22
1.31
0.63
14.1
10.7
1.43
.279
4.59
8.69
20Steve McCatty
S. McCatty
25
9
11
.450
25
4.47
81
8
0
0
179.0
203
89
108
17
75
9
0
6
811
2
4.07
3.77
1.08
0.85
10.0
9.2
1.55
.296
5.43
10.21
21Doc Medich
D. Medich
25
9
6
.600
25
4.82
72
1
0
0
143.2
153
77
89
19
48
3
0
3
632
3
4.51
3.01
1.50
1.19
11.4
7.6
1.40
.273
5.58
9.58
22Brian Kingman
B. Kingman
17
7
7
.500
17
4.30
58
5
1
0
111.0
110
53
58
10
33
3
0
1
473
10
4.70
2.68
1.76
0.81
12.3
7.0
1.29
.271
4.70
8.92
23Mike Morgan
M. Morgan
16
2
13
.133
16
6.12
17
3
0
0
89.2
121
61
69
8
58
3
0
0
428
7
1.71
5.82
0.29
0.80
4.0
13.6
2.00
.330
6.93
12.14
24Alan Wirth
A. Wirth
15
5
6
.455
15
3.42
34
2
1
0
79.0
68
30
38
6
37
2
0
0
325
4
3.87
4.22
0.92
0.68
10.5
11.4
1.33
.252
4.33
7.75
25Craig Minetto
C. Minetto
14
1
5
.167
14
5.35
38
0
0
0
67.1
81
40
47
11
29
1
0
1
311
2
5.08
3.88
1.31
1.47
12.2
9.3
1.63
.302
6.28
10.83
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TOR TOR
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Sat
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TOR TOR
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Sun
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TOR TOR
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