most games as a twins starting pitcher 1970s

Bert Blyleven appeared in the most games by a Twins starting pitcher in the 1970s, with 225 games.

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	NAME	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	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	H/9
1	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	225	98	88	.527	225	2.79	1,398	101	24	0	1699.2	1,508	526	600	115	435	43	0	26	6,906	31	7.40	2.30	3.21	0.61	20.2	6.3	1.14	.283	3.18	7.99
2	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	215	92	79	.538	215	3.45	834	80	11	0	1538.2	1,552	590	684	108	457	23	0	18	6,466	47	4.88	2.67	1.82	0.63	12.9	7.1	1.31	.286	4.00	9.08
3	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	115	46	38	.548	115	3.46	402	31	7	0	761.2	795	293	340	70	156	12	0	18	3,190	24	4.75	1.84	2.58	0.83	12.6	4.9	1.25	.284	4.02	9.39
4	Jim Perry J. Perry	114	54	45	.545	114	3.55	378	26	6	0	765.1	712	302	340	73	219	22	0	25	3,182	12	4.45	2.58	1.73	0.86	11.9	6.9	1.22	.257	4.00	8.37
5	Geoff Zahn G. Zahn	91	37	35	.514	91	3.70	243	23	2	0	603.2	661	248	282	51	181	9	0	7	2,561	13	3.62	2.70	1.34	0.76	9.5	7.1	1.39	.294	4.20	9.85
6	Joe Decker J. Decker	80	29	34	.460	80	4.06	299	18	4	0	479.0	461	216	241	39	257	7	0	1	2,098	26	5.62	4.83	1.16	0.73	14.3	12.2	1.50	.282	4.53	8.66
7	Dick Woodson D. Woodson	63	25	23	.521	63	3.20	215	13	5	0	419.0	358	149	174	36	172	5	0	5	1,756	11	4.62	3.69	1.25	0.77	12.2	9.8	1.26	.242	3.74	7.69
8	Ray Corbin R. Corbin	63	19	26	.422	63	3.92	202	12	3	0	385.2	392	168	193	34	135	9	0	8	1,657	10	4.71	3.15	1.50	0.79	12.2	8.1	1.37	.280	4.50	9.15
9	Jim Hughes J. Hughes	62	22	29	.431	62	4.50	212	16	2	0	406.1	415	203	232	35	191	20	0	5	1,786	17	4.70	4.23	1.11	0.78	11.9	10.7	1.49	.286	5.14	9.19
10	Pete Redfern P. Redfern	59	15	20	.429	59	4.54	178	2	1	0	287.2	308	145	177	27	145	8	0	3	1,275	4	5.57	4.54	1.23	0.84	14.0	11.4	1.57	.306	5.54	9.64
11	Roger Erickson R. Erickson	58	17	22	.436	58	4.46	164	14	0	0	379.1	413	188	208	35	122	9	0	2	1,635	12	3.89	2.89	1.34	0.83	10.0	7.5	1.41	.290	4.93	9.80
12	Paul Thormodsgard P. Thormodsgard	49	12	21	.364	49	4.72	117	9	1	0	284.0	317	149	162	32	82	4	0	1	1,211	9	3.71	2.60	1.43	1.01	9.7	6.8	1.40	.292	5.13	10.05
13	Vic Albury V. Albury	37	10	16	.385	37	4.47	112	6	1	0	215.2	207	107	121	29	128	6	0	1	957	7	4.67	5.34	0.88	1.21	11.7	13.4	1.55	.261	5.05	8.64
14	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	36	20	13	.606	36	3.40	157	10	2	0	262.1	267	99	108	19	83	3	0	4	1,097	2	5.39	2.85	1.89	0.65	14.3	7.6	1.33	.297	3.71	9.16
15	Gary Serum G. Serum	28	8	11	.421	28	4.70	83	6	1	0	182.0	202	95	99	17	46	3	0	2	778	3	4.10	2.27	1.80	0.84	10.7	5.9	1.36	.294	4.90	9.99
16	Paul Hartzell P. Hartzell	26	6	10	.375	26	5.49	43	4	0	0	157.1	189	96	101	18	43	4	0	4	684	1	2.46	2.46	1.00	1.03	6.3	6.3	1.47	.297	5.78	10.81
17	Bill Singer B. Singer	26	9	9	.500	26	3.77	63	5	3	0	172.0	177	72	88	9	69	6	0	4	737	4	3.30	3.61	0.91	0.47	8.5	9.4	1.43	.285	4.60	9.26
18	Eddie Bane E. Bane	25	7	11	.389	25	4.68	53	1	0	0	132.2	149	69	80	12	68	1	0	2	599	7	3.60	4.61	0.78	0.81	8.8	11.4	1.64	.295	5.43	10.11
19	Bill Hands B. Hands	25	7	12	.368	25	5.13	81	3	1	0	149.0	175	85	93	16	41	5	0	0	659	1	4.89	2.48	1.98	0.97	12.3	6.2	1.45	.308	5.62	10.57
20	Bill Butler B. Butler	24	6	9	.400	24	6.37	62	3	0	0	111.2	125	79	85	16	69	2	0	0	518	0	5.00	5.56	0.90	1.29	12.0	13.3	1.74	.295	6.85	10.07
21	Steve Luebber S. Luebber	24	5	9	.357	24	5.20	49	2	1	0	126.1	135	73	81	11	74	5	0	4	570	5	3.49	5.27	0.66	0.78	8.6	13.0	1.65	.288	5.77	9.62
22	Darrell Jackson D. Jackson	23	6	10	.375	23	4.82	68	2	1	0	123.1	133	66	76	13	58	3	0	1	545	5	4.96	4.23	1.17	0.95	12.5	10.6	1.55	.298	5.55	9.71
23	Tom Hall T. Hall	22	8	6	.571	22	2.98	146	1	0	0	145.0	111	48	54	14	53	0	0	1	594	2	9.06	3.29	2.75	0.87	24.6	8.9	1.13	.255	3.35	6.89
24	Bill Zepp B. Zepp	20	6	4	.600	20	3.68	51	1	1	0	115.0	126	47	53	6	46	9	0	4	513	3	3.99	3.60	1.11	0.47	9.9	9.0	1.50	.299	4.15	9.86
25	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	17	7	3	.700	17	3.28	50	2	1	0	90.2	82	33	34	12	39	2	0	0	381	2	4.96	3.87	1.28	1.19	13.1	10.2	1.33	.252	3.38	8.14

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