most games as a twins starting pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Bert Blyleven threw in the most games by a Twins starting pitcher, with 225 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games as a twins starting pitcher in the 1970s
NAMEGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Bert 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
2Dave 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
3Jim 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
4Jim 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
5Geoff 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
6Joe 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
7Dick 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
8Ray 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
9Jim 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
10Pete 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
11Roger 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
12Paul 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
13Vic 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
14Jerry 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
15Gary 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
16Paul 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
17Bill 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
18Eddie 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
19Bill 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
20Bill 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
21Steve 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
22Darrell 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
23Tom 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
24Bill 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
25Luis 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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HR

191

11th

R

678

23rd

SO

1,372

15th

ERA

4.55

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
Guardians Guardians
88
74
.543
Tigers Tigers
87
75
.537
1.0
Royals Royals
82
80
.506
6.0
Twins Twins
70
92
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60
102
.370
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Sat
3/28
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
3/29
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
3/30
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Wed
4/1
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
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NL EastWLPCTGB
Phillies Phillies
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66
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79
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NL CentralWLPCTGB
Brewers Brewers
97
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Cubs Cubs
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Padres Padres
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Tue
9/16
CIN CIN
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STL STL
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Tue
9/16
ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
9-4
Tue
9/16
ATH ATH
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BOS BOS
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9/16
TOR TOR
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TBR TBR
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9/16
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KCR KCR
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
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@
SFG SFG
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
LAA LAA
@
HOU HOU
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LAD LAD
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