most games as an athletic starting pitcher in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Barry Zito threw in the most games by an Oakland Athletics starting pitcher, with 222 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games as an athletic starting pitcher in the 2000s
NAMEGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Barry Zito
B. Zito
222
102
63
.618
222
3.55
1,096
9
4
0
1430.1
1,228
564
620
148
560
65
0
14
5,998
26
6.90
3.52
1.96
0.93
18.3
9.3
1.25
.262
3.90
7.73
2Tim Hudson
T. Hudson
162
81
37
.686
162
3.31
767
15
8
0
1104.1
1,013
406
453
86
320
43
0
31
4,570
33
6.25
2.61
2.40
0.70
16.8
7.0
1.21
.276
3.69
8.26
3Mark Mulder
M. Mulder
150
81
42
.659
150
3.92
668
22
8
0
1003.0
990
437
471
99
298
34
0
13
4,193
34
5.99
2.67
2.24
0.89
15.9
7.1
1.28
.288
4.23
8.88
4Joe Blanton
J. Blanton
118
47
46
.505
118
4.24
420
6
2
0
749.2
799
353
376
68
200
15
0
14
3,177
11
5.04
2.40
2.10
0.82
13.2
6.3
1.33
.295
4.51
9.59
5Dan Haren
D. Haren
102
43
34
.558
102
3.64
531
5
0
0
662.2
650
268
301
81
153
19
0
12
2,762
26
7.21
2.08
3.47
1.10
19.2
5.5
1.21
.288
4.09
8.83
6Rich Harden
R. Harden
89
36
19
.655
89
3.48
509
2
1
0
530.2
438
205
219
41
227
8
0
9
2,200
17
8.63
3.85
2.24
0.70
23.1
10.3
1.25
.281
3.71
7.43
7Cory Lidle
C. Lidle
59
21
16
.568
59
3.75
228
3
2
0
379.2
361
158
174
40
86
16
0
10
1,557
11
5.40
2.04
2.65
0.95
14.6
5.5
1.18
.270
4.12
8.56
8Gil Heredia
G. Heredia
50
21
19
.525
50
4.69
143
2
0
0
297.1
346
155
177
48
95
6
0
8
1,308
4
4.33
2.88
1.51
1.45
10.9
7.3
1.48
.293
5.36
10.47
9Kirk Saarloos
K. Saarloos
49
18
15
.545
49
4.58
99
2
1
0
273.0
316
139
143
31
107
14
0
11
1,202
2
3.26
3.53
0.93
1.02
8.2
8.9
1.55
.300
4.71
10.42
10Dallas Braden
D. Braden
46
13
21
.382
46
4.76
159
0
0
0
257.1
290
136
148
23
82
6
0
4
1,125
7
5.56
2.87
1.94
0.80
14.1
7.3
1.45
.312
5.18
10.14
11Chad Gaudin
C. Gaudin
40
14
15
.483
40
4.32
180
1
0
0
235.1
238
113
126
25
110
10
0
8
1,035
3
6.88
4.21
1.64
0.96
17.4
10.6
1.48
.300
4.82
9.10
12Dana Eveland
D. Eveland
38
11
12
.478
38
4.98
138
1
0
0
208.0
235
115
119
14
101
12
0
2
938
8
5.97
4.37
1.37
0.61
14.7
10.8
1.62
.328
5.15
10.17
13Ted Lilly
T. Lilly
36
13
11
.542
36
4.44
162
0
0
0
198.2
200
98
104
29
65
6
0
3
861
5
7.34
2.94
2.49
1.31
18.8
7.5
1.33
.285
4.71
9.06
14Trevor Cahill
T. Cahill
32
10
13
.435
32
4.63
90
0
0
0
178.2
185
92
99
27
72
4
0
1
773
5
4.53
3.63
1.25
1.36
11.6
9.3
1.44
.272
4.99
9.32
15Greg Smith
G. Smith
32
7
16
.304
32
4.16
111
2
0
0
190.1
169
88
92
21
87
3
0
5
800
5
5.25
4.11
1.28
0.99
13.9
10.9
1.35
.256
4.35
7.99
16Mark Redman
M. Redman
32
11
12
.478
32
4.71
102
2
0
0
191.0
218
100
110
28
68
6
0
6
832
6
4.81
3.20
1.50
1.32
12.3
8.2
1.50
.303
5.18
10.27
17Kevin Appier
K. Appier
31
15
11
.577
31
4.52
129
1
1
0
195.1
200
98
109
23
102
9
0
10
884
6
5.94
4.70
1.26
1.06
14.6
11.5
1.55
.285
5.02
9.22
18Brett Anderson
B. Anderson
30
11
11
.500
30
4.06
150
1
1
0
175.1
180
79
94
20
45
3
0
1
735
0
7.70
2.31
3.33
1.03
20.4
6.1
1.28
.309
4.83
9.24
19Esteban Loaiza
E. Loaiza
28
12
9
.571
28
4.62
102
2
1
0
169.1
189
87
95
18
44
5
0
3
735
2
5.42
2.34
2.32
0.96
13.9
6.0
1.38
.302
5.05
10.05
20Justin Duchscherer
J. Duchscherer
25
11
9
.550
25
2.65
107
1
1
0
156.0
124
46
52
12
37
10
0
2
623
1
6.17
2.13
2.89
0.69
17.2
5.9
1.03
.245
3.00
7.15
21Gio Gonzalez
G. Gonzalez
24
7
11
.389
24
6.46
128
0
0
0
117.0
131
84
94
23
71
4
0
1
550
3
9.85
5.46
1.80
1.77
23.3
12.9
1.73
.333
7.23
10.08
22Joe Kennedy
J. Kennedy
24
4
12
.250
24
4.36
69
0
0
0
132.0
141
64
69
16
53
4
0
1
574
7
4.70
3.61
1.30
1.09
12.0
9.2
1.47
.289
4.70
9.61
23Lenny DiNardo
L. DiNardo
22
8
9
.471
22
5.19
42
0
0
0
104.0
119
60
74
12
47
2
0
1
461
2
3.63
4.07
0.89
1.04
9.1
10.2
1.60
.299
6.40
10.30
24Aaron Harang
A. Harang
21
6
6
.500
21
5.17
77
0
0
0
102.2
116
59
62
12
49
3
0
2
465
1
6.75
4.30
1.57
1.05
16.6
10.5
1.61
.321
5.44
10.17
25Erik Hiljus
E. Hiljus
20
8
3
.727
20
5.08
84
0
0
0
102.2
113
58
62
18
38
0
0
2
455
3
7.36
3.33
2.21
1.58
18.5
8.4
1.47
.302
5.44
9.91
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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
Athletics Athletics
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/27
@
7:07 PM
Sat
3/28
@
3:07 PM
Sun
3/29
@
1:37 PM
Mon
3/30
@
7:15 PM
Tue
3/31
@
7:15 PM
Last Game
KCR Royals

82 - 80

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Final

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MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
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Thu
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Thu
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Thu
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Thu
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