most games played when starting on bench

Nolan Ryan has the most career games pitched in starts, with 773 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games played when starting by a player on bench

	NAME	G	GS	W	L	W%	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	773	773	318	291	.522	3.18	5,654	222	61	0	5326.0	3,880	1,884	2,151	314	2,748	156	0	75	22,310	275	9.55	4.64	2.06	0.53	25.3	12.3	1.24	.265	3.63	6.56
2	Don Sutton D. Sutton	756	756	321	253	.559	3.27	3,545	178	58	0	5248.1	4,670	1,905	2,095	469	1,333	81	0	96	21,500	110	6.08	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	8.01
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	740	740	355	226	.611	3.15	3,366	109	35	0	5001.0	4,717	1,750	1,974	351	996	137	0	177	20,388	70	6.06	1.79	3.38	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.55	8.49
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	716	716	302	262	.535	3.37	3,181	245	45	0	5149.2	4,815	1,928	2,227	465	1,703	116	0	73	21,585	207	5.56	2.98	1.87	0.81	14.7	7.9	1.27	.270	3.89	8.42
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	709	709	327	240	.577	3.20	4,104	254	55	0	5165.1	4,616	1,835	2,096	405	1,814	53	0	145	21,457	177	7.15	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.24	.279	3.65	8.04
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	707	707	354	184	.658	3.12	4,671	118	46	0	4913.2	4,182	1,706	1,884	363	1,579	159	0	63	20,227	143	8.56	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
7	Tommy John T. John	700	700	284	228	.555	3.35	2,191	162	46	0	4622.1	4,699	1,718	1,981	295	1,223	98	0	99	19,321	178	4.27	2.38	1.79	0.57	11.3	6.3	1.28	.284	3.86	9.15
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	690	690	305	252	.548	3.10	3,372	303	53	0	5156.2	4,762	1,778	2,045	382	1,314	101	0	144	21,140	150	5.89	2.29	2.57	0.67	16.0	6.2	1.18	.274	3.57	8.31
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	685	685	286	248	.536	3.31	3,694	242	60	0	4957.1	4,614	1,823	2,021	428	1,316	155	0	67	20,429	114	6.71	2.39	2.81	0.78	18.1	6.4	1.20	.282	3.67	8.38
10	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	682	682	305	203	.600	3.54	2,607	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	8.76
11	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	665	665	358	227	.612	3.08	2,501	382	63	0	5101.0	4,703	1,743	1,951	422	1,383	39	0	52	20,960	74	4.41	2.44	1.81	0.74	11.9	6.6	1.19	.258	3.44	8.30
12	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	654	654	371	242	.605	1.72	3,207	520	108	0	5447.0	4,516		1,736	89	1,276	190	0		21,802	140	5.30	2.11	2.51	0.15	14.7	5.9	1.06	.260	2.87	7.46
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	647	647	310	203	.604	2.86	3,634	231	61	0	4776.1	3,961	1,517	1,670	378	1,387	76	0	115	19,337	123	6.85	2.61	2.62	0.71	18.8	7.2	1.12	.258	3.15	7.46
14	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	638	638	262	206	.560	4.27	2,353	33	10	0	3947.1	4,107	1,872	2,020	509	1,104	142	0	64	16,812	52	5.36	2.52	2.13	1.16	14.0	6.6	1.32	.283	4.61	9.36
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	625	625	260	217	.545	3.43	2,294	180	31	0	4137.2	4,203	1,579	1,850	366	955	115	0	77	17,336	116	4.99	2.08	2.40	0.80	13.2	5.5	1.25	.282	4.02	9.14
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	616	616	236	236	.500	3.67	2,734	143	34	0	4136.1	4,019	1,688	1,893	445	1,227	128	0	110	17,413	114	5.95	2.67	2.23	0.97	15.7	7.0	1.27	.278	4.12	8.74
17	Early Wynn E. Wynn	611	611	287	232	.553	3.56	2,255	289	49	0	4398.2	4,135	1,742	1,981	330	1,713	62	0	32	18,704	50	4.61	3.50	1.32	0.68	12.1	9.2	1.33	.265	4.05	8.46
18	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	609	609	275	240	.534	3.41	2,292	305	45	0	4567.1	4,467	1,733	1,915	498	872	54	0	63	18,724	32	4.52	1.72	2.63	0.98	12.2	4.7	1.17	.264	3.77	8.80
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	603	603	301	166	.645	3.30	4,818	100	37	0	4103.0	3,320	1,504	1,692	408	1,491	188	0	37	16,937	109	10.57	3.27	3.23	0.89	28.4	8.8	1.17	.290	3.71	7.28
20	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	600	600	350	193	.645	2.37	2,096	437	90	0	4978.1	4,654		1,742	156	887	66	0		20,045	33	3.79	1.60	2.36	0.28	10.5	4.4	1.11	.267	3.15	8.41
21	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	594	594	278	218	.560	3.32	3,082	267	49	0	4358.2	4,021	1,608	1,786	463	951	83	0	101	17,815	61	6.36	1.96	3.24	0.96	17.3	5.3	1.14	.269	3.69	8.30
22	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	562	562	230	182	.558	3.66	1,984	122	30	0	3730.2	3,631	1,517	1,701	349	1,067	113	0	60	15,613	70	4.79	2.57	1.86	0.84	12.7	6.8	1.26	.271	4.10	8.76
23	CC Sabathia	560	560	251	161	.609	3.74	3,091	38	12	0	3576.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,986	74	7.78	2.77	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.57
24	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	554	554	247	239	.508	3.15	1,244	289	37	0	4171.2	4,335	1,462	1,849	84	982	71	0		17,427	84	2.68	2.12	1.27	0.18	7.1	5.6	1.27	.283	3.99	9.35
25	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	552	552	246	187	.568	4.12	2,502	38	13	0	3434.0	3,565	1,571	1,705	436	944	63	0	47	14,541	45	6.56	2.47	2.65	1.14	17.2	6.5	1.31	.295	4.47	9.34