most games started as a pitcher in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Hal Newhouser started the most games, with 305 starts.

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most regular-season games started as a pitcher in the 1940s

	NAME	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	305	377	170	118	.590	2.84	1,579	181	31	15	2453.1	2,127	774	927	84	1,068	10	56	10,360	52	5.79	3.92	1.48	0.31	15.2	10.3	1.30	.268	3.40	72	3.01	77	7.80	237.2
2	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	273	294	122	123	.498	3.14	779	139	23	2	2047.1	2,105	715	884	84	445	31	10	8,535	53	3.42	1.96	1.75	0.37	9.1	5.2	1.25	.281	3.89	85	3.04	83	9.25	148.4
3	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	261	302	105	120	.467	3.59	1,070	115	19	5	1961.1	1,949	782	915	93	792	32	22	8,488	26	4.91	3.63	1.35	0.43	12.6	9.3	1.40	.285	4.20	97	3.33	90	8.94	87
4	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	239	374	129	119	.520	3.01	930	132	27	22	2026.1	1,944	678	821	74	746	21	93	8,587	36	4.13	3.31	1.25	0.33	10.8	8.7	1.33	.274	3.65	78	3.21	85	8.63	133.3
5	Bucky Walters B. Walters	238	246	122	90	.575	2.97	677	153	28	3	1868.1	1,724	616	726	92	631	24	6	7,778	28	3.26	3.04	1.07	0.44	8.7	8.1	1.26	.257	3.50	84	3.53	99	8.30	5.6
6	Bob Feller B. Feller	231	266	137	82	.626	2.90	1,396	155	28	16	1897.0	1,539	611	677	95	827	22	27	7,880	30	6.62	3.92	1.69	0.45	17.7	10.5	1.25	.261	3.21	76	3.11	83	7.30	133.9
7	Rip Sewell R. Sewell	231	316	133	87	.605	3.35	548	132	19	12	1894.0	1,864	706	848	101	646	20	55	8,102	26	2.60	3.07	0.85	0.48	6.8	8.0	1.33	.260	4.03	90	3.71	99	8.86	12.9
8	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	219	232	93	92	.503	3.32	972	103	26	1	1589.1	1,363	587	657	71	805	12	4	6,758	25	5.50	4.56	1.21	0.40	14.4	11.9	1.36	.264	3.72	92	3.41	94	7.72	36.5
9	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	210	246	114	68	.626	2.93	772	120	31	9	1606.1	1,441	523	598	77	462	25	26	6,627	24	4.33	2.59	1.67	0.43	11.6	7.0	1.18	.258	3.35	79	3.09	84	8.07	101
10	Hank Borowy H. Borowy	208	261	104	76	.578	3.35	650	93	16	7	1607.1	1,542	599	692	96	567	5	35	6,772	28	3.64	3.17	1.15	0.54	9.6	8.4	1.31	.265	3.87	93	3.53	98	8.63	7.6
11	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	207	354	105	83	.559	3.53	853	84	10	22	1692.2	1,492	663	759	102	819	25	82	7,273	47	4.54	4.35	1.04	0.54	11.7	11.3	1.37	.254	4.04	94	3.84	101	7.93	-6
12	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	207	258	111	85	.566	2.94	646	130	21	12	1693.2	1,704	554	665	65	426	17	38	7,149	17	3.43	2.26	1.52	0.35	9.0	6.0	1.26	.273	3.53	84	3.07	87	9.05	88.7
13	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	193	231	103	72	.589	3.06	478	110	21	9	1551.0	1,501	528	580	117	287	9	27	6,284	4	2.77	1.67	1.67	0.68	7.6	4.6	1.15	.257	3.37	83	3.46	94	8.71	37.9
14	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	192	247	103	68	.602	3.46	791	73	16	14	1484.0	1,340	571	635	77	799	29	39	6,422	36	4.80	4.85	0.99	0.47	12.3	12.4	1.44	.267	3.85	97	3.79	106	8.13	-39.4
15	Early Wynn E. Wynn	188	214	83	92	.474	3.94	447	97	9	2	1411.0	1,519	617	724	72	507	16	23	6,141	16	2.85	3.23	0.88	0.46	7.3	8.3	1.44	.284	4.62	108	3.64	101	9.69	-10.8
16	Bill Voiselle B. Voiselle	183	226	74	80	.481	3.76	620	74	13	3	1322.0	1,306	552	637	108	559	14	19	5,751	23	4.22	3.81	1.11	0.74	10.8	9.7	1.41	.269	4.34	100	3.95	105	8.89	-28.4
17	Denny Galehouse D. Galehouse	183	231	75	79	.487	3.64	560	76	15	6	1380.1	1,452	559	636	68	457	12	24	5,932	16	3.65	2.98	1.23	0.44	9.4	7.7	1.38	.286	4.15	93	3.38	87	9.47	75
18	Sid Hudson S. Hudson	183	236	66	100	.398	4.43	455	81	11	6	1380.1	1,504	680	799	80	541	25	36	6,094	25	2.97	3.53	0.84	0.52	7.5	8.9	1.48	.285	5.21	113	3.91	101	9.81	-11
19	Joe Dobson J. Dobson	182	258	94	69	.577	3.57	665	80	17	8	1434.2	1,343	569	640	81	570	9	45	6,062	40	4.17	3.58	1.17	0.51	11.0	9.4	1.33	.266	4.01	89	3.55	90	8.42	67.4
20	Bill Lee B. Lee	178	222	63	87	.420	3.95	358	72	6	5	1293.1	1,391	567	659	53	410	11	22	5,596	23	2.49	2.85	0.87	0.37	6.4	7.3	1.39	.281	4.59	112	3.51	98	9.68	8.2
21	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	172	216	105	59	.640	2.74	666	101	22	12	1388.0	1,242	422	480	68	378	27	30	5,662	14	4.32	2.45	1.76	0.44	11.8	6.7	1.17	.260	3.11	72	3.06	80	8.05	115.8
22	Jack Kramer J. Kramer	171	224	82	78	.513	3.98	501	77	12	6	1293.2	1,344	572	664	67	492	5	32	5,589	24	3.49	3.42	1.02	0.47	9.0	8.8	1.42	.282	4.62	100	3.60	91	9.35	48.5
23	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	170	177	82	70	.539	3.28	500	99	14	2	1335.0	1,368	486	564	90	371	18	6	5,617	13	3.37	2.50	1.35	0.61	8.9	6.6	1.30	.276	3.80	90	3.52	96	9.22	19.1
24	Mickey Haefner M. Haefner	168	229	77	83	.481	3.35	481	88	13	13	1372.0	1,308	511	602	62	520	37	39	5,886	17	3.16	3.41	0.93	0.41	8.2	8.8	1.33	.260	3.95	95	3.61	101	8.58	-13.2
25	Jim Tobin J. Tobin	167	202	76	88	.463	3.35	348	127	10	4	1426.1	1,407	531	630	82	430	20	28	6,033	21	2.20	2.71	0.81	0.52	5.8	7.1	1.29	.257	3.98	95	3.74	105	8.88	-30.6