most games started as a pitcher in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Jack Morris started the most games, with 332 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started as a pitcher in the 1980s

	NAME	GS	G	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jack Morris J. Morris	332	332	162	119	.577	3.66	1,629	133	20	0	2443.2	2,212	995	1,085	264	858	23	0	66	10,208	124	6.00	3.16	1.90	0.97	16.0	8.4	1.26	.262	4.00	92	3.89	94	8.15	66.7
2	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	331	339	140	109	.562	3.32	1,380	92	27	1	2328.2	2,019	859	954	183	825	104	4	29	9,654	39	5.33	3.19	1.67	0.71	14.3	8.5	1.22	.256	3.69	80	3.77	93	7.80	77.5
3	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	317	329	119	126	.486	4.09	1,145	61	10	1	2017.2	1,996	918	1,017	207	711	27	8	30	8,582	72	5.11	3.17	1.61	0.92	13.3	8.3	1.34	.276	4.54	100	4.04	100	8.90	1.9
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	314	314	122	104	.540	3.14	2,167	44	15	0	2094.0	1,603	730	835	128	894	53	0	34	8,704	123	9.31	3.84	2.42	0.55	24.9	10.3	1.19	.270	3.59	90	2.82	81	6.89	159.5
5	Bob Welch B. Welch	311	313	137	93	.596	3.21	1,457	47	22	0	2082.1	1,885	743	821	155	666	49	0	40	8,655	43	6.30	2.88	2.19	0.67	16.8	7.7	1.23	.273	3.55	90	3.34	92	8.15	63.4
6	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	306	332	105	118	.471	3.70	1,068	50	20	1	2005.1	2,045	824	946	167	597	36	8	52	8,484	39	4.79	2.68	1.79	0.75	12.6	7.0	1.32	.284	4.25	107	3.70	107	9.18	-64.6
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	304	314	107	122	.467	3.89	1,225	51	8	0	1994.0	2,014	861	989	219	589	55	3	59	8,493	55	5.53	2.66	2.08	0.99	14.4	6.9	1.31	.280	4.46	97	3.91	97	9.09	27
8	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	294	297	112	109	.507	3.98	1,356	50	11	0	1890.2	1,813	836	929	234	616	28	0	23	7,994	66	6.45	2.93	2.20	1.11	17.0	7.7	1.28	.274	4.42	96	3.94	96	8.63	35.4
9	Doyle Alexander D. Alexander	289	300	112	98	.533	3.85	1,029	51	10	0	2004.1	2,065	858	930	223	503	32	7	28	8,423	34	4.62	2.26	2.05	1.00	12.2	6.0	1.28	.278	4.18	97	3.96	100	9.27	3.7
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	288	291	123	103	.544	3.64	1,480	94	21	0	2078.1	1,984	841	919	212	557	73	1	26	8,623	44	6.41	2.41	2.66	0.92	17.2	6.5	1.22	.281	3.98	89	3.56	88	8.59	109.6
11	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	288	294	109	100	.522	3.65	1,092	48	10	1	1918.1	1,954	779	856	139	596	32	4	57	8,082	63	5.12	2.80	1.83	0.65	13.5	7.4	1.33	.292	4.02	98	3.52	94	9.17	46.3
12	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	287	298	128	103	.554	3.19	1,644	102	27	2	2144.2	1,876	760	869	133	838	16	5	54	8,957	81	6.90	3.52	1.96	0.56	18.4	9.4	1.27	.276	3.65	91	3.21	90	7.87	84
13	Richard Dotson R. Dotson	283	292	109	109	.500	4.16	951	54	10	0	1804.1	1,813	835	922	191	720	40	6	23	7,788	42	4.74	3.59	1.32	0.95	12.2	9.2	1.40	.276	4.60	102	4.33	108	9.04	-62.1
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	282	331	128	114	.529	3.67	1,363	93	11	2	2121.2	1,842	864	999	218	867	80	22	18	8,942	98	5.78	3.68	1.57	0.92	15.2	9.7	1.28	.253	4.24	90	4.14	103	7.81	-28.2
15	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	276	278	103	94	.523	4.01	845	49	10	0	1740.0	1,801	776	846	170	568	25	1	25	7,400	57	4.37	2.94	1.49	0.88	11.4	7.7	1.36	.282	4.38	101	4.06	101	9.32	-6.1
16	Mike Scott M. Scott	276	295	114	90	.559	3.42	1,324	41	20	3	1803.2	1,594	685	761	140	537	31	13	43	7,436	37	6.61	2.68	2.47	0.70	17.8	7.2	1.18	.269	3.80	98	3.23	93	7.95	53.3
17	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	274	278	98	91	.519	3.81	1,171	37	8	1	1711.1	1,690	724	823	156	570	36	1	60	7,302	59	6.16	3.00	2.05	0.82	16.0	7.8	1.32	.286	4.33	105	3.62	99	8.89	8.6
18	Mike Witt M. Witt	272	304	109	104	.512	3.78	1,269	70	10	5	1945.0	1,913	816	917	166	643	47	18	36	8,220	64	5.87	2.98	1.97	0.77	15.4	7.8	1.31	.287	4.24	95	3.61	88	8.85	109.1
19	Frank Viola F. Viola	271	272	117	98	.544	3.84	1,287	56	11	0	1858.0	1,850	792	877	218	548	30	0	20	7,801	48	6.23	2.65	2.35	1.06	16.5	7.0	1.29	.285	4.25	91	3.83	94	8.96	46.2
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	270	272	107	86	.554	3.53	1,050	26	8	1	1765.2	1,655	693	754	190	424	23	1	22	7,277	28	5.35	2.16	2.48	0.97	14.4	5.8	1.18	.262	3.84	93	3.70	96	8.44	26.9
21	Ed Whitson E. Whitson	263	322	95	91	.511	3.89	932	25	9	3	1685.0	1,704	729	805	169	513	21	28	28	7,138	23	4.98	2.74	1.82	0.90	13.1	7.2	1.32	.279	4.30	107	3.89	104	9.10	-31
22	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	260	310	116	93	.555	3.87	1,285	59	15	6	1860.0	1,764	799	866	160	745	28	27	56	7,887	74	6.22	3.60	1.72	0.77	16.3	9.4	1.35	.283	4.19	99	3.74	96	8.54	34.8
23	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	259	264	105	96	.522	3.56	884	52	12	0	1713.2	1,624	677	783	119	623	32	3	26	7,247	110	4.64	3.27	1.42	0.62	12.2	8.6	1.31	.269	4.11	99	3.75	105	8.53	-42
24	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	258	300	105	83	.559	3.48	762	44	17	5	1688.0	1,724	652	755	123	379	23	23	51	7,035	33	4.06	2.02	2.01	0.66	10.8	5.4	1.25	.279	4.03	95	3.49	95	9.19	28.2
25	Dan Petry D. Petry	256	283	107	87	.552	3.84	908	49	11	0	1731.1	1,630	739	832	179	697	40	8	56	7,350	62	4.72	3.62	1.30	0.93	12.4	9.5	1.34	.263	4.32	96	4.30	104	8.47	-30.4