most games started by mlb pitcher 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Jon Lester and Max Scherzer were tied for starting the most games, with 297 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started by MLB pitcher 2012 to 2021

	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	Jon Lester J. Lester	297	297	124	83	.599	3.73	1,594	9	2	0	1782.1	1,737	738	823	209	530	50	0	11	7,468	38	8.05	2.68	3.01	1.06	21.3	7.1	1.27	.300	4.16	89	3.84	94	8.77	43.5
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	297	297	154	62	.713	2.91	2,422	12	5	0	1919.2	1,477	621	656	213	467	67	0	16	7,655	46	11.36	2.19	5.19	1.00	31.6	6.1	1.01	.282	3.08	70	2.89	70	6.92	264.1
3	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	291	292	143	59	.708	3.13	1,677	5	2	0	1830.1	1,610	636	672	197	387	29	0	13	7,336	57	8.25	1.90	4.33	0.97	22.9	5.3	1.09	.280	3.30	77	3.38	84	7.92	133.5
4	Wade Miley W. Miley	270	275	93	90	.508	4.14	1,227	3	2	0	1541.0	1,584	709	757	169	531	39	2	10	6,605	54	7.17	3.10	2.31	0.99	18.6	8.0	1.37	.305	4.42	100	4.07	99	9.25	7.6
5	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	269	269	107	87	.552	3.35	1,661	16	7	0	1708.1	1,474	636	692	204	405	69	0	30	6,954	26	8.75	2.13	4.10	1.07	23.9	5.8	1.10	.275	3.65	86	3.57	93	7.77	49.1
6	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	262	270	114	76	.600	3.49	1,551	4	2	0	1549.0	1,410	601	648	149	563	65	2	19	6,553	50	9.01	3.27	2.75	0.87	23.7	8.6	1.27	.298	3.77	86	3.60	88	8.19	86.7
7	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	262	266	112	95	.541	4.35	1,284	10	3	0	1581.0	1,696	765	842	201	353	66	2	14	6,708	41	7.31	2.01	3.64	1.14	19.1	5.3	1.30	.311	4.79	101	3.96	95	9.65	34
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	260	261	138	56	.711	2.33	1,925	19	12	0	1738.1	1,297	450	496	150	328	25	0	9	6,736	67	9.97	1.70	5.87	0.78	28.6	4.9	0.93	.266	2.57	60	2.64	66	6.72	261.6
9	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	257	283	83	80	.509	3.84	1,395	2	2	0	1558.0	1,544	664	717	166	457	38	7	22	6,541	64	8.06	2.64	3.05	0.96	21.3	7.0	1.28	.307	4.14	93	3.68	88	8.92	86.2
10	J.A. Happ	256	266	108	76	.587	4.16	1,307	0	0	0	1448.1	1,408	670	706	206	466	32	5	7	6,132	37	8.12	2.90	2.80	1.28	21.3	7.6	1.29	.292	4.39	100	4.21	101	8.75	-3.4
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	255	255	119	72	.623	3.16	1,798	12	4	0	1672.2	1,377	588	637	192	441	43	0	10	6,762	32	9.67	2.37	4.08	1.03	26.6	6.5	1.09	.276	3.43	76	3.34	80	7.41	157.6
12	Mike Leake M. Leake	248	248	85	85	.500	4.06	1,022	6	2	0	1523.0	1,623	687	754	196	316	57	0	24	6,396	29	6.04	1.87	3.23	1.16	16.0	4.9	1.27	.297	4.46	101	4.19	103	9.59	-22.8
13	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	243	254	99	82	.547	3.77	1,173	12	4	0	1527.1	1,500	640	691	158	458	37	2	9	6,401	55	6.91	2.70	2.56	0.93	18.3	7.2	1.28	.293	4.07	92	3.92	95	8.84	38.6
14	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	242	242	89	68	.567	3.45	1,469	7	3	0	1536.2	1,391	589	639	169	475	75	0	17	6,380	40	8.60	2.78	3.09	0.99	23.0	7.4	1.21	.292	3.74	83	3.72	90	8.15	70.2
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	241	242	110	71	.608	3.06	1,948	16	3	0	1578.0	1,290	536	582	170	349	100	0	12	6,347	35	11.11	1.99	5.58	0.97	30.7	5.5	1.04	.296	3.32	72	2.91	69	7.36	226
16	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	239	245	99	79	.556	3.84	1,288	6	5	0	1392.2	1,229	594	660	151	464	56	1	18	5,783	74	8.32	3.00	2.78	0.98	22.3	8.0	1.22	.282	4.27	93	3.82	92	7.94	48.2
17	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	239	249	93	69	.574	3.61	1,349	3	2	0	1397.2	1,253	561	599	116	551	34	1	16	5,909	46	8.69	3.55	2.45	0.75	22.8	9.3	1.29	.295	3.86	89	3.53	88	8.07	75.6
18	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	239	243	118	70	.628	3.57	1,280	19	9	0	1501.1	1,432	596	632	133	392	50	2	29	6,205	24	7.67	2.35	3.27	0.80	20.6	6.3	1.21	.299	3.79	90	3.46	86	8.58	86.9
19	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	236	236	68	97	.412	4.12	1,307	9	4	0	1475.2	1,400	676	720	189	391	51	0	18	6,126	47	7.97	2.38	3.34	1.15	21.3	6.4	1.21	.289	4.39	104	3.92	99	8.54	3.9
20	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	234	234	117	63	.650	3.20	1,673	6	3	0	1449.1	1,238	515	557	153	373	46	0	6	5,857	52	10.39	2.32	4.49	0.95	28.6	6.4	1.11	.300	3.46	79	3.08	75	7.69	168.1
21	David Price D. Price	233	266	114	56	.671	3.32	1,519	15	2	1	1528.0	1,402	563	614	160	353	44	6	8	6,247	31	8.95	2.08	4.30	0.94	24.3	5.7	1.15	.298	3.62	80	3.28	80	8.26	136.6
22	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	233	235	77	76	.503	3.79	1,197	5	3	0	1376.2	1,211	579	624	185	469	67	0	22	5,742	26	7.83	3.07	2.55	1.21	20.8	8.2	1.22	.268	4.08	93	4.31	109	7.92	-56.3
23	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	230	236	79	83	.488	4.45	1,058	3	1	0	1336.1	1,373	661	708	156	486	49	0	14	5,749	54	7.13	3.27	2.18	1.05	18.4	8.5	1.39	.304	4.77	105	4.28	101	9.25	-3.9
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	229	247	81	84	.491	4.09	1,338	5	2	2	1385.0	1,390	629	677	178	419	34	9	21	5,879	50	8.69	2.72	3.19	1.16	22.8	7.1	1.31	.310	4.40	97	3.86	93	9.03	45.5
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	229	229	107	57	.652	3.26	1,602	2	2	0	1373.1	1,138	497	545	143	373	52	0	20	5,577	41	10.50	2.44	4.29	0.94	28.7	6.7	1.10	.292	3.57	81	3.08	77	7.46	145.2