most games started by pitcher in a season by a pitcher since 1975

Since 1975, Phil Niekro has started the most games in a season, with 44 starts in 1979.

	NAME	GS	SEASON	TM	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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	44	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	3.39	208	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
2	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	43	1977	ATL	44	16	20	.444	4.03	262	20	2	0	330.1	315	148	166	26	164	8	1	12	1,428	17	7.14	4.47	1.60	0.71	18.3	11.5	1.45	.299	4.52	95	3.73	88	8.58	18.1
3	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	43	1975	CWS	43	16	20	.444	4.11	140	14	2	0	291.1	309	133	148	26	92	5	0	5	1,245	6	4.32	2.84	1.52	0.80	11.2	7.4	1.38	.288	4.57	107	3.77	100	9.55	-0.3
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	42	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	2.88	248	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
5	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	41	1975	CWS	43	20	14	.588	3.11	142	12	1	0	303.2	321	105	121	20	77	9	1	0	1,279	0	4.21	2.28	1.84	0.59	11.1	6.0	1.31	.292	3.59	81	3.35	89	9.51	14.3
6	Charlie Hough C. Hough	40	1987	TEX	40	18	13	.581	3.79	223	13	0	0	285.1	238	120	159	36	124	19	0	1	1,231	12	7.03	3.91	1.80	1.14	18.1	10.1	1.27	.244	5.02	83	4.44	99	7.51	2.1
7	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	40	1982	TOR	40	16	14	.533	3.71	139	11	3	0	266.2	251	110	122	26	77	2	0	1	1,100	6	4.69	2.60	1.81	0.88	12.6	7.0	1.23	.263	4.12	87	3.82	91	8.47	10.8
8	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	40	1978	BAL	40	19	15	.559	4.03	167	17	2	0	281.1	271	126	128	22	87	3	0	2	1,160	8	5.34	2.78	1.92	0.70	14.4	7.5	1.27	.283	4.09	113	3.36	90	8.67	11.2
9	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	40	1978	KCR	40	21	17	.553	3.33	183	20	4	0	294.2	283	109	125	27	78	9	0	7	1,218	12	5.59	2.38	2.35	0.82	15.0	6.4	1.23	.278	3.82	88	3.41	91	8.64	11.5
10	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	40	1977	MON	40	17	16	.515	3.10	206	17	4	0	301.2	272	104	122	16	81	5	0	3	1,235	14	6.15	2.42	2.54	0.48	16.7	6.6	1.17	.276	3.64	81	2.91	76	8.11	31.2
11	Randy Jones R. Jones	40	1976	SDP	40	22	14	.611	2.74	93	25	5	0	315.1	274	96	109	15	50	4	0	9	1,251	0	2.65	1.43	1.86	0.43	7.4	4.0	1.03	.238	3.11	83	3.17	94	7.82	7.1
12	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	40	1976	BAL	40	22	13	.629	2.51	159	23	6	0	315.0	255	88	101	20	84	8	0	5	1,256	5	4.54	2.40	1.89	0.57	12.7	6.7	1.08	.239	2.89	77	3.32	97	7.29	3.3
13	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	40	1975	LAD	42	19	14	.576	2.29	213	19	7	1	321.2	244	82	92	22	96	5	2	2	1,276	8	5.96	2.69	2.22	0.62	16.7	7.5	1.06	.236	2.57	66	3.08	86	6.83	18.2
14	Tom Browning T. Browning	39	1986	CIN	39	14	13	.519	3.81	147	4	2	0	243.1	225	103	123	26	70	1	0	6	1,016	3	5.44	2.59	2.10	0.96	14.5	6.9	1.21	.258	4.55	99	3.82	99	8.32	1.3
15	Rick Mahler R. Mahler	39	1986	ATL	39	14	18	.438	4.88	137	7	1	0	237.2	283	129	139	25	95	3	0	10	1,056	5	5.19	3.60	1.44	0.95	13.0	9.0	1.59	.324	5.26	123	4.21	108	10.72	-7.7
16	Rick Mahler R. Mahler	39	1985	ATL	39	17	15	.531	3.48	107	6	1	0	266.2	272	103	116	24	79	2	0	8	1,110	3	3.61	2.67	1.35	0.81	9.6	7.1	1.32	.276	3.91	91	3.96	104	9.18	-3.8
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	39	1982	BAL	40	16	12	.571	4.21	111	10	2	0	252.0	262	118	123	30	87	7	0	2	1,093	7	3.96	3.11	1.28	1.07	10.2	8.0	1.38	.270	4.39	106	4.49	110	9.36	-11
18	Randy Jones R. Jones	39	1979	SDP	39	11	12	.478	3.63	112	6	0	0	263.0	257	106	120	17	64	3	0	10	1,088	2	3.83	2.19	1.75	0.58	10.3	5.9	1.22	.269	4.11	103	3.47	96	8.79	3.8
19	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	39	1979	BAL	40	15	16	.484	3.66	132	18	3	0	292.1	279	119	129	28	78	1	0	1	1,206	9	4.06	2.40	1.69	0.86	10.9	6.5	1.22	.260	3.97	91	3.87	94	8.59	7.2
20	Ray Burris R. Burris	39	1977	CHC	39	14	16	.467	4.72	105	5	1	0	221.0	270	116	132	29	67	3	0	9	970	8	4.28	2.73	1.57	1.18	10.8	6.9	1.52	.315	5.38	110	4.43	106	11.00	-5
21	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	39	1977	MIN	39	20	11	.645	3.36	186	19	2	0	303.0	284	113	129	23	91	2	0	4	1,253	9	5.52	2.70	2.04	0.68	14.8	7.3	1.24	.274	3.83	81	3.41	83	8.44	23.2
22	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	39	1977	BAL	39	20	11	.645	2.91	193	22	3	0	319.0	263	103	106	24	99	3	0	1	1,269	7	5.45	2.79	1.95	0.68	15.2	7.8	1.13	.252	2.99	77	3.46	89	7.42	15.5
23	J.R. Richard	39	1976	HOU	39	20	15	.571	2.75	214	14	3	0	291.0	221	89	105	14	151	4	0	4	1,218	13	6.62	4.67	1.42	0.43	17.6	12.4	1.28	.248	3.25	84	3.38	101	6.84	-1.8
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	39	1976	CAL	39	17	18	.486	3.36	327	21	7	0	284.1	193	106	117	13	183	5	0	2	1,196	5	10.35	5.79	1.79	0.41	27.3	15.3	1.32	.269	3.70	99	2.91	85	6.11	16.5
25	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	39	1976	OAK	39	16	12	.571	2.50	115	13	4	0	266.1	231	74	93	15	87	6	0	2	1,094	8	3.89	2.94	1.32	0.51	10.5	8.0	1.19	.248	3.14	73	3.54	99	7.81	0.8