Between the 1878 and 1887 seasons, Pud Galvin started the most games, with 512 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started by a player from 1878 to 1887

	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	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	512	523	278	228	.549	2.72	1,478	486	44	1	4511.1	4,777	1,364	2,462	77	448	11	14	18,981	181	2.95	0.89	3.30	0.15	7.8	2.4	1.16	.277	4.91	92	2.84	93	9.53	122.9
2	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	485	492	265	214	.553	2.43	1,704	466	33	1	4275.2	4,092	1,155	2,095	82	749	12	7	17,702	160	3.59	1.58	2.28	0.17	9.6	4.2	1.13	.265	4.41	86	2.88	100	8.61	-32.7
3	Mickey Welch M. Welch	408	413	232	156	.598	2.66	1,414	392	31	1	3544.1	3,464	1,049	1,914	68	817	5	6	14,927	224	3.59	2.07	1.73	0.17	9.5	5.5	1.21	.269	4.86	90	3.12	102	8.80	-14.3
4	Will White W. White	399	400	227	165	.579	2.27	1,034	391	35	0	3515.2	3,413	887	1,829	65	494		1	14,838	219	2.65	1.26	2.09	0.17	7.0	3.3	1.11	.254	4.68	82	2.98	108	8.74	-109.9
5	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	391	392	228	155	.595	2.47	1,659	383	25	0	3397.2	2,944	933	1,589	45	668	11	2	13,876	176	4.39	1.77	2.48	0.12	12.0	4.8	1.06	.253	4.21	78	2.86	89	7.80	131
6	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	385	403	244	142	.632	2.43	1,533	377	30	3	3482.1	3,271	939	1,680	75	596	14	17	14,426	186	3.96	1.54	2.57	0.19	10.6	4.1	1.11	.262	4.34	78	3.00	95	8.45	26.8
7	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	345	359	169	174	.493	2.85	1,470	330	23	2	3061.1	3,114	968	1,742	67	327	16	13	12,784	205	4.32	0.96	4.50	0.20	11.5	2.6	1.12	.279	5.12	92	2.68	85	9.15	156
8	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	278	291	166	113	.595	2.76	1,040	271	22	1	2478.0	2,241	759	1,301	35	545	32	14	10,386	206	3.78	1.98	1.91	0.13	10.0	5.2	1.12	.254	4.73	81	3.23	96	8.14	43
9	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	269	277	160	107	.599	2.61	982	261	15	1	2429.2	2,296	705	1,316	29	358	10	7	10,167	103	3.64	1.33	2.74	0.11	9.7	3.5	1.09	.259	4.87	77	3.00	91	8.50	75.7
10	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	268	277	177	89	.665	2.36	1,103	256	22	2	2392.1	2,147	626	1,235	68	496	2	9	10,001	113	4.15	1.87	2.22	0.26	11.0	5.0	1.10	.250	4.65	79	2.99	97	8.08	41
11	Stump Wiedman S. Wiedman	267	277	100	155	.392	3.61	905	247	13	2	2300.1	2,577	922	1,516	60	451	10	10	10,060	102	3.54	1.76	2.01	0.23	9.0	4.5	1.32	.292	5.93	114	3.18	99	10.08	12.2
12	John Ward J. Ward	262	293	164	103	.614	2.10	920	245	24	3	2469.2	2,324	576	1,185	26	253		32	10,164	144	3.35	0.92	3.64	0.09	9.1	2.5	1.04		4.32	82	2.43	96	8.47	9.1
13	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	244	252	142	90	.612	2.96	1,153	221	8	3	2089.0	2,107	688	1,231	42	295	3	8	8,931	117	4.97	1.27	3.91	0.18	12.9	3.3	1.15	.279	5.30	92	2.67	85	9.08	112.5
14	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	218	224	125	87	.590	2.98	1,071	201	20	1	1879.2	1,885	622	1,037	51	384	4	6	7,958	105	5.13	1.84	2.79	0.24	13.5	4.8	1.21	.284	4.97	95	2.99	90	9.03	68.1
15	Ed Morris E. Morris	216	217	128	79	.618	2.67	1,017	210	23	1	1883.2	1,624	559	873	26	341	8	1	7,668	93	4.86	1.63	2.98	0.12	13.3	4.4	1.04	.256	4.17	82	2.81	88	7.76	52.2
16	Jack Lynch J. Lynch	215	220	110	104	.514	3.65	858	213	8	0	1915.1	2,026	777	1,206	53	290	4	5	8,161	137	4.03	1.36	2.96	0.25	10.5	3.6	1.21	.285	5.67	111	3.07	96	9.52	15.8
17	Tommy Bond T. Bond	211	219	122	85	.589	2.42	602	191	23	0	1850.2	1,972	497	927	25	129		11	7,598	94	2.93	0.63	4.67	0.12	7.9	1.7	1.14	.285	4.51	98	2.43	100	9.59	-8.8
18	Dupee Shaw D. Shaw	204	208	83	118	.413	3.05	942	193	13	0	1737.0	1,674	589	1,026	39	389	3	4	7,440	83	4.88	2.02	2.42	0.20	12.7	5.2	1.19	.269	5.32	97	3.03	96	8.67	5.5
19	Hardie Henderson H. Henderson	201	205	80	118	.404	3.47	921	193	4	0	1753.0	1,757	675	1,199	25	502	5	4	7,681	174	4.73	2.58	1.83	0.13	12.0	6.5	1.29	.280	6.16	104	3.20	98	9.02	11.2
20	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	200	202	138	59	.701	2.42	963	188	15	0	1754.2	1,572	472	881	69	302	8	2	7,189	66	4.94	1.55	3.19	0.35	13.4	4.2	1.07	.257	4.52	68	3.03	82	8.06	156.6
21	Jumbo McGinnis J. McGinnis	186	187	102	79	.564	2.95	562	177	18	0	1603.2	1,572	525	958	21	294	8	1	6,806	135	3.15	1.65	1.91	0.12	8.3	4.3	1.16	.264	5.38	90	3.19	98	8.82	16
22	Fred Goldsmith F. Goldsmith	185	189	112	68	.622	2.73	433	174	16	1	1609.2	1,685	488	884	38	171		3	6,765	57	2.42	0.96	2.53	0.21	6.4	2.5	1.15	.269	4.94	91	2.99	99	9.42	18.9
23	Lee Richmond L. Richmond	179	191	75	100	.429	3.06	552	161	8	3	1583.0	1,763	538	1,018	27	269		13	6,821	87	3.14	1.53	2.05	0.15	8.1	3.9	1.28	.291	5.79	106	2.73	96	10.02	39.4
24	Charlie Ferguson C. Ferguson	170	183	99	64	.607	2.67	728	165	13	4	1514.2	1,402	450	793	42	290	11	12	6,310	64	4.33	1.72	2.51	0.25	11.5	4.6	1.12	.260	4.71	85	3.12	92	8.33	42.5
25	Dave Foutz D. Foutz	166	171	114	48	.704	2.67	619	156	16	1	1457.2	1,305	433	760	27	362	10	5	6,116	77	3.82	2.24	1.71	0.17	10.1	5.9	1.14	.253	4.69	72	3.34	95	8.06	43.1