Between the 1879 and 1888 seasons, Pud Galvin started the most games, with 562 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started by a player from 1879 to 1888

	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	562	573	301	253	.543	2.71	1,585	535	50	1	4948.2	5,223	1,492	2,652	86	501	19	14	20,790	192	2.88	0.91	3.16	0.16	7.6	2.4	1.16	.276	4.82	92	2.84	94	9.50	108.2
2	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	471	478	260	206	.558	2.45	1,668	454	32	1	4158.2	3,964	1,133	2,048	82	734	12	7	17,212	156	3.61	1.59	2.27	0.18	9.7	4.3	1.13	.264	4.43	86	2.89	100	8.58	-26.8
3	Mickey Welch M. Welch	455	460	258	175	.596	2.58	1,581	439	36	1	3969.2	3,792	1,140	2,070	80	925	19	6	16,637	241	3.58	2.10	1.71	0.18	9.5	5.6	1.19	.265	4.69	88	3.11	102	8.60	-25
4	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	442	443	263	167	.612	2.39	1,994	431	33	0	3832.0	3,261	1,017	1,732	50	758	23	2	15,599	197	4.68	1.78	2.63	0.12	12.8	4.9	1.05	.252	4.07	76	2.75	87	7.66	176.2
5	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	409	427	251	158	.614	2.45	1,597	401	31	3	3689.1	3,458	1,005	1,790	83	641	22	17	15,278	194	3.90	1.56	2.49	0.20	10.5	4.2	1.11	.261	4.37	79	3.01	95	8.44	26.1
6	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	384	398	187	195	.490	2.87	1,549	367	26	2	3386.1	3,431	1,078	1,926	74	381	25	13	14,141	212	4.12	1.01	4.07	0.20	11.0	2.7	1.13	.277	5.12	94	2.70	87	9.12	148.3
7	Will White W. White	347	348	197	144	.578	2.34	865	339	30	0	3047.2	2,936	794	1,580	64	449		1	12,899	179	2.55	1.33	1.93	0.19	6.7	3.5	1.11	.251	4.67	82	3.12	109	8.67	-105.3
8	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	320	335	192	129	.598	2.77	1,226	312	26	2	2858.1	2,582	879	1,495	44	620	61	16	11,966	230	3.86	1.95	1.98	0.14	10.2	5.2	1.12	.255	4.71	83	3.17	95	8.13	55.6
9	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	294	303	168	124	.575	2.68	1,045	286	15	1	2653.0	2,547	789	1,470	34	401	20	8	11,137	109	3.55	1.36	2.61	0.12	9.4	3.6	1.11	.262	4.99	79	3.00	91	8.64	76
10	Ed Morris E. Morris	271	272	157	102	.606	2.60	1,152	264	28	1	2363.2	2,094	682	1,089	33	415	16	1	9,670	106	4.39	1.58	2.78	0.13	11.9	4.3	1.06	.257	4.15	83	2.79	90	7.97	39.6
11	Stump Wiedman S. Wiedman	269	279	101	156	.393	3.61	910	249	13	2	2318.1	2,594	929	1,536	62	459	12	10	10,144	102	3.53	1.78	1.98	0.24	9.0	4.5	1.32	.291	5.96	114	3.19	99	10.07	7.4
12	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
13	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	264	270	153	104	.595	2.79	1,270	244	26	1	2280.0	2,209	707	1,176	57	443	8	6	9,544	120	5.01	1.75	2.87	0.23	13.3	4.6	1.16	.277	4.64	90	2.86	87	8.72	102.9
14	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	254	256	171	79	.684	2.49	1,186	241	18	0	2238.0	2,020	620	1,128	86	421	18	2	9,218	99	4.77	1.69	2.82	0.35	12.9	4.6	1.09	.258	4.54	73	3.00	85	8.12	171.1
15	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
16	John Ward J. Ward	225	256	142	90	.612	2.19	804	208	18	3	2135.2	2,016	520	1,034	23	219		32	8,799	118	3.39	0.92	3.67	0.10	9.1	2.5	1.05		4.36	85	2.45	95	8.50	13.5
17	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
18	Dupee Shaw D. Shaw	207	211	83	121	.407	3.10	950	196	13	0	1762.0	1,710	607	1,050	41	396	3	4	7,555	85	4.85	2.02	2.40	0.21	12.6	5.2	1.20	.271	5.36	99	3.04	96	8.73	2.4
19	Hardie Henderson H. Henderson	206	210	81	121	.401	3.50	930	197	4	0	1788.1	1,800	696	1,230	25	522	7	4	7,852	178	4.68	2.63	1.78	0.13	11.8	6.6	1.30	.281	6.19	106	3.21	98	9.06	5
20	Henry Porter H. Porter	202	203	96	104	.480	3.58	650	198	9	0	1770.1	1,841	705	1,163	43	452	30	1	7,687	87	3.30	2.30	1.44	0.22	8.5	5.9	1.30	.277	5.91	101	3.38	99	9.36	19.9
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	Bob Caruthers B. Caruthers	185	193	135	53	.718	2.48	628	183	14	0	1685.0	1,488	464	755	17	272	26	8	6,881	84	3.35	1.45	2.31	0.09	9.1	4.0	1.04	.249	4.03	70	2.93	86	7.95	97.1
23	Dave Foutz D. Foutz	185	194	126	55	.696	2.66	692	175	16	1	1633.2	1,451	482	845	30	397	15	9	6,827	84	3.81	2.19	1.74	0.17	10.1	5.8	1.13	.251	4.66	73	3.27	94	7.99	48.6
24	Pretzels Getzien P. Getzien	185	186	95	86	.525	3.09	726	182	7	0	1634.2	1,650	562	940	53	362	10	1	6,974	82	4.00	1.99	2.01	0.29	10.4	5.2	1.23	.274	5.18	97	3.20	95	9.08	29.5
25	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