Between the 1978 and 1987 seasons, Phil Niekro started the most games, with 336 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started by a player from 1978 to 1987

	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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	336	344	140	121	.536	3.70	1,396	84	15	2	2311.1	2,245	950	1,084	224	891	48	5	25	9,856	76	5.44	3.47	1.57	0.87	14.2	9.0	1.36	.277	4.22	93	3.98	100	8.74	-2.8
2	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	324	332	139	120	.537	3.48	1,093	73	18	0	2168.1	2,019	839	969	147	794	48	3	28	9,144	136	4.54	3.30	1.38	0.61	12.0	8.7	1.30	.265	4.02	99	3.75	106	8.38	-60.9
3	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	322	340	110	124	.470	3.60	1,171	68	25	1	2132.2	2,158	852	980	178	617	38	7	63	9,000	40	4.94	2.60	1.90	0.75	13.0	6.9	1.30	.283	4.14	102	3.62	104	9.11	-43.2
4	Don Sutton D. Sutton	320	323	131	106	.553	3.55	1,306	44	11	2	2142.2	1,993	845	928	233	509	28	2	29	8,814	36	5.49	2.14	2.57	0.98	14.8	5.8	1.17	.261	3.90	94	3.66	95	8.37	39.5
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	314	314	120	110	.522	3.21	2,121	65	20	0	2092.0	1,607	745	851	120	971	46	0	35	8,731	116	9.12	4.18	2.18	0.52	24.3	11.1	1.23	.272	3.66	90	2.89	81	6.91	159.7
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	308	319	138	107	.563	3.37	1,822	79	20	1	2221.0	2,014	831	958	185	778	20	5	67	9,252	89	7.38	3.15	2.34	0.75	19.7	8.4	1.26	.284	3.88	89	3.23	86	8.16	117.1
7	Jack Morris J. Morris	308	329	161	104	.608	3.55	1,507	122	19	0	2342.0	2,084	923	1,001	248	824	24	10	65	9,743	114	5.79	3.17	1.83	0.95	15.5	8.5	1.24	.257	3.85	88	3.90	93	8.01	72.9
8	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	301	303	113	118	.489	4.03	1,075	65	10	0	1931.2	1,898	864	951	186	720	19	0	13	8,224	71	5.01	3.35	1.49	0.87	13.1	8.8	1.36	.275	4.43	96	4.01	98	8.84	22.3
9	Scott McGregor S. McGregor	298	320	135	99	.577	3.93	833	82	23	1	1994.2	2,082	870	949	224	476	19	12	24	8,357	24	3.76	2.15	1.75	1.01	10.0	5.7	1.28	.273	4.28	99	4.08	101	9.39	-13
10	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	295	310	109	119	.478	3.97	1,417	56	15	0	1918.2	1,849	847	938	242	661	27	3	24	8,149	67	6.65	3.10	2.14	1.14	17.4	8.1	1.31	.277	4.40	96	3.97	96	8.67	38
11	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	294	305	105	96	.522	3.86	1,278	39	9	1	1846.2	1,839	793	898	162	655	38	4	70	7,912	60	6.23	3.19	1.95	0.79	16.2	8.3	1.35	.290	4.38	104	3.60	97	8.96	21.9
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	293	296	122	96	.560	3.50	1,558	94	20	0	2111.0	1,974	820	911	215	620	61	1	36	8,784	52	6.64	2.64	2.51	0.92	17.7	7.1	1.23	.278	3.88	86	3.54	88	8.42	105.9
13	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	290	293	124	95	.566	3.88	1,056	79	15	0	1904.1	1,911	820	893	182	598	20	1	27	8,003	64	4.99	2.83	1.77	0.86	13.2	7.5	1.32	.281	4.22	99	3.82	95	9.03	43.8
14	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	289	300	108	114	.486	3.86	1,134	55	12	0	1896.2	1,906	813	931	208	536	54	3	51	8,058	52	5.38	2.54	2.12	0.99	14.1	6.7	1.29	.277	4.42	97	3.88	97	9.04	29.8
15	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	287	308	152	80	.655	3.29	1,543	86	21	3	2093.2	1,932	766	835	206	540	10	11	19	8,564	47	6.63	2.32	2.86	0.89	18.0	6.3	1.18	.275	3.59	84	3.30	83	8.31	159.5
16	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	285	292	115	101	.532	3.41	1,184	88	22	1	2044.0	1,837	774	865	167	718	82	3	30	8,523	35	5.21	3.16	1.65	0.74	13.9	8.4	1.25	.262	3.81	81	3.81	92	8.09	70
17	Tommy John T. John	278	298	123	93	.569	3.67	659	74	13	1	1877.1	2,054	766	875	122	447	37	11	29	7,911	75	3.16	2.14	1.47	0.58	8.3	5.7	1.33	.291	4.19	93	3.63	90	9.85	81.7
18	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	274	327	117	104	.529	3.78	1,197	73	12	16	1978.1	1,984	830	899	219	419	40	33	47	8,237	12	5.45	1.91	2.86	1.00	14.5	5.1	1.21	.277	4.09	92	3.63	91	9.03	84.1
19	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	274	304	104	92	.531	3.81	721	44	10	3	1808.2	1,775	765	842	140	498	31	11	47	7,500	52	3.59	2.48	1.45	0.70	9.6	6.6	1.26	.268	4.19	104	3.80	106	8.83	-46.9
20	Doyle Alexander D. Alexander	268	287	106	86	.552	3.76	939	48	9	0	1856.2	1,872	776	839	186	521	24	13	22	7,791	36	4.55	2.53	1.80	0.90	12.1	6.7	1.29	.275	4.07	94	3.89	98	9.07	15.8
21	Bob Welch B. Welch	267	292	115	86	.572	3.14	1,292	47	23	8	1820.2	1,631	635	702	133	565	37	16	42	7,525	37	6.39	2.79	2.29	0.66	17.2	7.5	1.21	.272	3.47	88	3.25	90	8.06	71.2
22	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	266	269	108	92	.540	3.49	1,110	51	15	0	1803.0	1,621	699	780	174	591	28	1	48	7,499	51	5.54	2.95	1.88	0.87	14.8	7.9	1.23	.259	3.89	91	3.75	99	8.09	7.6
23	Rick Honeycutt R. Honeycutt	265	299	90	120	.429	3.83	734	47	11	1	1673.0	1,750	712	825	145	496	33	10	56	7,112	29	3.95	2.67	1.48	0.78	10.3	7.0	1.34	.281	4.44	100	3.92	100	9.41	-3
24	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	265	314	107	94	.532	4.14	880	66	12	1	1823.1	1,878	839	916	196	579	40	18	25	7,744	50	4.34	2.86	1.52	0.97	11.4	7.5	1.35	.278	4.52	107	4.15	105	9.27	-38.8
25	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	265	275	105	91	.536	3.56	1,038	49	12	1	1794.1	1,805	710	781	125	552	24	6	45	7,521	67	5.21	2.77	1.88	0.63	13.8	7.3	1.31	.291	3.92	96	3.43	92	9.05	59.7