most games started started by a pitcher 1970 to 1980

Between the 1970 and 1980 seasons, Phil Niekro started the most games, with 414 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started started by a pitcher 1970 to 1980

	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	414	446	179	169	.514	3.30	2,042	171	28	9	3156.0	2,898	1,156	1,347	289	1,005	79	21	56	13,180	125	5.82	2.87	2.03	0.82	15.5	7.6	1.24	.267	3.84	84	3.53	91	8.26	123.2
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	404	406	202	135	.599	3.10	2,383	178	35	0	3051.0	2,656	1,050	1,190	253	1,050	33	0	99	12,589	98	7.03	3.10	2.27	0.75	18.9	8.3	1.21	.271	3.51	83	3.17	86	7.83	167.8
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	400	403	194	146	.571	2.97	2,042	203	38	1	3110.2	2,783	1,026	1,195	221	822	59	3	78	12,643	77	5.91	2.38	2.48	0.64	16.2	6.5	1.16	.270	3.46	81	3.05	83	8.05	212.5
4	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	385	389	202	113	.641	2.69	1,668	179	44	2	2969.0	2,513	886	991	210	935	29	3	31	12,064	57	5.06	2.83	1.78	0.64	13.8	7.8	1.16	.250	3.00	75	3.36	92	7.62	101.1
5	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	383	389	190	142	.572	3.40	1,970	196	33	0	2904.2	2,697	1,098	1,218	323	570	55	5	63	11,836	39	6.10	1.77	3.46	1.00	16.6	4.8	1.12	.266	3.77	87	3.32	86	8.36	162.4
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	382	387	156	141	.525	2.96	2,250	150	41	0	2841.1	2,554	933	1,051	206	770	70	3	48	11,629	63	7.13	2.44	2.92	0.65	19.3	6.6	1.17	.282	3.33	80	2.83	77	8.09	272
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	380	384	179	115	.609	3.00	1,895	121	41	3	2769.2	2,337	923	1,031	234	707	47	4	50	11,236	63	6.16	2.30	2.68	0.76	16.9	6.3	1.10	.252	3.35	85	3.14	88	7.59	124.9
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	371	374	188	109	.633	2.67	2,405	152	41	0	2820.1	2,245	836	917	214	800	29	2	68	11,299	68	7.67	2.55	3.01	0.68	21.3	7.1	1.08	.259	2.93	74	2.75	77	7.16	256.8
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	368	383	166	156	.516	3.16	2,878	168	44	2	2698.2	1,936	947	1,084	143	1,613	78	8	35	11,435	126	9.60	5.38	1.78	0.48	25.2	14.1	1.32	.267	3.62	90	3.03	85	6.46	165.6
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	358	361	169	119	.587	3.06	1,729	134	35	1	2622.2	2,282	893	1,006	175	841	19	1	50	10,741	72	5.93	2.89	2.06	0.60	16.1	7.8	1.19	.264	3.45	88	3.13	87	7.83	129.8
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	347	375	140	140	.500	3.37	1,736	93	15	7	2524.2	2,371	946	1,066	197	816	45	15	79	10,520	55	6.19	2.91	2.13	0.70	16.5	7.8	1.26	.281	3.80	92	3.27	90	8.45	106.1
12	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	345	359	143	120	.544	3.83	1,082	106	15	0	2346.0	2,305	999	1,125	166	1,037	45	4	68	10,112	83	4.15	3.98	1.04	0.64	10.7	10.3	1.42	.275	4.32	98	3.99	105	8.84	-41.3
13	Rick Wise R. Wise	330	341	139	125	.527	3.67	1,171	108	22	0	2275.1	2,328	929	1,049	202	593	26	4	63	9,563	32	4.63	2.35	1.97	0.80	12.2	6.2	1.28	.281	4.15	96	3.52	94	9.21	58.1
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	327	329	169	102	.624	3.17	1,309	140	30	0	2399.0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
15	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	319	340	137	117	.539	3.71	870	83	17	1	2109.2	2,161	870	1,005	154	638	29	6	34	8,913	37	3.71	2.72	1.36	0.66	9.8	7.2	1.33	.278	4.29	98	3.67	98	9.22	14.7
16	Tommy John T. John	318	330	155	93	.625	3.13	1,107	90	26	1	2238.1	2,204	778	916	122	576	40	7	40	9,269	80	4.45	2.32	1.92	0.49	11.9	6.2	1.24	.280	3.68	86	3.15	84	8.86	148.3
17	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	316	360	132	114	.537	3.66	1,252	93	28	9	2196.1	2,193	892	1,016	133	782	34	25	75	9,393	76	5.13	3.20	1.60	0.54	13.3	8.3	1.35	.286	4.16	102	3.36	94	8.99	57.9
18	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	312	322	125	114	.523	3.43	1,262	63	17	3	2091.1	2,137	796	901	128	584	52	7	74	8,828	59	5.43	2.51	2.16	0.55	14.3	6.6	1.30	.295	3.88	87	3.12	81	9.20	164
19	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	310	347	150	101	.598	3.51	1,313	123	28	3	2199.1	2,043	857	918	214	645	29	18	25	9,086	14	5.37	2.64	2.04	0.88	14.5	7.1	1.22	.266	3.76	89	3.59	92	8.36	74.9
20	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	304	415	130	107	.549	3.59	962	78	15	6	2139.0	2,270	853	962	177	468	37	49	55	8,960	42	4.05	1.97	2.06	0.74	10.7	5.2	1.28	.286	4.05	96	3.47	93	9.55	61.2
21	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	300	374	136	106	.562	3.87	1,024	73	27	5	2077.1	2,126	893	1,006	164	691	91	35	77	8,836	76	4.44	2.99	1.48	0.71	11.6	7.8	1.36	.286	4.36	105	3.74	103	9.21	-23
22	Ross Grimsley R. Grimsley	295	324	123	97	.559	3.76	732	79	15	3	1979.1	2,040	828	912	195	537	15	14	44	8,287	38	3.33	2.44	1.36	0.89	8.8	6.5	1.30	.271	4.15	106	3.96	112	9.28	-98.5
23	Steve Renko S. Renko	295	355	103	118	.466	3.97	1,202	48	9	4	2011.1	1,944	887	998	201	831	18	23	78	8,634	62	5.38	3.72	1.45	0.90	13.9	9.6	1.38	.273	4.47	103	3.96	105	8.70	-35.4
24	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	294	329	126	107	.541	3.50	1,038	97	22	2	2073.2	2,066	807	928	175	626	32	15	42	8,728	72	4.51	2.72	1.66	0.76	11.9	7.2	1.30	.276	4.03	96	3.61	98	8.97	17.2
25	Rudy May R. May	288	379	125	112	.527	3.38	1,371	77	23	6	2045.2	1,793	768	881	157	747	31	36	44	8,497	45	6.03	3.29	1.84	0.69	16.1	8.8	1.24	.264	3.88	97	3.39	95	7.89	40.8