most games started started by a pitcher 1970 to 1990

Between the 1970 and 1990 seasons, Nolan Ryan started the most games, with 677 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started started by a pitcher 1970 to 1990

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	677	692	290	259	.528	3.15	5,077	213	59	2	4763.0	3,471	1,668	1,905	279	2,483	135	8	70	19,975	248	9.59	4.69	2.04	0.53	25.4	12.4	1.25	.266	3.60	89	2.94	83	6.56	333.7
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	661	667	279	238	.540	3.27	3,631	241	60	0	4837.0	4,482	1,760	1,953	413	1,293	150	3	69	19,923	111	6.76	2.41	2.81	0.77	18.2	6.5	1.19	.282	3.63	84	3.16	82	8.34	370.5
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	626	662	264	234	.530	3.51	2,806	199	35	9	4516.0	4,281	1,759	2,023	426	1,596	100	23	65	19,074	163	5.59	3.18	1.76	0.85	14.7	8.4	1.30	.273	4.03	89	3.75	96	8.53	79.6
4	Don Sutton D. Sutton	619	624	273	196	.582	3.26	2,817	143	47	3	4323.0	3,829	1,564	1,729	404	1,084	68	4	67	17,680	91	5.86	2.26	2.60	0.84	15.9	6.1	1.14	.257	3.60	89	3.35	91	7.97	148.3
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	606	622	282	210	.573	3.30	3,550	219	45	1	4479.1	4,017	1,641	1,877	373	1,591	43	6	137	18,632	157	7.13	3.20	2.23	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.77	88	3.23	87	8.07	225.9
6	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	546	627	219	191	.534	3.64	1,904	127	39	11	3662.2	3,732	1,483	1,700	245	1,124	57	41	118	15,555	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.33	.285	4.18	100	3.45	95	9.17	68.7
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	543	549	254	173	.595	2.96	3,057	181	49	0	3980.2	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
8	Tommy John T. John	536	567	229	173	.570	3.51	1,552	124	30	1	3601.0	3,798	1,403	1,613	228	917	71	16	66	15,129	141	3.88	2.29	1.69	0.57	10.3	6.1	1.31	.289	4.03	92	3.44	89	9.49	169.2
9	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	528	553	214	189	.531	3.37	2,011	102	26	5	3537.2	3,571	1,325	1,489	221	928	88	15	116	14,834	89	5.12	2.36	2.17	0.56	13.6	6.3	1.27	.289	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.08	226.2
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	520	541	207	196	.514	3.58	2,459	137	32	1	3581.2	3,442	1,424	1,600	372	1,032	111	10	90	15,031	98	6.18	2.59	2.38	0.93	16.4	6.9	1.25	.278	4.02	93	3.63	93	8.65	104.5
11	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	485	488	219	181	.548	3.18	2,300	215	39	1	3664.1	3,424	1,294	1,490	281	949	71	3	87	15,021	98	5.65	2.33	2.42	0.69	15.3	6.3	1.19	.275	3.66	85	3.18	85	8.41	220.1
12	Vida Blue V. Blue	469	490	208	160	.565	3.22	2,151	143	37	1	3301.1	2,890	1,182	1,323	250	1,167	23	10	60	13,646	102	5.86	3.18	1.84	0.68	15.8	8.6	1.23	.263	3.61	91	3.38	93	7.88	82.3
13	Doyle Alexander D. Alexander	464	561	194	174	.527	3.76	1,528	98	18	3	3367.2	3,376	1,406	1,541	324	978	53	56	60	14,162	74	4.08	2.61	1.56	0.87	10.8	6.9	1.29	.271	4.12	98	3.94	103	9.02	-39.5
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	462	475	215	174	.553	3.46	2,263	202	35	0	3395.1	3,216	1,307	1,454	375	724	66	8	74	13,940	46	6.00	1.92	3.13	0.99	16.2	5.2	1.16	.270	3.85	89	3.40	89	8.52	156.1
15	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	458	536	186	186	.500	3.52	2,187	107	20	17	3312.1	3,205	1,296	1,453	257	1,042	59	42	99	13,876	74	5.94	2.83	2.10	0.70	15.8	7.5	1.28	.285	3.95	95	3.32	90	8.71	135.3
16	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	453	466	229	133	.633	2.82	1,844	192	46	3	3417.2	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
17	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	440	462	173	154	.529	3.98	1,332	114	15	0	2911.1	2,922	1,289	1,445	215	1,296	54	9	82	12,602	97	4.12	4.01	1.03	0.66	10.6	10.3	1.45	.279	4.47	103	4.06	107	9.03	-76.6
18	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	422	498	168	136	.553	3.76	1,133	67	19	3	2794.2	2,777	1,169	1,319	216	832	45	19	84	11,715	93	3.65	2.68	1.36	0.70	9.7	7.1	1.29	.270	4.25	104	3.83	108	8.94	-91.1
19	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	415	591	189	169	.528	3.56	1,543	90	23	14	3016.0	2,854	1,192	1,359	225	1,120	60	74	47	12,763	164	4.60	3.34	1.38	0.67	12.1	8.8	1.32	.268	4.06	100	3.80	106	8.52	-82.9
20	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	413	445	146	155	.485	3.68	1,473	78	30	1	2708.0	2,737	1,106	1,258	228	857	47	10	78	11,488	60	4.90	2.85	1.72	0.76	12.8	7.5	1.33	.282	4.18	105	3.73	107	9.10	-85.1
21	Jack Morris J. Morris	408	430	198	150	.569	3.73	1,980	154	24	0	3042.2	2,767	1,262	1,382	321	1,086	36	10	88	12,745	155	5.86	3.21	1.82	0.95	15.5	8.5	1.27	.262	4.09	93	3.91	95	8.18	75.7
22	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	403	420	165	136	.548	3.90	1,419	101	19	1	2637.0	2,672	1,142	1,240	242	842	33	10	34	11,113	78	4.84	2.87	1.69	0.83	12.8	7.6	1.33	.283	4.23	100	3.83	96	9.12	42.3
23	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	393	399	158	152	.510	3.17	1,621	129	37	2	2837.2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	3.19	88	8.31	137.7
24	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	392	429	166	143	.537	3.81	1,057	88	17	1	2554.2	2,644	1,082	1,243	192	780	34	13	41	10,829	41	3.72	2.75	1.36	0.68	9.8	7.2	1.34	.280	4.38	99	3.72	99	9.31	11
25	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	382	390	166	123	.574	3.34	1,557	101	30	1	2666.2	2,337	989	1,097	205	937	118	4	32	11,078	47	5.25	3.16	1.66	0.69	14.1	8.5	1.23	.258	3.70	80	3.76	92	7.89	93.7