most innings pitched after turning 40

Phil Niekro has pitched the most career innings by a pitcher 40 or older, with 1977 innings.

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NAMEIPGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
1977.0
300
121
103
.540
294
3.84
1,148
62
11
1
1,950
843
955
208
789
35
4
20
8,467
65
5.23
3.59
1.46
0.95
13.6
9.3
1.39
.277
4.35
8.88
2Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
1566.0
368
104
90
.536
169
3.58
420
78
12
47
1,805
623
777
52
343
44
129
6,751
20
2.41
1.97
1.22
0.30
6.2
5.1
1.37
.298
4.47
10.37
3Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
1551.1
257
105
84
.556
251
4.44
913
8
2
0
1,645
766
817
227
441
66
2
23
6,668
13
5.30
2.56
2.07
1.32
13.7
6.6
1.34
.282
4.74
9.54
4Charlie Hough
C. Hough
1346.1
209
67
88
.432
207
4.06
756
29
3
0
1,207
608
685
149
623
65
1
10
5,812
56
5.05
4.16
1.21
1.00
13.0
10.7
1.36
.251
4.58
8.07
5Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
1271.2
196
71
66
.518
196
3.33
1,437
19
7
0
933
471
535
93
527
45
0
13
5,258
68
10.17
3.73
2.73
0.66
27.3
10.0
1.15
.266
3.79
6.60
6Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
1153.0
178
75
62
.547
155
3.45
501
76
12
4
1,133
442
490
120
274
11
17
15
4,756
18
3.91
2.14
1.83
0.94
10.5
5.8
1.22
.263
3.82
8.84
7Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
1034.0
167
75
52
.591
162
3.83
1,030
13
3
0
929
440
492
130
242
45
2
15
4,249
17
8.97
2.11
4.26
1.13
24.2
5.7
1.13
.285
4.28
8.09
8Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
1025.2
155
50
59
.459
153
3.82
558
29
3
0
1,113
435
497
86
261
24
2
22
4,348
36
4.90
2.29
2.14
0.75
12.8
6.0
1.34
.300
4.36
9.77
9Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
1014.0
175
72
64
.529
168
4.28
672
5
3
0
1,136
482
515
138
171
16
2
11
4,282
6
5.96
1.52
3.93
1.22
15.7
4.0
1.29
.304
4.57
10.08
10Tommy John
T. John
950.2
172
48
58
.453
157
4.43
317
14
2
0
1,163
468
517
77
255
25
7
23
4,151
46
3.00
2.41
1.24
0.73
7.6
6.1
1.49
.312
4.89
11.01
11Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
911.0
145
66
36
.647
144
3.12
829
2
1
0
774
316
349
74
281
26
0
14
3,736
32
8.19
2.78
2.95
0.73
22.2
7.5
1.16
.277
3.45
7.65
12Cy Young
C. Young
882.0
110
54
45
.545
105
0.01
383
86
9
2
782
315
11
147
18
4
3,465
23
3.91
1.50
2.61
0.11
11.1
4.2
1.05
.265
3.21
7.98
13Red Faber
R. Faber
816.2
186
38
56
.404
87
3.78
232
32
2
12
890
343
430
33
240
19
68
3,545
11
2.56
2.64
0.97
0.36
6.5
6.8
1.38
.284
4.74
9.81
14Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
814.2
151
49
49
.500
128
4.83
486
4
0
0
826
437
480
108
265
42
16
5
3,510
53
5.37
2.93
1.83
1.19
13.8
7.5
1.34
.275
5.30
9.13
15Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
794.0
459
52
41
.559
2
2.11
610
0
0
118
551
186
226
46
231
16
312
30
3,131
35
6.91
2.62
2.64
0.52
19.5
7.4
0.98
.227
2.56
6.25
16David Wells
D. Wells
758.0
125
48
35
.578
124
4.50
392
4
0
0
895
379
396
94
112
18
0
6
3,214
9
4.65
1.33
3.50
1.12
12.2
3.5
1.33
.308
4.70
10.63
17Don Sutton
D. Sutton
712.0
119
44
38
.537
118
4.06
366
5
2
0
703
321
339
101
179
11
0
8
2,971
19
4.63
2.26
2.04
1.28
12.3
6.0
1.24
.260
4.29
8.89
18Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
665.1
102
46
30
.605
83
3.31
146
48
3
5
710
245
289
42
104
4
12
2,760
6
1.97
1.41
1.40
0.57
5.3
3.8
1.22
.271
3.91
9.60
19Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
636.0
105
43
33
.566
104
4.29
304
1
1
0
677
303
337
68
211
27
1
6
2,734
10
4.30
2.99
1.44
0.96
11.1
7.7
1.40
.287
4.77
9.58
20Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
621.1
130
33
31
.516
70
3.87
390
24
3
7
642
267
307
33
179
8
26
2,653
8
5.65
2.59
2.18
0.48
14.7
6.7
1.32
.298
4.45
9.30
21Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
589.2
99
35
38
.479
99
4.24
311
1
0
0
637
278
304
54
88
12
0
15
2,450
7
4.75
1.34
3.53
0.82
12.7
3.6
1.23
.294
4.64
9.72
22Johnny Niggeling
J. Niggeling
576.0
79
27
34
.443
76
2.86
293
36
7
0
488
183
223
19
236
12
2
2,420
15
4.58
3.69
1.24
0.30
12.1
9.8
1.26
.252
3.48
7.62
23Connie Marrero
C. Marrero
574.1
90
32
30
.516
74
3.49
228
42
6
2
570
223
247
43
192
12
10
2,448
10
3.57
3.01
1.19
0.67
9.3
7.8
1.33
.267
3.87
8.93
24R.A. Dickey
R.A. Dickey
574.0
94
31
36
.463
93
4.19
388
2
0
0
557
267
293
79
191
27
1
4
2,427
27
6.08
2.99
2.03
1.24
16.0
7.9
1.30
.274
4.59
8.73
25Early Wynn
E. Wynn
570.2
100
29
31
.483
81
3.64
343
29
7
2
529
231
252
48
230
8
11
11
2,415
4
5.41
3.63
1.49
0.76
14.2
9.5
1.33
.269
3.97
8.34
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88
74
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6.0
80
82
.494
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MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
88
74
.543
6.0
80
82
.494
14.0
77
85
.475
17.0
74
88
.457
20.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
103
59
.636
Cubs Cubs - w
89
73
.549
14.0
82
80
.506
21.0
77
85
.475
26.0
75
87
.463
28.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
100
62
.617
91
71
.562
9.0
86
76
.531
14.0
65
97
.401
35.0
58
104
.358
42.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
Rays Rays - y
98
64
.605
93
68
.578
4.5
87
75
.537
11.0
79
82
.491
18.5
79
83
.488
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
85
77
.525
84
78
.519
1.0
77
85
.475
8.0
76
86
.469
9.0
69
93
.426
16.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
81
81
.500
80
82
.494
1.0
76
86
.469
5.0
64
98
.395
17.0
62
100
.383
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