most pitching starts in a season since 1962

Since 1962, Wilbur Wood has started the most games in a season, with 49 starts in 1972.

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most pitching starts by a player in a season since 1962

	NAME	GS	SEASON	TM	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	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	49	1972	CWS	49	24	17	.585	2.51	193	20	8	0	376.2	325	105	119	28	74	7	0	5	1,490	11	4.61	1.77	2.61	0.67	13.0	5.0	1.06	.250	2.84	80	2.98	91	7.77	13.1
2	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	48	1973	CWS	49	24	20	.545	3.46	199	21	4	0	359.1	381	138	166	25	91	7	1	3	1,531	7	4.98	2.28	2.19	0.63	13.0	5.9	1.31	.294	4.16	89	3.17	82	9.54	27.9
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	45	1971	DET	45	25	14	.641	2.92	308	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	83	2.84	78	8.04	32.5
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	44	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	3.39	208	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
5	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	43	1977	ATL	44	16	20	.444	4.03	262	20	2	0	330.1	315	148	166	26	164	8	1	12	1,428	17	7.14	4.47	1.60	0.71	18.3	11.5	1.45	.299	4.52	95	3.73	88	8.58	18.1
6	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	43	1975	CWS	43	16	20	.444	4.11	140	14	2	0	291.1	309	133	148	26	92	5	0	5	1,245	6	4.32	2.84	1.52	0.80	11.2	7.4	1.38	.288	4.57	107	3.77	100	9.55	-0.3
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	42	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	2.88	248	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
8	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	42	1974	CWS	42	20	19	.513	3.60	169	22	1	0	320.1	305	128	143	27	80	9	0	8	1,316	5	4.75	2.25	2.11	0.76	12.8	6.1	1.20	.270	4.02	97	3.44	96	8.57	5
9	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	42	1973	CWS	42	18	21	.462	3.57	120	14	4	0	282.1	290	112	128	20	117	5	0	2	1,218	10	3.83	3.73	1.03	0.64	9.9	9.6	1.44	.282	4.08	92	3.92	101	9.24	-1.2
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	42	1973	DET	42	16	15	.516	3.82	214	17	3	0	308.2	315	131	143	35	79	5	0	7	1,286	12	6.24	2.30	2.71	1.02	16.6	6.1	1.28	.294	4.17	97	3.46	88	9.18	15.5
11	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	42	1971	CWS	44	22	13	.629	1.91	210	22	7	1	334.0	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	53	2.63	71	7.33	38.9
12	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	42	1969	CHC	43	21	15	.583	3.21	273	23	7	1	311.1	284	111	122	27	71	8	1	15	1,275	7	7.89	2.05	3.85	0.78	21.4	5.6	1.14	.287	3.53	82	2.64	70	8.21	36.8
13	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	42	1965	LAD	44	23	12	.657	2.77	210	20	7	1	308.1	270	95	113	30	66	12	1	11	1,262	11	6.13	1.93	3.18	0.88	16.6	5.2	1.09	.254	3.30	85	3.18	101	7.88	-2.6
14	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	42	1965	MIN	45	18	11	.621	2.83	154	7	2	2	264.1	267	83	121	25	63	5	2	6	1,115	3	5.24	2.15	2.44	0.85	13.8	5.7	1.25	.279	4.12	79	3.35	91	9.09	9.9
15	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	42	1963	LAD	42	19	17	.528	2.63	251	17	3	0	315.1	287	92	114	25	57	10	0	13	1,266	4	7.16	1.63	4.40	0.71	19.8	4.5	1.09	.284	3.25	87	2.56	85	8.19	15.7
16	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	42	1963	SFG	42	16	13	.552	3.51	158	11	0	0	284.1	273	111	123	21	76	5	0	8	1,184	4	5.00	2.41	2.08	0.66	13.3	6.4	1.23	.273	3.89	107	3.18	97	8.64	2.7
17	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	41	1975	CWS	43	20	14	.588	3.11	142	12	1	0	303.2	321	105	121	20	77	9	1	0	1,279	0	4.21	2.28	1.84	0.59	11.1	6.0	1.31	.292	3.59	81	3.35	89	9.51	14.3
18	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	41	1974	TEX	41	19	19	.500	4.74	149	11	5	0	264.0	255	139	146	25	113	9	0	4	1,134	11	5.08	3.85	1.32	0.85	13.1	10.0	1.39	.274	4.98	132	4.06	114	8.69	-15.5
19	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	41	1974	DET	41	14	12	.538	4.32	177	11	2	0	285.2	272	137	160	30	158	12	0	13	1,262	13	5.58	4.98	1.12	0.95	14.0	12.5	1.51	.273	5.04	114	4.48	120	8.57	-22.6
20	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	41	1974	OAK	41	25	12	.676	2.49	143	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	73	3.16	86	7.58	17.6
21	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	41	1974	TEX	41	25	12	.676	2.82	225	29	6	0	328.1	286	103	117	27	45	8	0	3	1,305	4	6.17	1.23	5.00	0.74	17.2	3.4	1.01	.259	3.21	79	2.75	77	7.84	29.4
22	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	41	1974	DET	41	16	21	.432	4.15	202	27	3	0	308.0	310	142	155	38	78	3	0	11	1,263	10	5.90	2.28	2.59	1.11	16.0	6.2	1.26	.289	4.53	109	3.65	98	9.06	3.2
23	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	41	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	2.89	367	26	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
24	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	41	1973	CLE	41	19	19	.500	3.38	238	29	7	0	344.0	315	129	143	34	115	5	0	9	1,410	17	6.23	3.01	2.07	0.89	16.9	8.2	1.25	.276	3.74	87	3.51	90	8.24	14.2
25	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	41	1972	CWS	43	21	16	.568	3.60	157	5	1	0	252.1	263	101	107	22	73	6	1	1	1,075	8	5.60	2.60	2.15	0.78	14.6	6.8	1.33	.295	3.82	114	3.22	98	9.38	2.2

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