most regular season games played in career by a pitcher older than 39

Hoyt Wilhelm has pitched in the most career games by a pitcher older than 39, with 459 games.

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most regular season games played in career by a pitcher older than 39 years old

	NAME	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	H/9
1	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	459	52	41	.559	2	2.11	610	0	0	118	794.0	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
2	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	368	104	90	.536	169	3.58	420	78	12	47	1566.0	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
3	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	364	13	11	.542	0	4.05	207	0	0	11	217.2	187	98	105	29	119	8	78	11	957	15	8.56	4.92	1.74	1.20	21.6	12.4	1.41	.266	4.34	7.73
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	300	121	103	.540	294	3.84	1,148	62	11	1	1977.0	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
5	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	257	105	84	.556	251	4.44	913	8	2	0	1551.1	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
6	Doug Jones D. Jones	232	16	16	.500	0	3.57	231	0	0	44	307.2	318	122	127	35	64	11	136	11	1,287	3	6.76	1.87	3.61	1.02	17.9	5.0	1.24	.299	3.72	9.30
7	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	223	22	20	.524	19	3.88	124	6	1	12	364.0	408	157	183	24	106	4	77	37	1,571	10	3.07	2.62	1.17	0.59	7.9	6.7	1.41	.292	4.52	10.09
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	222	9	18	.333	0	4.12	156	0	0	96	203.0	213	93	100	28	33	9	161	5	852	2	6.92	1.46	4.73	1.24	18.3	3.9	1.21	.296	4.43	9.44
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	209	67	88	.432	207	4.06	756	29	3	0	1346.1	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
10	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	199	26	28	.481	30	3.62	204	10	1	28	465.0	464	187	215	26	147	15	113		2,002	19	3.95	2.85	1.39	0.50	10.2	7.3	1.31	.272	4.16	8.98
11	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	198	11	8	.579	0	1.95	167	0	0	126	193.2	150	42	45	11	30	8	178	10	751	1	7.76	1.39	5.57	0.51	22.2	4.0	0.93	.260	2.09	6.97
12	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	197	9	14	.391	0	3.68	134	0	0	8	237.0	239	97	107	16	74	2	93	32	1,014	3	5.09	2.81	1.81	0.61	13.2	7.3	1.32	.283	4.06	9.08
13	Don McMahon D. McMahon	197	26	14	.650	0	3.30	215	0	0	34	281.1	223	103	108	29	112	10	119	25	1,176	15	6.88	3.58	1.92	0.93	18.3	9.5	1.19	.240	3.45	7.13
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	196	71	66	.518	196	3.33	1,437	19	7	0	1271.2	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
15	Red Faber R. Faber	186	38	56	.404	87	3.78	232	32	2	12	816.2	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
16	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	185	11	12	.478	0	3.76	140	0	0	6	179.2	177	75	89	15	85	6	59	15	797	16	7.01	4.26	1.65	0.75	17.6	10.7	1.46	.294	4.46	8.87
17	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	184	9	12	.429	0	4.30	184	0	0	66	167.1	151	80	87	15	86	5	109	5	726	19	9.90	4.63	2.14	0.81	25.3	11.8	1.42	.312	4.68	8.12
18	John Franco J. Franco	184	8	13	.381	0	4.55	124	0	0	4	152.1	165	77	82	22	66	5	50	8	682	8	7.33	3.90	1.88	1.30	18.2	9.7	1.52	.308	4.84	9.75
19	Satchel Paige S. Paige	179	28	31	.475	26	3.31	288	7	4	33	476.0	429	175	192	30	180	7	109	0	2,003	6	5.45	3.40	1.60	0.57	14.4	9.0	1.28	.266	3.63	8.11
20	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	178	75	62	.547	155	3.45	501	76	12	4	1153.0	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
21	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	175	72	64	.529	168	4.28	672	5	3	0	1014.0	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
22	Darren Oliver D. Oliver	173	11	13	.458	0	2.70	136	0	0	4	156.2	137	47	54	12	41	7	49	2	640	3	7.81	2.36	3.32	0.69	21.3	6.4	1.14	.282	3.10	7.87
23	Tommy John T. John	172	48	58	.453	157	4.43	317	14	2	0	950.2	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
24	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	171	10	6	.625	0	3.13	121	0	0	39	163.2	167	57	66	13	30	1	92	5	676	5	6.65	1.65	4.03	0.71	17.9	4.4	1.20	.301	3.63	9.18
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	167	75	52	.591	162	3.83	1,030	13	3	0	1034.0	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

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