most starts as a athletics pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Vida Blue started the most games for the Oakland Athletics, with 258 starts.

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most regular-season starts as a athletics pitcher in the 1970s

	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	Vida Blue V. Blue	258	261	123	85	.591	2.87	1,291	105	28	1	1903.2	1,601	607	697	126	599	18	1	27	7,744	56	6.10	2.83	2.16	0.60	16.7	7.7	1.16	.258	3.30	82	3.04	84	7.57	121.5
2	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	191	192	106	49	.684	2.89	817	75	19	0	1406.0	1,168	451	503	144	339	21	1	19	5,653	14	5.23	2.17	2.41	0.92	14.5	6.0	1.07	.236	3.22	86	3.46	99	7.48	-1.8
3	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	153	157	77	55	.583	2.92	530	54	13	0	1084.1	997	352	414	75	277	18	0	15	4,451	27	4.40	2.30	1.91	0.62	11.9	6.2	1.17	.260	3.44	87	3.26	93	8.28	31.1
4	Blue Moon Odom B. Moon Odom	115	156	40	45	.471	3.82	382	15	4	1	740.0	696	314	357	56	388	17	11	17	3,223	38	4.65	4.72	0.98	0.68	11.9	12.0	1.46	.269	4.34	114	4.10	119	8.46	-58.7
5	Rick Langford R. Langford	84	108	27	48	.360	3.94	334	24	4	0	602.2	625	264	298	55	186	9	7	17	2,576	22	4.99	2.78	1.80	0.82	13.0	7.2	1.35	.286	4.45	102	3.73	93	9.33	20.1
6	Chuck Dobson C. Dobson	71	72	31	21	.596	3.79	252	20	6	0	458.1	421	193	210	57	165	6	1	13	1,924	16	4.95	3.24	1.53	1.12	13.1	8.6	1.28	.252	4.12	111	4.19	117	8.27	-33.5
7	Matt Keough M. Keough	66	69	11	35	.239	4.17	226	13	1	0	416.2	437	193	230	31	185	12	2	4	1,820	25	4.88	4.00	1.22	0.67	12.4	10.2	1.49	.297	4.97	109	3.95	99	9.44	1.7
8	Mike Norris M. Norris	57	87	12	25	.324	4.67	216	7	3	0	385.1	366	200	222	37	224	18	7	13	1,728	19	5.04	5.23	0.96	0.86	12.5	13.0	1.53	.267	5.19	124	4.69	119	8.55	-31.6
9	Dave Hamilton D. Hamilton	54	121	23	20	.535	3.50	230	4	1	5	406.1	394	158	177	34	164	8	27	8	1,732	5	5.09	3.63	1.40	0.75	13.3	9.5	1.37	.278	3.92	102	3.78	105	8.73	-8.3
10	Glenn Abbott G. Abbott	45	73	13	16	.448	4.08	122	7	1	0	291.1	301	132	148	25	107	6	9	10	1,258	8	3.77	3.31	1.14	0.77	9.7	8.5	1.40	.277	4.57	117	4.02	108	9.30	-10.3
11	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	43	47	13	18	.419	3.69	141	8	2	0	270.2	253	111	126	31	118	1	1	6	1,161	6	4.69	3.92	1.19	1.03	12.1	10.2	1.37	.255	4.19	98	4.39	112	8.41	-14
12	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	43	43	19	13	.594	2.68	127	15	4	0	292.2	254	87	107	18	98	7	0	2	1,205	8	3.91	3.01	1.30	0.55	10.5	8.1	1.20	.247	3.29	77	3.65	101	7.81	-0.9
13	Diego Segui D. Segui	43	80	20	19	.513	2.88	187	8	2	2	331.0	277	106	123	24	138	6	15	9	1,371	8	5.08	3.75	1.36	0.65	13.6	10.1	1.25	.249	3.34	86	3.65	104	7.53	-5.8
14	Dick Bosman D. Bosman	36	49	15	6	.714	3.80	76	2	0	0	234.2	230	99	104	25	43	4	2	4	959	3	2.91	1.65	1.77	0.96	7.9	4.5	1.16	.253	3.99	109	3.94	106	8.82	-5.7
15	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	32	67	15	16	.484	3.53	152	3	1	1	265.0	236	104	113	20	93	6	17	9	1,110	18	5.16	3.16	1.63	0.68	13.7	8.4	1.24	.257	3.84	100	3.57	96	8.02	4.2
16	Paul Mitchell P. Mitchell	29	31	9	10	.474	4.80	72	4	1	0	155.2	190	83	90	18	37	1	1	0	686	4	4.16	2.14	1.95	1.04	10.5	5.4	1.46	.308	5.20	137	3.95	109	10.99	-5.7
17	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	29	441	61	54	.530	2.76	723	3	1	124	895.2	740	275	311	61	251	29	308	42	3,604	19	7.26	2.52	2.88	0.61	20.1	7.0	1.11	.267	3.13	82	2.76	77	7.44	79.4
18	Pete Broberg P. Broberg	26	35	10	12	.455	4.62	94	2	0	0	165.2	174	85	101	16	65	3	4	5	730	1	5.11	3.53	1.45	0.87	12.9	8.9	1.44	.286	5.49	128	3.93	103	9.45	-2.3
19	Steve Renko S. Renko	25	27	6	12	.333	4.29	89	3	1	0	151.0	152	72	77	10	67	2	2	4	660	1	5.30	3.99	1.33	0.60	13.5	10.2	1.45	.289	4.59	119	3.63	95	9.06	2.9
20	Steve McCatty S. McCatty	25	44	11	12	.478	4.30	106	8	0	0	220.0	249	105	129	19	96	11	10	9	1,004	4	4.34	3.93	1.10	0.78	10.6	9.6	1.57	.298	5.28	109	4.33	104	10.19	-4.5
21	Doc Medich D. Medich	25	26	10	6	.625	4.69	74	1	0	0	147.2	155	77	89	19	49	3	1	3	646	3	4.51	2.99	1.51	1.16	11.5	7.6	1.38	.271	5.42	120	4.46	110	9.45	-6.5
22	Brian Kingman B. Kingman	17	18	8	7	.533	4.31	58	5	1	0	112.2	113	54	59	10	33	3	1	1	481	10	4.63	2.64	1.76	0.80	12.1	6.9	1.30	.273	4.71	108	3.80	91	9.03	4.8
23	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	16	16	2	13	.133	6.12	17	3	0	0	89.2	121	61	69	8	58	3	0	0	428	7	1.71	5.82	0.29	0.80	4.0	13.6	2.00	.330	6.93	156	5.52	134	12.14	-13.9
24	Alan Wirth A. Wirth	15	21	6	6	.500	3.76	38	2	1	0	93.1	86	39	47	8	42	4	0	0	390	4	3.66	4.05	0.90	0.77	9.7	10.8	1.37	.262	4.53	102	4.37	113	8.29	-5.4
25	Craig Minetto C. Minetto	14	40	1	5	.167	5.39	67	0	0	0	130.1	144	78	95	17	65	5	15	3	595	3	4.63	4.49	1.03	1.17	11.3	10.9	1.60	.288	6.56	135	4.99	120	9.94	-12.1