most starts as a pirates pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Jim Rooker started the most games for the Pirates, with 183 starts.

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most regular-season starts as a pirates 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	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	183	209	80	63	.559	3.28	664	47	8	6	1299.2	1,211	474	554	99	467	14	10	47	5,467	40	4.60	3.23	1.42	0.69	12.1	8.5	1.29	.263	3.84	90	3.69	101	8.39	-4.9
2	Bruce Kison B. Kison	180	255	81	63	.563	3.49	735	27	5	6	1266.1	1,162	491	577	90	469	49	23	41	5,361	47	5.22	3.33	1.57	0.64	13.7	8.7	1.29	.267	4.10	97	3.58	100	8.26	1.4
3	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	165	170	79	58	.577	3.14	644	41	10	0	1107.1	1,068	386	462	60	324	31	1	41	4,653	18	5.23	2.63	1.99	0.49	13.8	7.0	1.26	.280	3.75	88	3.03	86	8.68	58.3
4	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	141	146	70	38	.648	2.94	561	32	7	2	967.1	857	316	354	99	236	14	4	28	3,941	7	5.22	2.20	2.38	0.92	14.2	6.0	1.13	.250	3.29	80	3.60	97	7.97	12.2
5	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	141	154	61	46	.570	3.52	502	51	13	2	997.1	1,014	390	443	62	324	10	5	37	4,244	32	4.53	2.92	1.55	0.56	11.8	7.6	1.34	.285	4.00	97	3.42	94	9.15	25.2
6	Bob Moose B. Moose	117	205	53	56	.486	3.74	529	25	9	12	948.0	1,009	394	435	60	280	21	36	49	4,041	20	5.02	2.66	1.89	0.57	13.1	6.9	1.36	.301	4.13	105	3.18	91	9.58	30.6
7	Steve Blass S. Blass	114	121	47	37	.560	3.74	402	30	8	0	780.0	754	324	359	61	316	23	2	28	3,327	22	4.64	3.65	1.27	0.70	12.1	9.5	1.37	.274	4.14	105	3.78	110	8.70	-33.6
8	Nelson Briles N. Briles	74	98	36	28	.563	2.98	290	20	5	1	550.1	517	182	221	45	129	5	9	23	2,261	4	4.74	2.11	2.25	0.74	12.8	5.7	1.17	.263	3.61	87	3.21	95	8.45	9.3
9	Luke Walker L. Walker	73	133	36	32	.529	3.62	332	13	6	6	537.1	513	216	241	28	242	4	20	22	2,302	21	5.56	4.05	1.37	0.47	14.4	10.5	1.41	.286	4.04	102	3.33	96	8.59	8.1
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	71	71	26	15	.634	3.31	354	15	4	0	481.0	455	177	196	38	158	12	0	13	2,029	15	6.62	2.96	2.24	0.71	17.4	7.8	1.27	.284	3.67	89	3.26	87	8.51	24.6
11	Don Robinson D. Robinson	57	64	22	14	.611	3.63	231	13	1	1	389.0	374	157	172	32	109	7	2	9	1,621	15	5.34	2.52	2.12	0.74	14.3	6.7	1.24	.275	3.98	98	3.41	92	8.65	12.8
12	Larry Demery L. Demery	46	139	29	23	.558	3.72	217	7	1	7	445.1	413	184	202	40	199	5	38	22	1,901	11	4.39	4.02	1.09	0.81	11.4	10.5	1.37	.259	4.08	103	4.19	115	8.35	-27.3
13	Ken Brett K. Brett	43	50	22	14	.611	3.32	143	14	4	0	309.0	302	114	128	19	95	4	4	14	1,299	9	4.17	2.77	1.51	0.55	11.0	7.3	1.28	.273	3.73	94	3.41	95	8.80	6.8
14	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	40	112	17	16	.515	3.34	248	8	1	7	382.1	366	142	154	45	135	16	17	23	1,617	9	5.84	3.18	1.84	1.06	15.3	8.3	1.31	.274	3.63	98	3.87	117	8.62	-24.5
15	Bob Veale B. Veale	32	76	16	15	.516	4.55	224	5	1	2	257.1	258	130	144	20	125	3	15	15	1,142	13	7.83	4.37	1.79	0.70	19.6	10.9	1.49	.309	5.04	121	3.35	92	9.02	8.5
16	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	31	68	20	11	.645	3.13	175	7	3	1	244.2	210	85	103	19	86	6	12	13	1,022	10	6.44	3.16	2.03	0.70	17.1	8.4	1.21	.260	3.79	84	3.36	90	7.72	10.3
17	Doc Medich D. Medich	26	29	8	11	.421	3.51	86	3	0	0	179.1	193	70	80	10	48	2	1	9	759	3	4.32	2.41	1.79	0.50	11.3	6.3	1.34	.299	4.01	100	3.23	93	9.69	5.1
18	Odell Jones O. Jones	16	39	5	7	.417	4.73	78	1	0	0	120.0	126	63	66	14	35	3	11	2	514	4	5.85	2.63	2.23	1.05	15.2	6.8	1.34	.292	4.95	120	3.88	99	9.45	0.5
19	Jim Nelson J. Nelson	12	32	6	4	.600	3.06	53	1	1	0	103.0	91	35	41	5	64	8	3	9	451	5	4.63	5.59	0.83	0.44	11.8	14.2	1.50	.268	3.58	81	4.27	120	7.95	-8
20	Ed Whitson E. Whitson	9	67	8	9	.471	3.73	105	0	0	5	147.1	130	61	73	11	82	3	19	9	647	3	6.41	5.01	1.28	0.67	16.2	12.7	1.44	.267	4.46	99	3.92	105	7.94	-2.9
21	John Morlan J. Morlan	7	49	2	5	.286	4.16	61	1	0	0	106.0	96	49	55	6	71	3	10	8	478	10	5.18	6.03	0.86	0.51	12.8	14.9	1.58	.267	4.67	118	4.24	118	8.15	-7.8
22	Terry Forster T. Forster	6	33	6	4	.600	4.43	58	0	0	1	87.1	90	43	47	7	32	2	7	3	378	3	5.98	3.30	1.81	0.72	15.3	8.5	1.40	.297	4.84	112	3.61	91	9.27	3.3
23	Bruce Dal Canton B. Dal Canton	6	41	9	4	.692	4.57	53	1	0	1	84.2	94	43	48	7	39	1	14	8	379	1	5.63	4.15	1.36	0.74	14.0	10.3	1.57	.312	5.10	115	3.87	103	9.99	-1.2
24	Fred Cambria F. Cambria	5	6	1	2	.333	3.51	14	0	0	0	33.1	37	13	15	2	12	1	0	0	150	0	3.78	3.24	1.17	0.54	9.3	8.0	1.47	.289	4.05	89	3.74	100	9.99	0
25	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	3	21	5	2	.714	3.26	15	0	0	1	38.2	47	14	18	1	12	1	5	4	170	0	3.49	2.79	1.25	0.23	8.8	7.1	1.53	.326	4.19	86	3.29	86	10.94	2.4