what pitcher has most games started after turning 40

Phil Niekro has started the most career games by a pitcher 40 or older, with 294 starts.

Interpreted as:
What pitcher has most regular-season games started after turning 40 years old?
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 H/9
1 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
294
300
121
103
.540
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
2 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
251
257
105
84
.556
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
3 Charlie Hough
C. Hough
207
209
67
88
.432
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
4 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
196
196
71
66
.518
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
5 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
169
368
104
90
.536
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
6 Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
168
175
72
64
.529
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
7 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
162
167
75
52
.591
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
8 Tommy John
T. John
157
172
48
58
.453
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
9 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
155
178
75
62
.547
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
10 Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
153
155
50
59
.459
3.82
558
29
3
0
1025.2
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
11 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
144
145
66
36
.647
3.12
829
2
1
0
911.0
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
12 Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
128
151
49
49
.500
4.83
486
4
0
0
814.2
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
13 David Wells
D. Wells
124
125
48
35
.578
4.50
392
4
0
0
758.0
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
14 Don Sutton
D. Sutton
118
119
44
38
.537
4.06
366
5
2
0
712.0
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
15 Cy Young
C. Young
105
110
54
45
.545
0.01
383
86
9
2
882.0
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
16 Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
104
105
43
33
.566
4.29
304
1
1
0
636.0
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
17 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
99
99
35
38
.479
4.24
311
1
0
0
589.2
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
18 R.A. Dickey
R.A. Dickey
93
94
31
36
.463
4.19
388
2
0
0
574.0
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
19 Rich Hill
R. Hill
92
102
25
32
.439
4.39
424
0
0
0
471.2
456
230
250
63
170
29
4
0
2,018
6
8.09
3.24
2.49
1.20
21.0
8.4
1.33
.295
4.77
8.70
20 Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
88
92
28
37
.431
4.66
271
5
1
0
509.2
521
264
306
56
242
16
2
9
2,267
46
4.79
4.27
1.12
0.99
12.0
10.7
1.50
.276
5.40
9.20
21 Red Faber
R. Faber
87
186
38
56
.404
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
22 Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
83
102
46
30
.605
3.31
146
48
3
5
665.1
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
23 Early Wynn
E. Wynn
81
100
29
31
.483
3.64
343
29
7
2
570.2
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
24 Sad Sam Jones
S. Sam Jones
80
85
29
37
.439
4.24
179
33
3
0
567.0
640
267
324
40
205
8
4
2,519
14
2.84
3.25
0.87
0.63
7.1
8.1
1.49
.287
5.14
10.16
25 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
79
79
30
19
.612
4.33
257
1
1
0
461.2
488
222
236
56
163
11
0
13
1,978
3
5.01
3.18
1.58
1.09
13.0
8.2
1.41
.290
4.60
9.51
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