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.

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Data note: Player Age: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	GS	Age	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	48	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	49	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	46	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	46	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	50	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	45	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	45	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	46	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	44	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	44	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	44	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	44	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	44	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	43	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	44	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	43	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	42	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	Rich Hill R. Hill	94	45	104	25	34	.424	4.40	428	0	0	0	480.2	465	235	257	65	178	29	4	0	2,061	6	8.01	3.33	2.40	1.22	20.8	8.6	1.34	.294	4.81	8.71
19	R.A. Dickey	93	42	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
20	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	88	43	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	44	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	43	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	43	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	42	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	42	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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