what pitcher has most games started after turning 41

Phil Niekro has started the most career games by a pitcher 41 or older, with 250 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	250	48	256	100	83	.546	3.93	940	39	10	1	1635.0	1,639	714	795	167	676	24	4	12	7,031	47	5.17	3.72	1.39	0.92	13.4	9.6	1.42	.282	4.38	9.02
2	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	218	49	224	84	77	.522	4.63	784	7	2	0	1336.1	1,446	688	734	208	375	58	2	20	5,771	13	5.28	2.53	2.09	1.40	13.6	6.5	1.36	.285	4.94	9.74
3	Charlie Hough C. Hough	173	46	175	52	72	.419	4.24	582	19	3	0	1094.1	1,005	515	574	129	497	53	1	9	4,745	46	4.79	4.09	1.17	1.06	12.3	10.5	1.37	.251	4.72	8.27
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	162	46	162	63	50	.558	3.45	1,167	19	7	0	1060.0	779	406	460	79	440	41	0	11	4,385	58	9.91	3.74	2.65	0.67	26.6	10.0	1.15	.263	3.91	6.61
5	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	138	45	145	55	55	.500	4.58	542	3	1	0	820.2	928	418	446	122	140	14	2	11	3,480	5	5.94	1.54	3.87	1.34	15.6	4.0	1.30	.303	4.89	10.18
6	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	138	50	322	89	73	.549	3.52	346	60	10	37	1307.0	1,504	511	640	41	285	32	116		5,631	17	2.38	1.96	1.21	0.28	6.1	5.1	1.37	.297	4.41	10.36
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	129	45	134	61	39	.610	4.15	755	8	0	0	804.1	766	371	413	112	199	35	2	14	3,351	14	8.45	2.23	3.79	1.25	22.5	5.9	1.20	.291	4.62	8.57
8	Tommy John T. John	122	46	137	37	44	.457	4.67	245	5	2	0	697.0	870	362	398	58	198	21	7	16	3,071	34	3.16	2.56	1.24	0.75	8.0	6.4	1.53	.319	5.14	11.23
9	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	119	44	138	53	48	.525	3.51	378	55	8	4	880.2	877	343	382	94	206	8	14	12	3,640	15	3.86	2.11	1.83	0.96	10.4	5.7	1.23	.265	3.90	8.96
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	117	44	119	35	48	.422	4.17	393	18	3	0	759.1	865	352	402	74	191	20	2	12	3,262	30	4.66	2.26	2.06	0.88	12.0	5.9	1.39	.306	4.76	10.25
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	112	44	113	51	26	.662	2.83	619	1	0	0	706.0	575	222	248	50	221	19	0	11	2,870	19	7.89	2.82	2.80	0.64	21.6	7.7	1.13	.268	3.16	7.33
12	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
13	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	103	44	126	37	37	.500	4.79	402	4	0	0	663.0	668	353	393	88	210	36	16	5	2,856	43	5.46	2.85	1.91	1.19	14.1	7.4	1.32	.274	5.33	9.07
14	David Wells D. Wells	95	44	95	37	25	.597	4.53	312	2	0	0	562.1	675	283	296	71	88	12	0	5	2,399	7	4.99	1.41	3.55	1.14	13.0	3.7	1.36	.315	4.74	10.80
15	Rich Hill R. Hill	86	45	96	23	32	.418	4.52	397	0	0	0	442.0	437	222	244	62	161	28	4	0	1,905	5	8.08	3.28	2.47	1.26	20.8	8.5	1.35	.298	4.97	8.90
16	Don Sutton D. Sutton	84	43	85	29	28	.509	4.15	259	4	1	0	486.0	482	224	238	76	120	11	0	8	2,028	13	4.80	2.22	2.16	1.41	12.8	5.9	1.24	.260	4.41	8.93
17	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	74	43	75	29	25	.537	4.66	217	0	0	0	440.2	472	228	251	53	158	19	1	5	1,906	10	4.43	3.23	1.37	1.08	11.4	8.3	1.43	.287	5.13	9.64
18	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	65	42	65	21	23	.477	4.21	192	1	0	0	380.2	414	178	193	34	54	11	0	8	1,588	6	4.54	1.28	3.56	0.80	12.1	3.4	1.23	.293	4.56	9.79
19	R.A. Dickey	60	42	61	20	25	.444	4.35	262	0	0	0	359.2	362	174	196	54	130	16	1	3	1,543	18	6.56	3.25	2.02	1.35	17.0	8.4	1.37	.285	4.90	9.06
20	Sad Sam Jones S. Sam Jones	56	42	59	21	24	.467	4.42	130	23	2	0	401.0	455	197	229	29	137	6	3		1,782	9	2.92	3.07	0.95	0.65	7.3	7.7	1.48	.288	5.14	10.21
21	Red Faber R. Faber	56	44	155	25	43	.368	3.85	160	17	1	12	570.2	636	244	311	23	182	10	68		2,510	7	2.52	2.87	0.88	0.36	6.4	7.3	1.43	.287	4.90	10.03
22	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	54	43	68	15	29	.341	5.72	216	3	0	1	338.0	381	215	250	54	177	5	6	9	1,539	14	5.75	4.71	1.22	1.44	14.0	11.5	1.65	.301	6.66	10.14
23	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	53	43	57	17	24	.415	5.32	150	1	0	0	284.1	310	168	198	32	135	11	2	3	1,284	25	4.75	4.27	1.11	1.01	11.7	10.5	1.57	.291	6.27	9.81
24	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	53	43	65	25	20	.556	3.85	98	26	1	2	397.1	449	170	195	31	66	3	7		1,678	5	2.22	1.49	1.48	0.70	5.8	3.9	1.30	.282	4.42	10.17
25	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	52	42	55	20	19	.513	3.67	197	6	2	0	323.1	339	132	151	22	94	6	0	8	1,383	8	5.48	2.62	2.10	0.61	14.2	6.8	1.34	.298	4.20	9.44

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