who has the most career games with zero career starts

Jesse Orosco had the most games pitched when he didn't start, with 1,248 games.

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	NAME	G	GS	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	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1,248	0	87	78	.527	3.12	1,169	0	0	144	1277.0	1,035	442	499	112	568	34	501	85	5,374	40	8.24	4.00	2.06	0.79	21.8	10.6	1.26	.264	3.52	7.29
2	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	1,177	0	68	63	.519	3.93	892	0	0	84	1110.0	1,084	485	523	93	419	33	363	76	4,748	35	7.23	3.40	2.13	0.75	18.8	8.8	1.35	.299	4.24	8.79
3	John Franco J. Franco	1,119	0	90	87	.508	2.89	975	0	0	424	1245.2	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	8.42
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1,105	0	79	57	.581	2.06	1,135	0	0	652	1233.2	934	282	305	63	266	44	952	41	4,870	13	8.28	1.94	4.27	0.46	23.3	5.5	0.97	.259	2.23	6.81
5	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	1,054	0	74	71	.510	3.64	859	0	0	141	1185.1	1,148	479	526	118	369	47	467	72	4,999	31	6.52	2.80	2.33	0.90	17.2	7.4	1.28	.286	3.99	8.72
6	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	1,050	0	62	67	.481	3.55	990	0	0	158	1003.0	907	396	439	98	370	14	422	52	4,229	41	8.88	3.32	2.68	0.88	23.4	8.7	1.27	.293	3.94	8.14
7	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	1,050	0	94	90	.511	2.85	779	0	0	184	1436.2	1,305	455	526	63	491	17	638	179	6,001	23	4.88	3.08	1.59	0.39	13.0	8.2	1.25	.267	3.30	8.18
8	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1,035	0	61	75	.449	2.87	1,133	0	0	601	1089.1	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	6.99
9	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,018	0	124	103	.546	2.49	1,363	0	0	228	1872.1	1,436	518	636	125	661	51	651	58	7,619	83	6.55	3.18	2.06	0.60	17.9	8.7	1.12	.242	3.06	6.90
10	Lee Smith L. Smith	1,016	0	71	87	.449	2.98	1,225	0	0	478	1252.1	1,095	415	456	87	474	9	802	100	5,230	46	8.80	3.41	2.58	0.63	23.4	9.1	1.25	.293	3.28	7.87
11	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	1,007	0	66	71	.482	3.42	940	0	0	326	1060.0	992	403	465	95	457	35	667	53	4,583	49	7.98	3.88	2.06	0.81	20.5	10.0	1.37	.294	3.95	8.42
12	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	998	0	61	63	.492	3.33	983	0	0	142	1154.2	948	427	467	119	440	56	422	80	4,810	34	7.66	3.43	2.23	0.93	20.4	9.1	1.20	.258	3.64	7.39
13	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	982	0	58	46	.558	2.61	1,327	0	0	496	970.1	634	281	302	95	305	33	737	21	3,854	22	12.31	2.83	4.35	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	5.88
14	Todd Jones T. Jones	981	0	58	62	.483	3.95	866	0	0	319	1067.2	1,063	468	513	93	443	38	619	62	4,629	43	7.30	3.73	1.95	0.78	18.7	9.6	1.41	.304	4.32	8.96
15	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	965	0	115	85	.575	2.77	1,340	0	0	310	1556.2	1,235	479	537	98	628	38	681	87	6,408	56	7.75	3.63	2.13	0.57	20.9	9.8	1.20	.264	3.10	7.14
16	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	951	0	48	71	.403	3.80	943	0	0	327	933.0	817	394	433	73	464	52	590	38	4,064	65	9.10	4.48	2.03	0.70	23.2	11.4	1.37	.294	4.18	7.88
17	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	948	0	52	53	.495	2.86	1,142	0	0	437	976.0	738	310	336	98	389	17	677	42	4,011	68	10.53	3.59	2.94	0.90	28.5	9.7	1.15	.271	3.10	6.81
18	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	944	0	49	50	.495	3.32	685	0	0	127	949.0	932	350	382	78	270	10	373	32	3,964	43	6.50	2.56	2.54	0.74	17.3	6.8	1.27	.292	3.62	8.84
19	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	927	0	53	69	.434	3.95	753	0	0	321	984.0	1,007	432	475	96	419	40	633	51	4,321	58	6.89	3.83	1.80	0.88	17.4	9.7	1.45	.302	4.34	9.21
20	Gene Garber G. Garber	922	0	94	108	.465	3.30	913	0	0	218	1452.2	1,404	533	624	113	424	37	609	151	6,083	29	5.66	2.63	2.15	0.70	15.0	7.0	1.26	.281	3.87	8.70
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	915	0	63	51	.553	2.49	1,399	0	0	401	872.0	510	241	268	57	431	34	606	7	3,551	90	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	5.26
22	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	913	0	119	88	.575	3.14	1,165	0	0	174	1694.2	1,590	591	682	122	486	11	577	120	7,019	92	6.19	2.58	2.40	0.65	16.6	6.9	1.23	.280	3.62	8.44
23	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	907	0	107	101	.514	2.73	1,183	0	0	341	1505.2	1,276	456	502	97	429	29	709	105	6,104	37	7.07	2.56	2.76	0.58	19.4	7.0	1.13	.270	3.00	7.63
24	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	899	0	99	76	.566	2.88	873	0	0	238	1390.1	1,292	445	519	84	481	14	634	81	5,796	68	5.65	3.11	1.81	0.54	15.1	8.3	1.28	.278	3.36	8.36
25	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	897	0	57	53	.518	2.69	1,322	0	0	441	867.2	532	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,502	74	13.71	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.7	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	5.52

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	92	64	.590
Phillies	86	70	.551	6.0
Marlins	76	80	.487	16.0
Nationals	73	84	.465	19.5
Mets	71	85	.455	21.0

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Tue 9/22	NYM	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Wed 9/23	NYM	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Thu 9/24	NYM	@	TEX	2:35 PM
Fri 9/25	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 9/26	NYM	@	WSH	4:05 PM

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Final

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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

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Stewart

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Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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Hit Leaders

185

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183

Arraez

173

Tatis

Run Leaders

118

Crow-Armstrong

106

Arozarena

104

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OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Bauers

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Rumfield

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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SB Leaders

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Simpson

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Nuñez

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Win Leaders

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Strikeout Leaders

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244

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Schlittler

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WHIP Leaders

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0.87

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0.91

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K/9 Leaders

13.13

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12.13

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

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Misiorowski

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Walk Leaders

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Rasmussen

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Braves - y	92	64	.590
Phillies	86	70	.551	6.0
Marlins	76	80	.487	16.0
Nationals	73	84	.465	19.5
Mets	71	85	.455	21.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	98	58	.628
Cubs	87	69	.558	11.0
Pirates	79	77	.506	19.0
Cardinals	76	80	.487	22.0
Reds	72	84	.462	26.0
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Dodgers - y	96	60	.615
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Diamondbacks	82	74	.526	14.0
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Yankees - x	89	66	.574	6.0
Red Sox - w	84	72	.538	11.5
Blue Jays	77	80	.490	19.0
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Guardians	81	75	.519
White Sox	80	76	.513	1.0
Tigers	74	83	.471	7.5
Twins	73	84	.465	8.5
Royals	67	89	.429	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	78	78	.500
Astros	77	79	.494	1.0
Mariners	73	83	.468	5.0
Athletics	61	95	.391	17.0
Angels	60	96	.385	18.0