who is played the most playoff games for a starting pitcher

Andy Pettitte has the most career games pitched by a starting pitcher in the postseason, with 44 games.

NAME G W L W% GS 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 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
44
19
11
.633
44
3.81
183
0
0
0
276.2
285
117
121
31
76
3
0
4
1,157
4
5.95
2.47
2.41
1.01
15.8
6.6
1.30
.294
3.94
9.27
2 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
37
16
12
.571
37
3.59
244
2
1
0
223.1
178
89
92
31
72
5
0
0
910
8
9.83
2.90
3.39
1.25
26.8
7.9
1.12
.263
3.71
7.17
3 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
35
14
16
.467
35
3.30
143
3
0
0
218.1
191
80
91
21
87
7
0
11
912
3
5.89
3.59
1.64
0.87
15.7
9.5
1.27
.260
3.75
7.87
4 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
34
11
8
.579
34
3.81
169
1
1
0
196.0
172
83
87
17
70
6
0
1
826
10
7.76
3.21
2.41
0.78
20.5
8.5
1.23
.275
3.99
7.90
5 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
32
13
13
.500
32
4.49
201
0
0
0
184.1
159
92
97
27
46
3
0
3
746
10
9.81
2.25
4.37
1.32
26.9
6.2
1.11
.281
4.74
7.76
6 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
30
11
14
.440
30
3.36
121
2
0
0
193.0
191
72
95
14
48
9
0
15
813
4
5.64
2.24
2.52
0.65
14.9
5.9
1.24
.285
4.43
8.91
7 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
27
13
4
.765
27
2.55
177
2
1
0
187.1
151
53
58
14
63
3
0
6
770
6
8.50
3.03
2.81
0.67
23.0
8.2
1.14
.267
2.79
7.25
8 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
25
6
7
.462
25
3.69
161
0
0
0
136.2
101
56
57
20
53
8
0
2
560
8
10.60
3.49
3.04
1.32
28.8
9.5
1.13
.255
3.75
6.65
9 John Lackey
J. Lackey
23
8
6
.571
23
3.29
107
0
0
0
134.0
125
49
52
6
43
4
0
5
558
6
7.19
2.89
2.49
0.40
19.2
7.7
1.25
.299
3.49
8.40
10 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
23
10
7
.588
23
4.29
117
1
0
0
128.0
135
61
66
15
61
7
0
8
573
5
8.23
4.29
1.92
1.05
20.4
10.6
1.53
.322
4.64
9.49
11 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
22
11
6
.647
22
2.77
156
0
0
0
133.1
100
41
50
19
36
3
0
1
537
1
10.53
2.43
4.33
1.28
29.1
6.7
1.02
.251
3.38
6.75
12 Jon Lester
J. Lester
22
9
7
.563
22
2.44
121
0
0
0
143.2
110
39
41
14
37
3
0
0
570
3
7.58
2.32
3.27
0.88
21.2
6.5
1.02
.243
2.57
6.89
13 Whitey Ford
W. Ford
22
10
8
.556
22
2.71
94
7
3
0
146.0
132
44
51
8
34
3
0
2
594
4
5.79
2.10
2.76
0.49
15.8
5.7
1.14
.273
3.14
8.14
14 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
21
4
6
.400
21
4.18
99
0
0
0
112.0
101
52
55
19
33
3
0
0
463
2
7.96
2.65
3.00
1.53
21.4
7.1
1.20
.265
4.42
8.12
15 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
21
7
8
.467
21
3.48
139
0
0
0
132.0
115
51
54
19
29
3
0
6
541
2
9.48
1.98
4.79
1.30
25.7
5.4
1.09
.274
3.68
7.84
16 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
19
11
2
.846
19
2.23
120
4
2
0
133.1
104
33
37
12
25
3
0
0
525
1
8.10
1.69
4.80
0.81
22.9
4.8
0.97
.252
2.50
7.02
17 Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
19
8
6
.571
19
3.32
65
4
1
0
127.1
112
47
48
21
34
1
0
6
517
1
4.59
2.40
1.91
1.48
12.6
6.6
1.15
.230
3.39
7.92
18 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
18
4
4
.500
18
3.07
112
0
0
0
93.2
73
32
34
9
36
2
0
2
385
3
10.76
3.46
3.11
0.86
29.1
9.4
1.16
.283
3.27
7.01
19 Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
18
10
4
.714
18
3.00
68
1
1
0
108.0
104
36
43
11
36
6
0
2
461
1
5.67
3.00
1.89
0.92
14.8
7.8
1.30
.274
3.58
8.67
20 David Cone
D. Cone
18
8
3
.727
18
3.88
93
1
0
0
109.0
93
47
52
12
58
2
0
1
473
6
7.68
4.79
1.60
0.99
19.7
12.3
1.39
.263
4.29
7.68
21 Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
18
10
4
.714
18
2.62
71
3
1
0
130.2
94
38
42
12
46
4
0
0
526
4
4.89
3.17
1.54
0.83
13.5
8.7
1.07
.209
2.89
6.47
22 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
18
8
3
.727
18
2.71
91
4
2
0
126.1
102
38
43
8
40
5
0
3
511
6
6.48
2.85
2.28
0.57
17.8
7.8
1.12
.256
3.06
7.27
23 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
17
6
5
.545
17
3.67
88
0
0
0
76.0
65
31
33
8
32
7
0
0
328
5
10.42
3.79
2.75
0.95
26.8
9.8
1.28
.295
3.91
7.70
24 David Wells
D. Wells
17
10
5
.667
17
3.31
70
1
0
0
111.1
108
41
45
11
19
7
0
1
454
1
5.66
1.54
3.68
0.89
15.4
4.2
1.14
.280
3.64
8.73
25 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
16
6
6
.500
16
4.61
90
0
0
0
80.0
80
41
45
14
32
4
0
0
342
0
10.13
3.60
2.81
1.58
26.3
9.4
1.40
.327
5.06
9.00
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
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DET DET
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NYM NYM
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Tue
4/22
SEA SEA
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