when was the last time a pitcher had 40+ starts in a season

Charlie Hough started 40 games in 1987.

	NAME	GS	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Charlie Hough C. Hough	40	1987	TEX	40	18	13	.581	3.79	223	13	0	0	285.1	238	120	159	36	124	19	0	1	1,231	12	7.03	3.91	1.80	1.14	18.1	10.1	1.27	.244	5.02	83	4.44	99	7.51	2.1
2	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	40	1982	TOR	40	16	14	.533	3.71	139	11	3	0	266.2	251	110	122	26	77	2	0	1	1,100	6	4.69	2.60	1.81	0.88	12.6	7.0	1.23	.263	4.12	87	3.82	91	8.47	10.8
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	44	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	3.39	208	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
4	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	40	1978	BAL	40	19	15	.559	4.03	167	17	2	0	281.1	271	126	128	22	87	3	0	2	1,160	8	5.34	2.78	1.92	0.70	14.4	7.5	1.27	.283	4.09	113	3.36	90	8.67	11.2
5	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	40	1978	KCR	40	21	17	.553	3.33	183	20	4	0	294.2	283	109	125	27	78	9	0	7	1,218	12	5.59	2.38	2.35	0.82	15.0	6.4	1.23	.278	3.82	88	3.41	91	8.64	11.5
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	42	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	2.88	248	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	43	1977	ATL	44	16	20	.444	4.03	262	20	2	0	330.1	315	148	166	26	164	8	1	12	1,428	17	7.14	4.47	1.60	0.71	18.3	11.5	1.45	.299	4.52	95	3.73	88	8.58	18.1
8	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	40	1977	MON	40	17	16	.515	3.10	206	17	4	0	301.2	272	104	122	16	81	5	0	3	1,235	14	6.15	2.42	2.54	0.48	16.7	6.6	1.17	.276	3.64	81	2.91	76	8.11	31.2
9	Randy Jones R. Jones	40	1976	SDP	40	22	14	.611	2.74	93	25	5	0	315.1	274	96	109	15	50	4	0	9	1,251	0	2.65	1.43	1.86	0.43	7.4	4.0	1.03	.238	3.11	83	3.17	94	7.82	7.1
10	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	40	1976	BAL	40	22	13	.629	2.51	159	23	6	0	315.0	255	88	101	20	84	8	0	5	1,256	5	4.54	2.40	1.89	0.57	12.7	6.7	1.08	.239	2.89	77	3.32	97	7.29	3.3
11	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	41	1975	CWS	43	20	14	.588	3.11	142	12	1	0	303.2	321	105	121	20	77	9	1	0	1,279	0	4.21	2.28	1.84	0.59	11.1	6.0	1.31	.292	3.59	81	3.35	89	9.51	14.3
12	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	40	1975	LAD	42	19	14	.576	2.29	213	19	7	1	321.2	244	82	92	22	96	5	2	2	1,276	8	5.96	2.69	2.22	0.62	16.7	7.5	1.06	.236	2.57	66	3.08	86	6.83	18.2
13	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	43	1975	CWS	43	16	20	.444	4.11	140	14	2	0	291.1	309	133	148	26	92	5	0	5	1,245	6	4.32	2.84	1.52	0.80	11.2	7.4	1.38	.288	4.57	107	3.77	100	9.55	-0.3
14	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	41	1974	TEX	41	19	19	.500	4.74	149	11	5	0	264.0	255	139	146	25	113	9	0	4	1,134	11	5.08	3.85	1.32	0.85	13.1	10.0	1.39	.274	4.98	132	4.06	114	8.69	-15.5
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	40	1974	OAK	40	17	15	.531	3.25	174	12	1	0	282.1	246	102	118	17	98	1	0	7	1,159	9	5.55	3.12	1.78	0.54	15.0	8.5	1.22	.264	3.76	96	3.17	87	7.84	15.3
16	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	41	1974	DET	41	14	12	.538	4.32	177	11	2	0	285.2	272	137	160	30	158	12	0	13	1,262	13	5.58	4.98	1.12	0.95	14.0	12.5	1.51	.273	5.04	114	4.48	120	8.57	-22.6
17	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	41	1974	OAK	41	25	12	.676	2.49	143	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	73	3.16	86	7.58	17.6
18	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	41	1974	TEX	41	25	12	.676	2.82	225	29	6	0	328.1	286	103	117	27	45	8	0	3	1,305	4	6.17	1.23	5.00	0.74	17.2	3.4	1.01	.259	3.21	79	2.75	77	7.84	29.4
19	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	41	1974	DET	41	16	21	.432	4.15	202	27	3	0	308.0	310	142	155	38	78	3	0	11	1,263	10	5.90	2.28	2.59	1.11	16.0	6.2	1.26	.289	4.53	109	3.65	98	9.06	3.2
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	41	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	2.89	367	26	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
21	Don Sutton D. Sutton	40	1974	LAD	40	19	9	.679	3.23	179	10	5	0	276.0	241	99	111	23	80	6	0	2	1,148	4	5.84	2.61	2.24	0.75	15.6	7.0	1.16	.253	3.62	94	3.29	91	7.86	9.9
22	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	42	1974	CWS	42	20	19	.513	3.60	169	22	1	0	320.1	305	128	143	27	80	9	0	8	1,316	5	4.75	2.25	2.11	0.76	12.8	6.1	1.20	.270	4.02	97	3.44	96	8.57	5
23	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	42	1973	CWS	42	18	21	.462	3.57	120	14	4	0	282.1	290	112	128	20	117	5	0	2	1,218	10	3.83	3.73	1.03	0.64	9.9	9.6	1.44	.282	4.08	92	3.92	101	9.24	-1.2
24	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	40	1973	CIN	40	19	10	.655	3.04	155	16	7	0	293.1	257	99	112	20	95	10	0	10	1,205	10	4.76	2.91	1.63	0.61	12.9	7.9	1.20	.256	3.44	86	3.46	98	7.89	1.7
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	40	1973	MIN	40	20	17	.541	2.52	258	25	9	0	325.0	296	91	109	16	67	9	0	4	1,321	7	7.14	1.86	3.85	0.44	19.5	5.1	1.12	.288	3.02	63	2.31	58	8.20	57.6