who played the most games as starting pitcher for the rays all-time

James Shields has thrown in the most career games by a Rays starting pitcher, with 217 games.

Interpreted as:
Who played the most regular-season games as starting pitcher for the rays all-time?
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 James Shields
J. Shields
217
86
73
.541
217
3.89
1,250
19
8
0
1453.2
1,439
629
688
184
339
49
0
11
6,035
51
7.74
2.10
3.69
1.14
20.7
5.6
1.22
.298
4.26
8.91
2 Chris Archer
C. Archer
182
55
67
.451
182
3.67
1,160
3
3
0
1074.2
968
438
489
119
349
32
0
3
4,495
60
9.71
2.92
3.32
1.00
25.8
7.8
1.23
.299
4.10
8.11
3 David Price
D. Price
170
82
47
.636
170
3.19
1,055
10
2
0
1134.0
992
402
447
106
308
31
0
9
4,622
25
8.37
2.44
3.43
0.84
22.8
6.7
1.15
.284
3.55
7.87
4 Scott Kazmir
S. Kazmir
144
55
44
.556
144
3.92
870
1
1
0
831.0
775
362
399
87
379
30
0
9
3,598
41
9.42
4.10
2.30
0.94
24.2
10.5
1.39
.308
4.32
8.39
5 Jake Odorizzi
J. Odorizzi
124
40
37
.519
124
3.85
630
0
0
0
688.0
614
294
315
99
224
16
0
4
2,879
12
8.24
2.93
2.81
1.30
21.9
7.8
1.22
.270
4.12
8.03
6 Alex Cobb
A. Cobb
115
48
35
.578
115
3.50
570
3
1
0
700.0
648
272
290
65
204
29
0
10
2,898
31
7.33
2.62
2.79
0.84
19.7
7.0
1.22
.287
3.73
8.33
7 Blake Snell
B. Snell
108
42
30
.583
108
3.24
648
0
0
0
556.0
456
200
222
60
232
2
0
4
2,292
45
10.49
3.76
2.79
0.97
28.3
10.1
1.24
.293
3.59
7.38
8 Jeremy Hellickson
J. Hellickson
108
38
36
.514
108
3.74
453
2
1
0
627.2
580
261
276
80
206
15
0
12
2,624
29
6.50
2.95
2.20
1.15
17.3
7.9
1.25
.267
3.96
8.32
9 Matt Moore
M. Moore
94
39
28
.582
94
3.86
490
1
1
0
535.2
490
230
248
62
226
20
0
7
2,292
35
8.23
3.80
2.17
1.04
21.4
9.9
1.34
.286
4.17
8.23
10 Matt Garza
M. Garza
94
34
31
.523
94
3.86
467
6
3
0
591.2
539
254
270
72
200
24
0
4
2,484
18
7.10
3.04
2.34
1.10
18.8
8.1
1.25
.271
4.11
8.20
11 Jeff Niemann
J. Niemann
92
38
25
.603
92
4.06
397
4
3
0
533.2
510
241
258
65
174
23
0
8
2,258
19
6.70
2.93
2.28
1.10
17.6
7.7
1.28
.278
4.35
8.60
12 Ryan Rupe
R. Rupe
83
23
36
.390
83
5.63
347
2
0
0
465.0
491
291
315
77
159
38
0
5
2,036
21
6.72
3.08
2.18
1.49
17.0
7.8
1.40
.293
6.10
9.50
13 Andy Sonnanstine
A. Sonnanstine
80
26
31
.456
80
5.43
289
1
1
0
454.1
522
274
291
66
114
14
0
6
1,967
11
5.72
2.26
2.54
1.31
14.7
5.8
1.40
.307
5.76
10.34
14 Bryan Rekar
B. Rekar
79
16
36
.308
79
5.24
263
3
0
0
455.0
542
265
298
67
124
17
0
2
2,001
15
5.20
2.45
2.12
1.33
13.1
6.2
1.46
.310
5.89
10.72
15 Drew Rasmussen
D. Rasmussen
74
28
14
.667
74
2.64
308
0
0
0
357.1
279
105
112
28
74
8
0
0
1,396
15
7.76
1.86
4.16
0.71
22.1
5.3
0.99
.257
2.82
7.03
16 Shane McClanahan
S. McClanahan
74
33
16
.673
74
3.02
456
0
0
0
404.2
331
136
143
48
116
5
0
1
1,627
19
10.14
2.58
3.93
1.07
28.0
7.1
1.10
.282
3.18
7.36
17 Mark Hendrickson
M. Hendrickson
74
24
31
.436
74
5.06
224
4
1
0
448.0
514
252
279
55
129
11
0
6
1,961
13
4.50
2.59
1.74
1.10
11.4
6.6
1.44
.298
5.60
10.33
18 Joe Kennedy
J. Kennedy
72
18
30
.375
72
5.07
253
6
2
0
433.0
482
244
274
56
131
28
0
1
1,897
11
5.26
2.72
1.93
1.16
13.3
6.9
1.42
.298
5.70
10.02
19 Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
71
27
16
.628
71
3.20
526
0
0
0
388.1
277
138
145
49
121
4
0
1
1,544
34
12.19
2.80
4.35
1.14
34.1
7.8
1.02
.270
3.36
6.42
20 Taj Bradley
T. Bradley
67
19
25
.432
67
4.68
377
0
0
0
352.0
323
183
200
57
130
8
0
0
1,499
14
9.64
3.32
2.90
1.46
25.2
8.7
1.29
.287
5.11
8.26
21 Zack Littell
Z. Littell
65
19
23
.452
65
3.57
286
1
0
0
361.0
362
143
150
58
57
14
0
1
1,485
3
7.13
1.42
5.02
1.45
19.3
3.8
1.16
.284
3.74
9.02
22 Tanyon Sturtze
T. Sturtze
65
18
28
.391
65
4.64
257
4
0
0
428.2
481
221
236
56
167
16
0
2
1,880
16
5.40
3.51
1.54
1.18
13.7
8.9
1.51
.307
4.95
10.10
23 Wade Davis
W. Davis
64
25
22
.532
64
4.22
254
2
1
0
388.1
388
182
192
49
138
13
0
4
1,667
11
5.89
3.20
1.84
1.14
15.2
8.3
1.35
.279
4.45
8.99
24 Edwin Jackson
E. Jackson
63
18
26
.409
63
5.05
242
1
1
0
349.0
393
196
210
42
169
6
0
4
1,564
15
6.24
4.36
1.43
1.08
15.5
10.8
1.61
.318
5.42
10.13
25 Wilson Alvarez
W. Alvarez
63
17
25
.405
63
4.71
266
1
0
0
349.2
344
183
204
50
171
15
0
2
1,541
7
6.85
4.40
1.56
1.29
17.3
11.1
1.47
.283
5.25
8.85
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