Games Started Records by Baseball Almanac

Games Started Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for games started — including career marks, most by a rookie during a season and other complete game records.

"His (Walter Johnson) fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed." - Ty Cobb

Games Started Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most (In A Career) (Top 100)	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	666
	NL	Greg Maddux	Chicago	298	740
			Atlanta	363
			Los Angeles	19
			San Diego	60
	ML	Cy Young	Cleveland [NL]	430	815
			St. Louis [NL]	77
			Boston [AL]	308
Games Started Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most (In A Season) (Top 100)	AL	Jack Chesbro	New York	51	1904
	NL	Pud Galvin	Buffalo	75	1883
	NL	Will White	Cincinnati	75	1879
Most (In A Season) (With No Complete Games)	AL	Wilson Alvarez	Chicago	35	1996
		Rick Helling	Texas		2000
		Sterling Hitchcock	Seattle		1996
		Rodrigo Lopez	Baltimore		2005
		Barry Zito	Oakland		2005
	NL	Steve Bedrosian	Atlanta	37	1985
Most Seasons (Leading The League) (Yearly Leaders)	AL	Bob Feller	Cleveland	5	1940
			Cleveland		1941
			Cleveland		1946
			Cleveland		1947
			Cleveland		1948
		Early Wynn	Washington		1943
			Cleveland		1951
			Cleveland		1954
			Cleveland		1957
			Chicago		1959
	NL	Greg Maddux	Chicago	7	1990
			Chicago		1991
			Chicago		1992
			Atlanta		1993
			Atlanta		2000
			Atlanta		2003
			Chicago		2005
Games Started Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most (On Opening Day)	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	14	1910
			Washington		1912
			Washington		1913
			Washington		1914
			Washington		1915
			Washington		1916
			Washington		1917
			Washington		1918
			Washington		1919
			Washington		1920
			Washington		1921
			Washington		1923
			Washington		1924
			Washington		1926
		Jack Morris	Detroit		1980
			Detroit		1981
			Detroit		1982
			Detroit		1983
			Detroit		1984
			Detroit		1985
			Detroit		1986
			Detroit		1987
			Detroit		1988
			Detroit		1989
			Detroit		1990
			Minnesota		1991
			Toronto		1992
			Toronto		1993
	NL	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia	14	1972
			Philadelphia		1973
			Philadelphia		1974
			Philadelphia		1975
			Philadelphia		1977
			Philadelphia		1978
			Philadelphia		1979
			Philadelphia		1980
			Philadelphia		1981
			Philadelphia		1982
			Philadelphia		1983
			Philadelphia		1984
			Philadelphia		1985
			Philadelphia		1986
		Tom Seaver	New York		1968
			New York		1969
			New York		1970
			New York		1971
			New York		1972
			New York		1973
			New York		1974
			New York		1975
			New York		1976
			New York		1977
			Cincinnati		1978
			Cincinnati		1979
			Cincinnati		1981
			New York		1983
	ML	Tom Seaver	New York [NL]	16	1968
			New York [NL]		1969
			New York [NL]		1970
			New York [NL]		1971
			New York [NL]		1972
			New York [NL]		1973
			New York [NL]		1974
			New York [NL]		1975
New York [NL]			1976
New York [NL]			1977
Cincinnati			1978
Cincinnati			1979
Cincinnati			1981
New York [NL]			1983
Chicago [AL]			1985
Chicago [AL]			1986
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Games Started Records

The yearly leader in each league since 1901, top one-hundred all-time, and top one-hundred single season for games started are all here on Baseball Almanac in our Pitching Charts section.

Did you know that Steve Carlton held the National League record of five-hundred thirty-four consecutive starts until Greg Maddux broke it in 2003? Through the end of the 2008 season Maddux has seven hundred twelve senior circuit consecutive starts!

Do you like our Opening Day records? You can review lineups from those rosters - including pitchers - in our Opening Day section for nearly every team in history.

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