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1881 MLB Pitcher Games Leaders

Games played at pitcher

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Jim Whitney led the majors with 66 pitcher games in 1881, 7 ahead of Jim McCormick (59).

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Jim Whitney Led all of MLB in 1881 Jim Whitney Boston Red Caps
66 Pitcher Games 7 clear of Jim McCormick
Showing Pitcher Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team P G PO A E FPCT
1 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN 66 19 99 28 .808
2 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CL2 59 34 81 13 .898
3 George Derby George Derby DTN 56 25 97 9 .931
4 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN 56 36 123 19 .893
5 Lee Richmond Lee Richmond WOR 53 18 100 8 .937
6 Larry Corcoran Larry Corcoran CHN 45 29 63 11 .893
7 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe TRN 45 23 79 17 .857
8 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 41 25 71 10 .906
9 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch TRN 40 20 39 7 .894
10 Fred Goldsmith CHN 39 18 95 18 .863
11 John Ward John Ward PRO 39 26 77 7 .936
12 Fred Corey WOR 23 13 31 2 .957
13 The Only Nolan The Only Nolan CL2 22 9 28 4 .902
14 Jack Lynch Jack Lynch BFN 20 9 39 4 .923
15 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews BSN 19 3 18 4 .840
16 John Fox BSN 17 8 25 3 .917
17 George Weidman George Weidman DTN 13 3 15 0 1.000
18 Curry Foley Curry Foley BFN 10 1 8 1 .900
19 Harry McCormick Harry McCormick WOR 9 6 10 1 .941
20 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell BFN 9 2 16 2 .900
21 Frank Mountain Frank Mountain DTN 7 6 6 1 .923
22 George Bradley George Bradley CL2 6 2 8 2 .833
23 Tony Mullane Tony Mullane DTN 5 8 7 2 .882
24 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN 3 2 7 0 1.000
25 John Morrill John Morrill BSN 3 0 0 0 —
26 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN 3 1 2 0 1.000
27 Jack Leary DTN 2 1 1 1 .667
28 Billy Taylor Billy Taylor CL2 2 1 1 0 1.000
29 Will White Will White DTN 2 0 1 0 1.000