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1885 MLB Games Started Leaders

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John Clarkson led all of MLB in games started in 1885 with 70, 7 ahead of Ed Morris (63). It stands 8th among all single seasons in MLB history.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
John Clarkson Led all of MLB in 1885 John Clarkson Chicago White Stockings
70 Games Started 7 clear of Ed Morris
Showing Games Started and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team GS W L ERA IP
1 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 70 53 16 1.85 623.0
2 Ed Morris Ed Morris PT1 63 39 24 2.35 581.0
3 Hardie Henderson Hardie Henderson BL2 61 25 35 3.19 539.1
4 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 55 44 11 1.66 492.0
5 Henry Porter Henry Porter BR3 54 33 21 2.78 481.2
6 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers SL4 53 40 13 2.07 482.1
7 Guy Hecker Guy Hecker LS2 53 30 23 2.17 480.0
8 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton BSN 50 22 27 2.88 434.1
9 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN 50 18 32 2.98 441.1
10 Ed Daily Ed Daily PHI 50 26 23 2.21 440.0
11 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 49 28 21 2.20 445.2
12 Dupee Shaw PRO 49 23 26 2.57 399.2
13 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews PH4 48 30 17 2.43 422.1
14 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz SL4 46 33 14 2.63 407.2
15 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 46 32 13 1.57 400.0
16 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 45 26 20 2.22 405.0
17 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN +1 43 16 26 3.99 372.1
18 Jack Lynch Jack Lynch NY4 43 23 21 3.61 379.0
19 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle SL5 39 16 24 2.75 366.2
20 George Weidman George Weidman DTN 38 14 24 3.14 330.0
21 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 37 12 25 3.03 330.0
22 Charlie Sweeney Charlie Sweeney SL5 35 11 21 3.93 275.0
23 John Harkins BR3 34 14 20 3.75 293.0
24 Will White Will White CN2 34 18 15 3.53 293.1
25 Larry McKeon CN2 33 20 13 2.86 290.0
26 Ed Cushman NY4 +1 32 11 21 3.01 278.0
27 Billy Serad Billy Serad BFN 29 7 21 4.10 241.1
28 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CHN +1 28 21 7 2.43 252.0
29 Pete Conway Pete Conway BFN 27 10 17 4.67 210.0
30 Norm Baker LS2 24 13 12 3.40 217.0
31 Adonis Terry Adonis Terry BR3 23 6 17 4.26 209.0
32 Bill Mountjoy CN2 +1 23 12 11 3.75 206.2
33 Pete Wood Pete Wood BFN 22 8 15 4.44 198.2
34 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 20 11 9 1.86 179.1
35 Doug Crothers NY4 18 7 11 5.08 154.0
36 Bob Emslie Bob Emslie BL2 +1 17 3 14 4.71 135.2
37 Al Mays LS2 17 6 11 2.76 150.0
38 Pete Meegan PT1 16 7 8 3.39 146.0
39 Tom Lovett Tom Lovett PH4 16 7 8 3.70 138.2
40 Bill Vinton Bill Vinton PHI +1 16 7 9 2.80 132.0
41 Ed Bagley NY4 14 4 9 4.93 115.0
42 John Kirby John Kirby SL5 14 5 8 3.55 129.1
43 Ed Knouff Ed Knouff PH4 13 7 6 3.65 106.0
44 Jumbo McGinnis Jumbo McGinnis SL4 13 6 6 3.38 112.0
45 Gus Shallix CN2 12 6 4 3.25 91.1
46 Dan Casey Dan Casey DTN 12 4 8 3.29 104.0
47 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day PT1 12 5 7 3.67 103.0
48 Thomas Burns Thomas Burns BL2 11 7 4 3.58 105.2
49 Hugh Daily Hugh Daily SL5 11 3 8 3.94 91.1
50 Daisy Davis BSN 11 5 6 4.29 94.1
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