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1887 MLB Games Started Leaders

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Matt Kilroy led all of MLB in games started in 1887 with 69, 5 ahead of Toad Ramsey (64). It stands 11th among all single seasons in MLB history.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Matt Kilroy Led all of MLB in 1887 Matt Kilroy Baltimore Orioles
69 Games Started 5 clear of Toad Ramsey
Showing Games Started and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team GS W L ERA IP
1 Matt Kilroy Matt Kilroy BL2 69 46 19 3.07 589.1
2 Toad Ramsey Toad Ramsey LS2 64 37 27 3.43 561.0
3 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 59 38 21 3.08 523.0
4 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 56 35 19 3.12 476.2
5 Phenomenal Smith Phenomenal Smith BL2 55 25 30 3.79 491.1
6 Gus Weyhing Gus Weyhing PH4 55 26 28 4.27 466.1
7 Ed Seward Ed Seward PH4 52 25 25 4.13 470.2
8 Al Mays NY4 52 17 34 4.73 441.1
9 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith CN2 52 34 17 2.94 447.1
10 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 50 24 23 4.55 425.0
11 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin PIT 48 28 21 3.29 440.2
12 Tony Mullane Tony Mullane CN2 48 31 17 3.24 416.1
13 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney WS8 47 24 21 3.22 404.2
14 Dan Casey Dan Casey PHI 45 28 13 2.86 390.1
15 Billy Crowell Billy Crowell CL3 45 14 31 4.88 389.1
16 Silver King Silver King SL4 44 32 12 3.78 390.0
17 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 42 29 13 3.73 366.2
18 Egyptian Healy IN3 41 12 29 5.17 341.0
19 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 40 22 15 3.36 346.0
20 Mike Morrison CL3 40 12 25 4.92 316.2
21 Henry Porter Henry Porter BR3 40 15 24 4.21 339.2
22 Mark Baldwin Mark Baldwin CHN 39 18 17 3.40 334.0
23 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers SL4 39 29 9 3.30 341.0
24 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton PHI 38 21 17 3.66 332.1
25 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz SL4 38 25 12 3.87 339.1
26 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle IN3 38 13 24 3.65 328.0
27 Ed Morris Ed Morris PIT 38 14 22 4.31 317.2
28 Kid Madden BSN 37 21 14 3.79 321.0
29 Ice Box Chamberlain Ice Box Chamberlain LS2 36 18 16 3.79 309.0
30 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick PIT 36 13 23 4.30 322.1
31 Adonis Terry Adonis Terry BR3 35 16 16 4.02 318.0
32 George Weidman George Weidman DTN +2 34 17 16 5.00 288.0
33 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 33 22 10 3.00 297.1
34 Guy Hecker Guy Hecker LS2 32 18 12 4.16 285.1
35 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day WS8 30 8 20 4.17 254.2
36 Frank Gilmore Frank Gilmore WS8 27 7 20 3.87 234.2
37 Dick Conway BSN 26 9 15 4.66 222.1
38 Ed Cushman NY4 26 10 15 5.97 220.0
39 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 24 13 10 3.84 211.0
40 John Harkins BR3 24 10 14 6.02 199.0
41 Steve Toole Steve Toole BR3 24 14 10 4.31 194.0
42 Billy Serad Billy Serad CN2 21 10 11 4.08 187.1
43 Jack Lynch Jack Lynch NY4 21 7 14 5.10 187.0
44 Dupee Shaw WS8 20 7 13 6.45 181.1
45 Lev Shreve Lev Shreve IN3 +1 19 8 10 4.50 160.0
46 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren CHN 18 11 7 3.86 161.0
47 Pete Conway Pete Conway DTN 17 8 9 2.90 146.0
48 Hugh Daily Hugh Daily CL3 16 4 12 3.67 139.2
49 Al Atkinson PH4 15 6 8 5.92 124.2
50 Ed Knouff Ed Knouff BL2 +1 15 6 8 6.21 113.0
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