1889 MLB Games Started Leaders

John Clarkson led the majors in games started with 72 in 1889, 13 ahead of Mark Baldwin (59). It stands 6th among all single seasons in MLB history.

Led all of MLB in 1889 John Clarkson Boston Beaneaters

72 Games Started 13 clear of Mark Baldwin

Showing Games Started and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	GS	W	L	ERA	IP
1	John Clarkson	BSN	72	49	19	2.73	620.0
2	Mark Baldwin	CL6	59	27	34	3.61	513.2
3	Matt Kilroy	BL2	56	29	25	2.85	480.2
4	Silver King	SL4	53	35	16	3.14	458.0
5	Gus Weyhing	PH4	53	30	21	2.95	449.0
6	Ice Box Chamberlain	SL4	51	32	15	2.97	421.2
7	Bob Caruthers	BR3	50	40	11	3.13	445.0
8	Jesse Duryea	CN2	48	32	19	2.56	401.0
9	Frank Foreman	BL2	48	23	21	3.52	414.0
10	Harry Staley	PIT	47	21	26	3.51	420.0
11	Park Swartzel	KC2	47	19	27	4.32	410.1
12	Tim Keefe	NY1	45	28	13	3.36	364.0
13	Henry Boyle	IN3	45	21	23	3.92	378.2
14	Pretzels Getzien	IN3	44	18	22	4.54	349.0
15	Charlie Buffinton	PHI	43	28	16	3.24	380.0
16	Lee Viau	CN2	42	22	20	3.79	373.0
17	Mickey Welch	NY1	41	27	12	3.02	375.0
18	Cinders O'Brien	CL4	41	22	17	4.15	346.2
19	Pud Galvin	PIT	40	23	16	4.17	341.0
20	Ben Sanders	PHI	39	19	18	3.55	349.2
21	Adonis Terry	BR3	39	22	15	3.29	326.0
22	John Ewing	LS2	39	6	30	4.87	331.0
23	Red Ehret	LS2	38	10	29	4.80	364.0
24	Ed Seward	PH4	38	21	15	3.97	320.0
25	Jim Conway	KC2	37	19	19	3.25	335.0
26	Bill Hutchison	CHN	36	16	17	3.54	318.0
27	EB Ed Beatin	CL4	36	20	15	3.57	317.2
28	WW Wild Bill Widner	CL6	34	12	20	5.20	294.0
29	Jersey Bakley	CL4	34	12	22	2.96	304.1
30	AF Alex Ferson	WS8	34	17	17	3.90	288.1
31	Bert Cunningham	BL2	33	16	19	4.87	279.1
32	George Haddock	WS8	31	11	19	4.20	276.1
33	Old Hoss Radbourn	BSN	31	20	11	3.67	277.0
34	John Tener	CHN	30	15	15	3.64	287.0
35	Frank Dwyer	CHN	30	16	13	3.59	276.0
36	Ad Gumbert	CHN	28	16	13	3.62	246.1
37	Tom Lovett	BR3	28	17	10	4.32	229.0
38	George Keefe	WS8	27	8	18	5.13	230.0
39	Sadie McMahon	PH4	27	14	12	3.53	242.0
40	Hank Gastright	CL6	26	10	16	4.57	222.2
41	Ed Crane	NY1	25	14	11	3.63	230.2
42	Tony Mullane	CN2	24	11	9	2.99	220.0
43	HG Henry Gruber	CL4	23	7	16	3.64	205.0
44	John Sowders	KC2	23	6	16	4.82	185.0
45	Hank O'Day	WS8 +1	23	11	11	4.31	186.0
46	Amos Rusie	IN3	22	12	10	5.32	225.0
47	Elmer Smith	CN2	22	9	12	4.88	203.0
48	Kid Gleason	PHI	21	9	15	5.58	205.0
49	Toad Ramsey	LS2 +1	21	4	17	5.22	181.0
50	Ed Morris	PIT	21	6	13	4.13	170.0

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