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Most Games Started of the 1920s (MLB)

Every MLB season from 1920 to 1929, added up. Starts made

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Burleigh Grimes recorded more games started than any other MLB player in the 1920s, with 336, 8 clear of Eppa Rixey (328). He did it in 10 seasons, with a best year of 38 in 1923. The top ten runs from 336 down to 278.

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Negro League seasons over these years ran roughly 25 to 70 games against 154 or more in the American and National Leagues. This is a raw ten-year total, so it counts opportunity as well as performance.

Burleigh Grimes MLB leader, 1920s Burleigh Grimes 1920–1929 · 10 seasons
336 Games Started 8 clear of Eppa Rixey
# Player Seasons GS Best year
1 Burleigh Grimes Burleigh Grimes 1920–1929 (10) 336 38 (1923)
2 Eppa Rixey Eppa Rixey 1920–1929 (10) 328 38 (1922)
3 Dolf Luque Dolf Luque 1920–1929 (10) 300 37 (1923)
4 Red Faber Red Faber 1920–1929 (10) 297 39 (1920)
5 Jesse Haines Jesse Haines 1920–1929 (10) 294 37 (1920)
6 Pete Alexander Pete Alexander 1920–1929 (10) 289 40 (1920)
7 Herb Pennock Herb Pennock 1920–1929 (10) 287 34 (1924)
8 George Uhle 1920–1929 (10) 285 44 (1923)
9 Waite Hoyt Waite Hoyt 1920–1929 (10) 280 32 (1921)
10 Sad Sam Jones Sad Sam Jones 1920–1929 (10) 278 38 (1921)
11 Howard Ehmke Howard Ehmke 1920–1929 (10) 276 39 (1923)
12 Tom Zachary Tom Zachary 1920–1929 (10) 264 33 (1925)
13 Urban Shocker Urban Shocker 1920–1928 (9) 261 38 (1922)
14 Lee Meadows Lee Meadows 1920–1929 (10) 255 38 (1927)
15 Stan Coveleski Stan Coveleski 1920–1928 (9) 253 40 (1921)
16 Jimmy Ring Jimmy Ring 1920–1928 (9) 251 37 (1925)
17 Pete Donohue Pete Donohue 1921–1929 (9) 251 38 (1926)
18 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn 1920–1929 (10) 251 32 (1922)
19 Dazzy Vance Dazzy Vance 1922–1929 (8) 242 35 (1923)
20 Dutch Ruether Dutch Ruether 1920–1927 (8) 233 35 (1922)
21 Eddie Rommel Eddie Rommel 1920–1929 (10) 230 34 (1924)
22 Slim Harriss 1920–1928 (9) 228 33 (1925)
23 Walter Johnson Walter Johnson 1920–1927 (8) 227 38 (1924)
24 Wilbur Cooper Wilbur Cooper 1920–1926 (7) 222 38 (1921)
25 Jesse Barnes Jesse Barnes 1920–1927 (8) 217 35 (1920)
26 Bullet Joe Bush Bullet Joe Bush 1920–1928 (9) 212 32 (1921)
27 Art Nehf Art Nehf 1920–1929 (10) 212 35 (1922)
28 Bill Sherdel 1920–1929 (10) 209 31 (1922)
29 Carl Mays Carl Mays 1920–1929 (10) 200 38 (1921)
30 Vic Aldridge Vic Aldridge 1922–1928 (7) 199 34 (1922)
31 Hal Carlson Hal Carlson 1920–1929 (10) 199 34 (1926)
32 Hugh McQuillan Hugh McQuillan 1920–1927 (8) 196 32 (1923)
33 Earl Whitehill Earl Whitehill 1923–1929 (7) 191 34 (1926)
34 Elam Vangilder 1920–1929 (10) 186 35 (1923)
35 Rip Collins Rip Collins 1920–1929 (9) 185 30 (1924)
36 Bob Shawkey Bob Shawkey 1920–1927 (8) 184 34 (1922)
37 Jack Scott Jack Scott 1920–1929 (9) 180 32 (1920)
38 Ted Lyons Ted Lyons 1923–1929 (7) 178 34 (1927)
39 Clarence Mitchell Clarence Mitchell 1920–1929 (10) 176 26 (1924)
40 Joe Shaute Joe Shaute 1922–1929 (8) 175 34 (1924)
41 Bill Doak Bill Doak 1920–1929 (8) 171 37 (1920)
42 Ray Kremer Ray Kremer 1924–1929 (6) 169 31 (1928)
43 Hooks Dauss 1920–1926 (7) 169 39 (1923)
44 Larry Benton Larry Benton 1923–1929 (7) 168 35 (1928)
45 Alex Ferguson Alex Ferguson 1921–1929 (9) 166 32 (1924)
46 George Mogridge George Mogridge 1920–1927 (8) 164 36 (1921)
47 Johnny Morrison Johnny Morrison 1920–1929 (9) 164 37 (1923)
48 Dixie Davis Dixie Davis 1920–1926 (7) 163 36 (1921)
49 Joe Genewich Joe Genewich 1922–1929 (8) 157 29 (1928)
50 Sheriff Blake Sheriff Blake 1920–1929 (7) 155 31 (1925)
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