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1979 MLB Games Started Leaders

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Phil Niekro led all of MLB in games started in 1979 with 44, 5 ahead of Dennis Martinez (39).

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Phil Niekro Led all of MLB in 1979 Phil Niekro Atlanta Braves
44 Games Started 5 clear of Dennis Martinez
Showing Games Started and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team GS W L ERA IP
1 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL 44 21 20 3.39 342.0
2 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL 39 15 16 3.66 292.1
3 Randy Jones Randy Jones SDN 39 11 12 3.63 263.0
4 Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan BAL 38 23 9 3.08 265.2
5 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 38 21 11 3.00 263.2
6 J. R. Richard J. R. Richard HOU 38 18 13 2.71 292.1
7 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven PIT 37 12 5 3.60 237.1
8 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins TEX 37 16 14 4.07 259.0
9 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 37 13 12 3.00 248.2
10 Tommy John Tommy John NYA 36 21 9 2.96 276.1
11 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman MIN 36 20 13 3.38 263.2
12 Steve Comer Steve Comer TEX 36 17 12 3.68 242.1
13 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN 36 18 12 3.62 239.0
14 Mike Torrez Mike Torrez BOS 36 16 13 4.49 252.1
15 Randy Lerch Randy Lerch PHI 35 10 13 3.74 214.0
16 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz MIN 35 14 13 4.16 250.2
17 Ken Kravec CHA 35 15 13 3.74 250.0
18 Paul Splittorff Paul Splittorff KCA 35 15 17 4.24 240.0
19 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 35 18 11 3.62 251.0
20 Craig Swan Craig Swan NYN 35 14 13 3.29 251.1
21 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 34 14 14 5.01 237.0
22 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper SFN 34 9 12 4.64 207.1
23 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan CAL 34 16 14 3.60 222.2
24 Lary Sorensen Lary Sorensen ML4 34 15 14 3.98 235.1
25 Rick Waits Rick Waits CLE 34 16 13 4.44 231.0
26 Rick Wise Rick Wise CLE 34 15 10 3.73 231.2
27 Larry Gura KCA 33 13 12 4.47 233.2
28 Dave Frost Dave Frost CAL 33 16 10 3.57 239.1
29 Rich Wortham CHA 33 14 14 4.90 204.0
30 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley BOS 33 17 10 2.99 246.2
31 Nino Espinosa Nino Espinosa PHI 33 14 12 3.65 212.0
32 Bill Lee Bill Lee MON 33 16 10 3.04 222.0
33 Dennis Lamp Dennis Lamp CHN 32 11 10 3.50 200.1
34 Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss CIN 32 14 8 3.50 205.2
35 Pete Vuckovich Pete Vuckovich SLN 32 15 10 3.59 233.0
36 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 32 11 11 3.83 218.2
37 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN 32 12 15 3.82 226.0
38 Tom Underwood Tom Underwood TOR 32 9 16 3.69 227.0
39 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA 32 14 12 4.08 236.0
40 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SDN 32 12 11 3.06 232.2
41 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 32 16 6 3.14 215.0
42 Steve Stone Steve Stone BAL 32 11 7 3.77 186.0
43 Rich Gale Rich Gale KCA 31 9 10 5.65 181.2
44 Fred Norman Fred Norman CIN 31 11 13 3.64 195.1
45 Pete Falcone Pete Falcone NYN 31 6 14 4.16 184.0
46 Jim Slaton Jim Slaton ML4 31 15 9 3.63 213.0
47 John Denny John Denny SLN 31 8 11 4.85 206.0
48 Phil Huffman TOR 31 6 18 5.77 173.0
49 Bob Stanley Bob Stanley BOS 30 16 12 3.99 216.2
50 Rick Sutcliffe Rick Sutcliffe LAN 30 17 10 3.46 242.0
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