1979 NL Games Started Leaders

Phil Niekro led the NL in games started in 1979 with 44, 5 ahead of Randy Jones (39).

Led the NL in 1979 Phil Niekro Atlanta Braves

44 Games Started 5 clear of Randy Jones

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

#	Player	Team	GS	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Phil Niekro	ATL	44	21	20	3.39	342.0
2	Randy Jones	SDN	39	11	12	3.63	263.0
3	Joe Niekro	HOU	38	21	11	3.00	263.2
4	J. R. Richard	HOU	38	18	13	2.71	292.1
5	Bert Blyleven	PIT	37	12	5	3.60	237.1
6	Steve Rogers	MON	37	13	12	3.00	248.2
7	Rick Reuschel	CHN	36	18	12	3.62	239.0
8	Randy Lerch	PHI	35	10	13	3.74	214.0
9	Steve Carlton	PHI	35	18	11	3.62	251.0
10	Craig Swan	NYN	35	14	13	3.29	251.1
11	Vida Blue	SFN	34	14	14	5.01	237.0
12	Bob Knepper	SFN	34	9	12	4.64	207.1
13	Nino Espinosa	PHI	33	14	12	3.65	212.0
14	Bill Lee	MON	33	16	10	3.04	222.0
15	Dennis Lamp	CHN	32	11	10	3.50	200.1
16	Mike LaCoss	CIN	32	14	8	3.50	205.2
17	Pete Vuckovich	SLN	32	15	10	3.59	233.0
18	Bob Forsch	SLN	32	11	11	3.83	218.2
19	Don Sutton	LAN	32	12	15	3.82	226.0
20	Gaylord Perry	SDN	32	12	11	3.06	232.2
21	Tom Seaver	CIN	32	16	6	3.14	215.0
22	Fred Norman	CIN	31	11	13	3.64	195.1
23	Pete Falcone	NYN	31	6	14	4.16	184.0
24	John Denny	SLN	31	8	11	4.85	206.0
25	Rick Sutcliffe	LAN	30	17	10	3.46	242.0
26	John Candelaria	PIT	30	14	9	3.22	207.0
27	Eddie Solomon	ATL	30	7	14	4.21	186.0
28	Lynn McGlothen	CHN	29	13	14	4.12	212.0
29	Silvio Martinez	SLN	29	15	8	3.27	206.2
30	Bill Bonham	CIN	29	9	7	3.79	175.2
31	Burt Hooton	LAN	29	11	10	2.97	212.0
32	Mike Krukow	CHN	28	9	9	4.21	164.2
33	Rick Matula	ATL	28	8	10	4.15	171.1
34	Ross Grimsley	MON	27	10	9	5.35	151.1
35	Kevin Kobel	NYN	27	6	8	3.51	161.2
36	Bob Shirley	SDN	25	8	16	3.38	205.0
37	BK Bruce Kison	PIT	25	13	7	3.19	172.1
38	Don Robinson	PIT	25	8	8	3.87	160.2
39	Ed Whitson	PIT +1	24	7	11	4.10	158.0
40	Scott Sanderson	MON	24	9	8	3.43	168.0
41	Dock Ellis	NYN +2	24	4	12	5.84	138.2
42	Ken Forsch	HOU	24	11	6	3.04	177.2
43	Joaquin Andujar	HOU	23	12	12	3.43	194.0
44	John Montefusco	SFN	22	3	8	3.94	137.0
45	Jerry Reuss	LAN	21	7	14	3.54	160.0
46	Dan Schatzeder	MON	21	10	5	2.83	162.0
47	Eric Rasmussen	SDN	20	6	9	3.27	156.2
48	Bob Owchinko	SDN	20	6	12	3.74	149.1
49	Ken Holtzman	CHN	20	6	9	4.59	117.2
50	Dick Ruthven	PHI	20	7	5	4.27	122.1

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