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Philadelphia Athletics Games Started Leaders

Career totals with the Philadelphia Athletics and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 16: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Bobby Mathews holds the Philadelphia Athletics career record with 172 games started. The single-season record is 57, by Ed Seward in 1888.

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

All-time Philadelphia Athletics leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club GS G
1 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews 1883–1887 172 172
2 Ed Seward Ed Seward 1887–1890 166 172
3 Gus Weyhing Gus Weyhing 1887–1889 155 156
4 Al Atkinson 1884–1887 82 82
5 Sadie McMahon Sadie McMahon 1889–1890 73 76
6 Sam Weaver 1882–1886 43 44
7 Billy Taylor 1884–1887 37 37
8 Bill Hart Bill Hart 1886–1887 25 25
8 Mike Mattimore 1888–1889 25 31
10 George Bradley George Bradley 1883 23 26
11 Ed Green 1890 22 25
12 Bill Sweeney 1882 20 20
13 Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy 1886 19 20
13 Cyclone Miller Cyclone Miller 1886 19 19
15 Fred Corey 1883–1885 17 19
16 Duke Esper 1890 16 18
16 Ed Knouff Ed Knouff 1885–1889 16 17
16 Tom Lovett Tom Lovett 1885 16 16
19 John Coleman John Coleman 1884–1889 11 19
20 Ed Cushman 1885 10 10
20 Phenomenal Smith Phenomenal Smith 1884–1889 10 10
20 William Stecher 1890 10 10
23 Jersey Bakley Jersey Bakley 1883 8 8
23 Frank Mountain 1882 8 8
25 Jack Jones 1883 7 7

Single-season Philadelphia Athletics records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season GS G
1 Ed Seward Ed Seward 1888 57 57
2 Gus Weyhing Gus Weyhing 1887 55 55
3 Gus Weyhing Gus Weyhing 1889 53 54
4 Ed Seward Ed Seward 1887 52 55
5 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews 1884 49 49
6 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews 1885 48 48
7 Gus Weyhing Gus Weyhing 1888 47 47
8 Sadie McMahon Sadie McMahon 1890 46 48
9 Al Atkinson 1886 45 45
10 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews 1883 44 44
11 Sam Weaver 1882 41 42
12 Ed Seward Ed Seward 1889 38 39
13 Billy Taylor 1884 30 30
14 Sadie McMahon Sadie McMahon 1889 27 28
15 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews 1886 24 24
15 Mike Mattimore 1888 24 26
17 George Bradley George Bradley 1883 23 26
18 Al Atkinson 1884 22 22
18 Ed Green 1890 22 25
18 Bill Hart Bill Hart 1886 22 22
21 Bill Sweeney 1882 20 20
22 Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy 1886 19 20
22 Cyclone Miller Cyclone Miller 1886 19 19
22 Ed Seward Ed Seward 1890 19 21
25 Fred Corey 1883 16 18