Single Season Leaders for Games Pitched

It's impossible to lead at any statistic if you are not given the opportunity to pitch. The following pitchers have been given those chances and they have proven their effectiveness to their managers. A fair chance at winning is what each of these single season games pitched leaders give their team when they step on the rubber during any game.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time single season leaders in Major League games pitched. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"I'm just tickled to death to be out there. There can be no greater thrill." - Mike Marshall (#1 Ranked Single Season Games Pitched Leader)
Games Pitched
Single Season Leaders

'Top 100'
Mike Marshall 106 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 1
Mike Fetters 97 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 2
Pittsburgh Pirates NL
Kent Tekulve 94 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 3
Salomon Torres 94 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Mike Marshall 92 1973 Montreal Expos NL 5
Kent Tekulve 91 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 6
Wayne Granger 90 1969 Cincinnati Reds NL 7
Mike Marshall 90 1979 Minnesota Twins AL  
Kent Tekulve 90 1987 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Jim Brower 89 2004 San Francisco Giants NL 10
Mark Eichhorn 89 1987 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Steve Kline 89 2001 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Paul Quantrill 89 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Julian Tavarez 89 1997 San Francisco Giants NL  
Mike Myers 88 1997 Detroit Tigers AL 15
Jon Rauch 88 2007 Washington Nationals NL  
Sean Runyan 88 1998 Detroit Tigers AL  
Wilbur Wood 88 1968 Chicago White Sox AL  
Rob Murphy 87 1987 Cincinnati Reds NL 19
Scott Eyre 86 2005 San Francisco Giants NL 20
Ray King 86 2004 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Paul Quantrill 86 2004 New York Yankees AL  
Paul Quantrill 86 2002 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Oscar Villarreal 86 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks NL  
Matt Capps 85 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 25
Jon Rauch 85 2006 Washington Nationals NL  
Saul Rivera 85 2007 Washington Nationals NL  
Kent Tekulve 85 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Frank Williams 85 1987 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Mitch Williams 85 1987 Texas Rangers AL  
Ted Abernathy 84 1965 Chicago Cubs NL 31
Stan Belinda 84 1997 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Rheal Cormier 84 2004 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Bob Howry 84 2006 Chicago Cubs NL  
Billy Koch 84 2002 Oakland Athletics AL  
Graeme Lloyd 84 2001 Montreal Expos NL  
Dan Quisenberry 84 1985 Kansas City Royals AL  
Chris Reitsma 84 2004 Atlanta Braves NL  
Enrique Romo 84 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Dick Tidrow 84 1980 Chicago Cubs NL  
Salomon Torres 84 2004 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Joe Beimel 83 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 42
Jonathan Broxton 83 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Octavio Dotel 83 2002 Houston Astros NL  
Scott Eyre 83 2004 San Francisco Giants NL  
Eddie Guardado 83 1996 Minnesota Twins AL  
Steve Kline 83 2000 Montreal Expos NL  
Craig Lefferts 83 1986 San Diego Padres NL  
Mike Myers 83 1996 Detroit Tigers AL  
Scott Proctor 83 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
New York Yankees AL
Scott Proctor 83 2006 New York Yankees AL  
Ken Sanders 83 1971 Milwaukee Brewers AL  
Mike Stanton 83 2004 New York Mets NL  
Kelly Wunsch 83 2000 Chicago White Sox AL  
Juan Agosto 82 1990 Houston Astros NL 55
Bill Campbell 82 1983 Chicago Cubs NL  
Jeff Fassero 82 2001 Chicago Cubs NL  
Eddie Fisher 82 1965 Chicago White Sox AL  
Ray King 82 2001 Milwaukee Brewers NL  
Steve Kline 82 1999 Montreal Expos NL  
Paul Quantrill 82 1998 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Mike Stanton 82 2006 San Francisco Giants NL  
Washington Nationals NL
Luis Ayala 81 2004 Montreal Expos NL 63
Rod Beck 81 1998 Chicago Cubs NL  
Heath Bell 81 2007 San Diego Padres NL  
Joe Boever 81 1992 Houston Astros NL  
Brad Clontz 81 1996 Atlanta Braves NL  
Todd Coffey 81 2006 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Scott Downs 81 2007 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Geoff Geary 81 2006 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Aaron Heilman 81 2007 New York Mets NL  
Mike Jackson 81 1993 San Francisco Giants NL  
Dale Murray 81 1976 Montreal Expos NL  
Chad Qualls 81 2006 Houston Astros NL  
Jeff Robinson 81 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
San Francisco Giants NL
Kenny Rogers 81 1992 Texas Rangers AL  
J.C. Romero 81 2002 Minnesota Twins AL  
Mike Stanton 81 1996 Boston Red Sox AL  
Texas Rangers AL
Greg Swindell 81 1998 Boston Red Sox AL  
Minnesota Twins AL
Mike Timlin 81 2005 Boston Red Sox AL  
Ugueth Urbina 81 2005 Detroit Tigers AL  
Philadelphia Phillies NL
Jamie Walker 81 2007 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Duane Ward 81 1991 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
John Wyatt 81 1964 Kansas City Athletics AL  
Pedro Borbon 80 1973 Cincinnati Reds NL 85
Tom Gordon 80 2004 New York Yankees AL  
Mudcat Grant 80 1970 Oakland Athletics AL  
Pittsburgh Pirates NL
Greg Harris 80 1993 Boston Red Sox AL  
Willie Hernandez 80 1984 Detroit Tigers AL  
Doug Jones 80 1992 Houston Astros NL  
Ray King 80 2003 Atlanta Braves NL  
Brad Lidge 80 2004 Houston Astros NL  
Tom Martin 80 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Cla Meredith 80 2007 San Diego Padres NL  
Peter Moylan 80 2007 Atlanta Braves NL  
Paul Quantrill 80 2001 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Felix Rodriguez 80 2001 San Francisco Giants NL  
Scott Schoeneweis 80 2005 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
David Weathers 80 2001 Chicago Cubs NL  
Milwaukee Brewers NL
Turk Wendell 80 1999 New York Mets NL 100
Mitch Williams 80 1986 Texas Rangers AL  
Tim Worrell 80 2002 San Francisco Giants NL  
Current Through End of 2007 Regular Season


Did you know that Mike Marshall won the Cy Young Award during his one-hundred six (106) games pitched record setting single season of 1974? Did you know his entire eBook is online in our book shelf section?

Based on the single season leaders for games pitched chart seen above, Kent Tekulve and Mike Marshall are truly & obviously single season workhorses. Do you think they belong enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame for their accomplishments? Share your opinion on Baseball Fever.

Take a close look at the top one-hundred (100) single season leaders — no pitcher prior to 1964 appears on the single season leaders for games pitched page and in 2003 twenty-six (26) pitchers lost their position due to the increase from seventy-seven (77) games to seventy-eight (78) games in order to make it onto the chart.
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