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  2. List of Major League Baseball career games started leaders

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    In baseball statistics, a pitcher is credited with a game started (denoted by GS) if he is the first pitcher to pitch for his team in a game. Cy Young [1] [2] [3] holds the Major League Baseball games started record with 815. Young is the only pitcher in MLB history to start more than 800 career games.

  3. List of Major League Baseball career games played as a ...

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    A starting pitcher, then, may be credited with a game played even if he is not credited with a game started or an inning pitched. The pitcher is the player who pitches the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

  4. Games started - Wikipedia

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    The all-time leader for games started is Cy Young with 815 over a 22-year career. The players with the most starts in a single season are Pud Galvin and Will White, each with 75 games started. [1] For position players, games started is also used to denote the number of times their names appear in a team's starting lineup during the season.

  5. Pitch count - Wikipedia

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    Some examples of high pitch count games include a 26-inning game on May 1, 1920 where Leon Cadore of Brooklyn and Joe Oeschger of Boston pitched an estimated 345 and 319 pitches; [8] also, Nolan Ryan threw 164 in a 1989 game, aged 42. [17] Stats LLC began tracking pitch counts in 1988, and MLB keeps official data since

  6. Starting pitcher - Wikipedia

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    Chris Young warms up in the bullpen before a game at Wrigley Field minutes before the 12:05 start (see scoreboard clock). In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a ...

  7. Games pitched - Wikipedia

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    In baseball statistics, games pitched (denoted by Games G in tables of only pitching statistics) is the number of games in which a player appears as a pitcher. The statistic is also referred to as appearances , especially to refer to the number of games a relief pitcher has pitched in.

  8. List of World Series starting pitchers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a chronological list of the starting pitchers for each World Series game contested in Major League Baseball. [1]Each pitcher's win–loss record for World Series starts, cumulative through the game in question, is listed when the starting pitcher received a win or loss.

  9. List of Major League Baseball single-game records - Wikipedia

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    Most innings pitched by a relief pitcher in one game. Zip Zabel, 18 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings. June 17, 1915; Fastest recorded pitch thrown by a pitcher in a game. Aroldis Chapman, 105.1 miles per hour (169.1 km/h). September 24, 2010. [23] Slowest recorded pitch thrown by a pitcher in a game. Brock Holt, 30.4 miles per hour (48.9 km/h). August 7, 2021.