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Most Games Started of the 1870s (MLB)

Every MLB season from 1871 to 1879, added up. Starts made

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Bobby Mathews recorded more games started than any other MLB player in the 1870s, with 349, 24 clear of Al Spalding (325). He did it in 8 seasons, with a best year of 70 in 1875. Covers the 9 seasons the MLB played in the 1870s, 1871 to 1879. The top ten runs from 349 down to 141.

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The MLB played 9 seasons in the 1870s, 1871 to 1879. Totals cover those seasons only.

Bobby Mathews MLB leader, 1870s Bobby Mathews 1871–1879 · 8 seasons
349 Games Started 24 clear of Al Spalding
# Player Seasons GS Best year
1 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews 1871–1879 (8) 349 70 (1875)
2 Al Spalding Al Spalding 1871–1877 (7) 325 69 (1874)
3 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond 1874–1879 (6) 320 64 (1879)
4 George Zettlein George Zettlein 1871–1876 (6) 244 57 (1874)
5 Candy Cummings Candy Cummings 1872–1877 (6) 241 55 (1872)
6 Dick McBride Dick McBride 1871–1876 (6) 237 60 (1875)
7 George Bradley George Bradley 1875–1879 (4) 222 64 (1876)
8 Terry Larkin Terry Larkin 1876–1879 (4) 171 58 (1879)
9 Jim Devlin Jim Devlin 1875–1877 (3) 153 68 (1876)
10 Cherokee Fisher Cherokee Fisher 1871–1878 (7) 141 41 (1875)
11 Will White Will White 1877–1879 (3) 130 75 (1879)
12 John Ward John Ward 1878–1879 (2) 97 60 (1879)
13 Jim Britt 1872–1873 (2) 91 54 (1873)
14 Tricky Nichols Tricky Nichols 1875–1878 (4) 83 39 (1877)
15 Asa Brainard Asa Brainard 1871–1874 (4) 82 30 (1871)
16 Bill Stearns 1871–1875 (5) 79 32 (1873)
17 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick 1878–1879 (2) 74 60 (1879)
18 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin 1875–1879 (2) 73 66 (1879)
19 Jack Manning Jack Manning 1874–1878 (5) 63 20 (1874)
20 Harry McCormick Harry McCormick 1879–1879 (1) 54 54 (1879)
21 Lon Knight Lon Knight 1875–1876 (2) 45 32 (1876)
22 Mike Golden Mike Golden 1875–1878 (2) 45 27 (1875)
23 Sam Weaver 1875–1878 (2) 44 43 (1878)
24 Bobby Mitchell 1877–1879 (3) 43 22 (1879)
25 Rynie Wolters Rynie Wolters 1871–1873 (3) 41 32 (1871)
26 Al Pratt Al Pratt 1871–1872 (2) 40 28 (1871)
27 The Only Nolan The Only Nolan 1878–1878 (1) 38 38 (1878)
28 Joe Blong Joe Blong 1875–1877 (3) 36 21 (1877)
29 Joe Borden 1875–1876 (2) 31 24 (1876)
30 John McMullin John McMullin 1871–1875 (4) 31 29 (1871)
31 Dory Dean Dory Dean 1876–1876 (1) 30 30 (1876)
32 George Bechtel George Bechtel 1871–1875 (4) 27 18 (1875)
33 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson 1878–1879 (2) 26 25 (1879)
34 John Cassidy John Cassidy 1875–1877 (2) 24 22 (1875)
35 Foghorn Bradley Foghorn Bradley 1876–1876 (1) 21 21 (1876)
36 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell 1879–1879 (1) 19 19 (1879)
37 Cal McVey Cal McVey 1875–1879 (4) 19 10 (1877)
38 Hugh Campbell 1873–1873 (1) 18 18 (1873)
39 Cy Bentley 1872–1872 (1) 17 17 (1872)
40 Curry Foley Curry Foley 1879–1879 (1) 16 16 (1879)
41 Jim Clinton Jim Clinton 1872–1876 (3) 16 14 (1875)
42 Bill McGunnigle 1879–1879 (1) 13 13 (1879)
43 Tom Healey 1878–1878 (1) 13 13 (1878)
44 Phonney Martin Phonney Martin 1872–1873 (2) 13 12 (1872)
45 Bill Parks Bill Parks 1875–1875 (1) 11 11 (1875)
46 Harry Salisbury 1879–1879 (1) 10 10 (1879)
47 Dale Williams 1876–1876 (1) 9 9 (1876)
48 Amos Booth Amos Booth 1876–1877 (2) 9 8 (1877)
49 Laurie Reis 1877–1878 (2) 8 4 (1878)
50 Frank Fleet 1871–1875 (3) 8 4 (1875)
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