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Most Games Pitched of the 1970s (MLB)

Every MLB season from 1970 to 1979, added up. Appearances

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Rollie Fingers recorded more games pitched than any other MLB player in the 1970s, with 640, 11 clear of Mike Marshall (629). He did it in 10 seasons, with a best year of 78 in 1977. The top ten runs from 640 down to 458.

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Rollie Fingers MLB leader, 1970s Rollie Fingers 1970–1979 · 10 seasons
640 Games Pitched 11 clear of Mike Marshall
# Player Seasons G Best year
1 Rollie Fingers Rollie Fingers 1970–1979 (10) 640 78 (1977)
2 Mike Marshall Mike Marshall 1970–1979 (10) 629 106 (1974)
3 Sparky Lyle Sparky Lyle 1970–1979 (10) 600 72 (1977)
4 Pedro Borbon Pedro Borbon 1970–1979 (10) 561 80 (1973)
5 Darold Knowles Darold Knowles 1970–1979 (10) 543 71 (1970)
6 Dave LaRoche Dave LaRoche 1970–1979 (10) 543 62 (1972)
7 Tug McGraw Tug McGraw 1970–1979 (10) 542 65 (1979)
8 Dave Giusti Dave Giusti 1970–1977 (8) 470 67 (1973)
9 Paul Lindblad Paul Lindblad 1970–1978 (9) 460 68 (1975)
10 Tom Burgmeier Tom Burgmeier 1970–1979 (10) 458 67 (1971)
11 Clay Carroll 1970–1978 (9) 447 65 (1970)
12 Al Hrabosky 1970–1979 (10) 445 68 (1976)
13 Gene Garber Gene Garber 1970–1979 (9) 444 71 (1975)
14 Grant Jackson Grant Jackson 1970–1979 (10) 443 72 (1979)
15 Randy Moffitt Randy Moffitt 1972–1979 (8) 436 70 (1978)
16 John Hiller John Hiller 1970–1979 (9) 426 65 (1973)
17 Elias Sosa Elias Sosa 1972–1979 (8) 423 71 (1973)
18 Ron Reed Ron Reed 1970–1979 (10) 412 66 (1978)
19 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro 1970–1979 (10) 406 44 (1979)
20 Dick Drago Dick Drago 1970–1979 (10) 396 53 (1979)
21 Stan Bahnsen Stan Bahnsen 1970–1979 (10) 396 55 (1979)
22 Skip Lockwood Skip Lockwood 1970–1979 (10) 390 63 (1977)
23 Ken Forsch Ken Forsch 1970–1979 (10) 389 70 (1974)
24 Tom Murphy Tom Murphy 1970–1979 (10) 388 70 (1974)
25 Steve Mingori 1970–1979 (10) 385 55 (1976)
26 Charlie Hough Charlie Hough 1970–1979 (10) 382 77 (1976)
27 Joe Coleman 1970–1979 (10) 380 51 (1976)
28 Dave Roberts Dave Roberts 1970–1979 (10) 377 47 (1979)
29 Dale Murray Dale Murray 1974–1979 (6) 372 81 (1976)
30 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry 1970–1979 (10) 369 41 (1972)
31 Dave Tomlin Dave Tomlin 1972–1979 (8) 368 76 (1977)
32 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton 1970–1979 (10) 368 41 (1972)
33 Kent Tekulve Kent Tekulve 1974–1979 (6) 363 94 (1979)
34 Wilbur Wood Wilbur Wood 1970–1978 (9) 363 77 (1970)
35 Jim Kaat Jim Kaat 1970–1979 (10) 362 45 (1970)
36 Terry Forster Terry Forster 1971–1979 (9) 360 62 (1972)
37 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins 1970–1979 (10) 360 41 (1974)
38 Dick Tidrow Dick Tidrow 1972–1979 (8) 359 77 (1979)
39 Rich Gossage Rich Gossage 1972–1979 (8) 359 72 (1977)
40 Jack Billingham Jack Billingham 1970–1979 (10) 359 46 (1970)
41 Bill Campbell Bill Campbell 1973–1979 (7) 355 78 (1976)
42 Jim Palmer Jim Palmer 1970–1979 (10) 355 40 (1976)
43 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven 1970–1979 (10) 353 40 (1973)
44 Don Sutton Don Sutton 1970–1979 (10) 352 40 (1974)
45 Marty Pattin Marty Pattin 1970–1979 (10) 352 44 (1975)
46 Gary Lavelle Gary Lavelle 1974–1979 (6) 350 73 (1977)
47 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 1970–1979 (10) 348 42 (1974)
48 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1970–1979 (10) 348 37 (1970)
49 Reggie Cleveland Reggie Cleveland 1970–1979 (10) 347 54 (1978)
50 Fred Scherman 1970–1976 (7) 342 69 (1971)
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