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Progressive Games Started Leaderboard

This table is a snapshot of the career, single-season, active, and yearly leaders at the end of each season.

* - Indicates Hall of Fame Bold - Indicates active player

Year	Career	GS	Single-Season	GS	Active	GS	Yearly	GS
1930	Ray Benge Sheriff Blake Dizzy Dean * Ted Lyons Roy Moore Hub Pruett Jim Weaver Johnny Werts	45	Ray Benge Sheriff Blake Dizzy Dean * Ted Lyons Roy Moore Hub Pruett Jim Weaver Johnny Werts	45	Ray Benge Sheriff Blake Dizzy Dean * Ted Lyons Roy Moore Hub Pruett Jim Weaver Johnny Werts	45	Ray Benge Sheriff Blake Dizzy Dean * Ted Lyons Roy Moore Hub Pruett Jim Weaver Johnny Werts	45
1931	Sheriff Blake Roy Moore Hub Pruett Johnny Werts	90	More than 10 tied...	45	Sheriff Blake Roy Moore Hub Pruett Johnny Werts	90	More than 10 tied...	45
1932	Roy Moore	132	More than 10 tied...	45	Roy Moore	132	More than 10 tied...	42
1933	Dizzy Dean * Lefty Gomez George Winn	173	More than 10 tied...	45	Dizzy Dean * Lefty Gomez George Winn	173	More than 10 tied...	42
1934	Dizzy Dean *	215	More than 10 tied...	45	Dizzy Dean *	215	More than 10 tied...	42
1935	Dizzy Dean *	259	More than 10 tied...	45	Dizzy Dean *	259	More than 10 tied...	44
1936	Ted Lyons	301	More than 10 tied...	45	Ted Lyons	301	Ed Baecht Russ Bauers George Blaeholder Paul Dean * Ted Lyons Danny Macfayden Pat Malone Bobo Newsom Ray Prim Ralph Winegarner	44
1937	Ted Lyons	338	More than 10 tied...	45	Ted Lyons	338	Clay Bryant Dizzy Dean * Harry Gumbert Joe Heving Danny Macfayden Van Mungo Rip Sewell Bill Swift *	44
1938	Danny Macfayden	369	More than 10 tied...	45	Danny Macfayden	369	Dizzy Dean * Denny Galehouse Bump Hadley Bill Hallahan Bob Logan Bill Swift * Johnny Vander Meer Whit Wyatt	44
1939	Danny Macfayden	410	More than 10 tied...	45	Danny Macfayden	410	Paul Dean * Bob Logan Bill McGee Al Milnar Claude Passeau Monte Pearson Whit Wyatt	44
1940	Bobo Newsom	449	More than 10 tied...	45	Bobo Newsom	449	Clay Bryant Mort Cooper Dizzy Dean * Bob Feller Claude Passeau Monte Pearson Ralph Winegarner	44
1941	Bobo Newsom	493	More than 10 tied...	45	Bobo Newsom	493	Harry Brecheen Dizzy Dean * Joe Dobson Hugh Mulcahy Sam Nahem Bobo Newsom Ralph Winegarner	44
1942	Bobo Newsom	535	More than 10 tied...	45	Bobo Newsom	535	Clay Bryant Mort Cooper Jack Hallett Joe Haynes Ken Heintzelman Bucky Jacobs Hugh Mulcahy Sam Nahem Ken Raffensberger	44
1943	Dizzy Dean *	572	More than 10 tied...	45	Dizzy Dean *	572	Mort Cooper Paul Dean * Joe Haynes Max Lanier Johnny Vander Meer Butch Wensloff Ralph Winegarner	44
1944	Dizzy Dean *	613	More than 10 tied...	45	Dizzy Dean *	613	Ralph Birkofer Joe Haynes Bucky Jacobs Johnny Sain Johnny Vander Meer	44
1945	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Dizzy Dean *	618	Red Embree Joe Haynes	44
1946	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Dizzy Dean *	618	Hi Bithorn Joe Haynes Johnny Vander Meer	44
1947	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Van Mungo	595	Bob Chipman Ed Head Jack Salveson Charley Schanz Warren Spahn *	44
1948	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Russ Bauers	530	Cliff Fannin Bob Rush Jack Salveson Warren Spahn *	44
1949	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Russ Bauers	569	Harry Brecheen Bob Chipman Cliff Fannin Jack Kramer Max Lanier Cal McLish Johnny Sain Warren Spahn *	44
1950	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Russ Bauers	604	Chris Van Cuyk	45
1951	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Johnny Vander Meer	565	Bob Chipman Fred Hutchinson Ernie Johnson Russ Meyer Hal Newhouser Joe Nuxhall Kent Peterson Billy Pierce Bob Rush Warren Spahn *	44
1952	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Johnny Vander Meer	565	Johnny Antonelli Harvey Haddix Joe Haynes Leo Kiely Mel Parnell Kent Peterson Billy Pierce Bob Rush Warren Spahn *	44
1953	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Johnny Vander Meer	565	Bob Friend Warren Hacker Bill Henry Bob Miller Stu Miller Don Newcombe Kent Peterson Howie Pollet	44
1954	Dizzy Dean *	618	More than 10 tied...	45	Earl Johnson *	585	Johnny Antonelli Bob Friend Jack Harshman Bill Henry Ray Herbert Leo Kiely Kent Peterson Howie Pollet Bob Rush Warren Spahn *	44
1955	Earl Johnson *	621	More than 10 tied...	45	Earl Johnson *	621	Johnny Antonelli Ryne Duren Bob Friend Frank Lary Bob Miller Don Newcombe Camilo Pascual Kent Peterson Charley Schanz	44
1956	Earl Johnson *	655	More than 10 tied...	45	Earl Johnson *	655	More than 10 tied...	44
1957	Earl Johnson *	660	More than 10 tied...	45	Earl Johnson *	660	More than 10 tied...	44
1958	Earl Johnson *	660	More than 10 tied...	45	Warren Spahn *	618	Ike Delock Joey Jay Warren Spahn * Chuck Stobbs * Bob Trowbridge	44
1959	Earl Johnson *	660	More than 10 tied...	45	Warren Spahn *	651	Johnny Antonelli Ryne Duren Joey Jay Gus Keriazakos Joe Presko Dean Stone	44
1960	Warren Spahn *	692	More than 10 tied...	45	Warren Spahn *	692	Johnny Antonelli Dick Drott Ryne Duren Bob Gibson Gus Keriazakos Joe Presko Humberto Robinson Chuck Stobbs * Dean Stone	44
1961	Warren Spahn *	692	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	581	Humberto Robinson	45
1962	Warren Spahn *	692	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	625	Steve Hamilton	45
1963	Warren Spahn *	692	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	659	Dick Drott Billy Hoeft Joey Jay Gus Keriazakos Juan Marichal * Danny McDevitt Milt Pappas	44
1964	Chuck Stobbs *	700	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	700	Johnny Antonelli Paul Foytack Juan Marichal *	44
1965	Chuck Stobbs *	742	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	742	Charlie Beamon Gene Conley * Ike Delock Billy Hoeft Jim Kaat Masanori Murakami Pete Richert Bill Singer	44
1966	Chuck Stobbs *	781	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	781	Bob Bruce	45
1967	Chuck Stobbs *	824	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	824	Joe Horlen	45
1968	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Chuck Stobbs *	868	Frank Baumann Joe Bonikowski Jim Brewer * George Brunet Juan Marichal * Tug McGraw Joe Moeller * Bill Singer Chuck Stobbs * Ralph Terry	44
1969	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Gene Conley *	679	Joe Bonikowski	37
1970	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Billy Hoeft	644	Dick Selma	41
1971	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Herb Score	632	Pat Dobson John Gelnar Joe Moeller * Nolan Ryan Dick Selma	36
1972	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Sandy Koufax *	622	Rollie Fingers	38
1973	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Sandy Koufax *	655	Rollie Fingers J.R. Richard *	37
1974	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Sandy Koufax *	670	Bob Moose	38
1975	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Sandy Koufax *	702	Milt Wilcox	39
1976	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Jim Brewer *	605	Pedro Borbon	37
1977	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Jim Brewer *	609	Jim Kern Bill Lee	37
1978	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Dean Chance	565	Bill Campbell Jim Slaton	37
1979	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Joe Moeller *	581	Bill Campbell Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Mario Soto	36
1980	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Joe Moeller *	614	Balor Moore	38
1981	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Joe Moeller *	646	Frank Maccormack	38
1982	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Joe Moeller *	657	George Lauzerique	38
1983	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Steve Carlton *	604	Bert Blyleven	41
1984	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Steve Carlton *	608	Dave Tobik	37
1985	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Jerry Reuss	541	Roger Clemens	39
1986	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Jerry Reuss	573	Paul Hartzell	39
1987	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	J.R. Richard *	503	Rich Bordi Roger Clemens John Denny	37
1988	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	J.R. Richard *	505	Jack McDowell	41
1989	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	Eduardo Rodriguez	484	Joe Beckwith	37
1990	Chuck Stobbs *	868	More than 10 tied...	45	John Denny	519	Danny Jackson Eric Nolte	37

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