Player stats

Games Started 2018

Games in which the pitcher throws the first pitch for their team.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Games Started / 2018

Jhoulys Chacín

MIL

Season leader

Games Started2018 season
#	Player	Team	GS
1	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	35
2	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	34
3	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	34
4	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	33
5	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	33
6	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	33
7	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	33
8	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	33
9	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	33
10	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	33
11	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	33
12	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	33
13	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	33
14	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	32
15	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	32
16	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	32
17	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	32
18	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	32
19	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	32
20	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	32
21	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	32
22	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	32
23	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	32
24	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	32
25	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	32
26	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	32
27	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	32
28	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	32
29	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	32
30	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	32
31	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	32
32	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	31
33	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	31
34	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	31
35	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	31
36	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	31
37	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	31
38	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	31
39	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	31
40	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	31
41	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	31
42	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	31
43	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	31
44	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	31
45	C. MortonCharlie Morton	HOU	30
46	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	30
47	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	30
48	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	30
49	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	30
50	S. NewcombSean Newcomb	ATL	30

GS: Games in which the pitcher throws the first pitch for their team.

Understanding Games Started

Games in which the pitcher throws the first pitch for their team.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.