Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring At least 1000 Games), sorted by greatest IP
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Cnt Player **IP** G From To Ages GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+----------+----+----+----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Dennis Eckersley 3285.2 1071 1975 1998 20-43 361 100 20 577 197 171 .535 390 3076 1382 1278 738 2401 3.50 116 347 13534 91 75 16 28 CLE-BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 2254.1 1070 1952 1972 29-49 52 20 5 651 143 122 .540 227 1757 773 632 778 1610 2.52 146 150 9164 61 62 4 90 NYG-TOT-BAL-CHW-LAD 3 Rich Gossage 1809.1 1002 1972 1994 20-42 37 16 0 681 124 107 .537 310 1497 670 605 732 1502 3.01 126 119 7506 90 47 5 63 CHW-PIT-NYY-SDP-CHC-TOT-TEX-OAK-SEA 4 Jose Mesa 1548.2 1022 1987 2007 21-41 95 6 2 633 80 109 .423 321 1629 811 750 651 1038 4.36 100 151 6804 57 55 5 75 BAL-TOT-CLE-SEA-PHI-PIT-COL 5 Kent Tekulve 1436.1 1050 1974 1989 27-42 0 0 0 638 94 90 .511 184 1305 526 455 491 779 2.85 132 63 6001 179 17 3 23 PIT-TOT-PHI-CIN 6 Jesse Orosco 1295 1252 1979 2003 22-46 4 0 0 501 87 80 .521 144 1055 512 455 581 1179 3.16 125 113 5460 86 34 11 40 NYM-LAD-CLE-MIL-BAL-STL-TOT 7 Lee Smith 1289.1 1022 1980 1997 22-39 6 0 0 802 71 92 .436 478 1133 475 434 486 1251 3.03 131 89 5387 100 10 4 47 CHC-BOS-TOT-STL-BAL-CAL-TOT-MON 8 John Franco 1245.2 1119 1984 2005 23-44 0 0 0 774 90 87 .508 424 1166 466 400 495 975 2.89 137 81 5312 78 22 9 54 CIN-NYM-HOU 9 Mike Timlin 1204.1 1058 1991 2008 25-42 4 0 0 467 75 73 .507 141 1168 533 486 377 872 3.63 125 118 5082 72 47 3 31 TOR-TOT-SEA-BAL-STL-BOS 10 Mike Jackson 1188.1 1005 1986 2004 21-39 7 0 0 422 62 67 .481 142 983 492 451 464 1006 3.42 125 127 4966 80 56 27 39 PHI-SEA-SFG-CIN-CLE-HOU-MIN-CHW 11 Mike Stanton 1114 1178 1989 2007 22-40 1 0 0 363 68 63 .519 84 1086 523 485 420 895 3.92 112 93 4762 76 33 9 35 ATL-TOT-NYY-NYM-CIN 12 Dan Plesac 1072 1064 1986 2003 24-41 14 0 0 422 65 71 .478 158 977 478 433 402 1041 3.64 117 105 4539 54 17 10 41 MIL-CHC-PIT-TOR-TOT-ARI-PHI 13 Roberto Hernandez 1071.1 1010 1991 2007 26-42 3 0 0 667 67 71 .486 326 1002 475 411 462 945 3.45 131 96 4632 53 35 1 50 CHW-TOT-TBD-KCR-ATL-PHI-NYM Seasons/Careers found: 13.
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