Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring At least 1000 Games), sorted by greatest IP

  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
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    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.

 Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.