List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders


In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a game finished if he is the last pitcher to pitch for his team in a game. A starting pitcher is not credited with a GF for pitching a complete game.
Mariano Rivera is the all-time leader in games finished with 952. Rivera is the only pitcher in MLB history to finish more than 900 career games. Trevor Hoffman and Lee Smith are the only other pitchers to finish more than 800 games in their careers.

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Career leaders in games finished

RankPlayer GF
1Mariano Rivera *952
2Trevor Hoffman *856
3Lee Smith *802
4John Franco774
5Rollie Fingers *709
6Billy Wagner703
7Jeff Reardon695
8Goose Gossage *681
9Francisco Rodríguez677
10Roberto Hernández667
11Hoyt Wilhelm *651
12Doug Jones640
13Kent Tekulve638
14Sparky Lyle634
15José Mesa633
16Todd Jones619
17Gene Garber609
18Fernando Rodney 590
19Joe Nathan587
20Jonathan Papelbon585
21Dennis Eckersley *577
Lindy McDaniel577
23Francisco Cordero575
24Roy Face574
25Rick Aguilera557
26Dan Quisenberry553
27Mike Marshall549
Jeff Montgomery549
Robb Nen549
30Tom Henke548
Randy Myers548
32Troy Percival546
33Tug McGraw541
34Armando Benítez527
35Huston Street525
36John Wetteland523
37José Valverde520
38Rod Beck519
39Bruce Sutter *512
40Bob Wickman511
41Don McMahon505
42Jesse Orosco501
43Jason Isringhausen499
44Dave Righetti474
45Mike Timlin467
46Craig Kimbrel 466
47Ron Perranoski458
48Todd Worrell456
49Bill Campbell455
50Gregg Olson447