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- Career leaders in games finished
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In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a game finished (denoted by GF) 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. Key Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career games finished. A blank field indicates a tie. | Player (2018 GF) | Number of games finished during the 2018 Major League Baseball season | GF | Total career games finished | * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Career leaders in games finished- Stats updated as of March 29, 2019.
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1 | Mariano Rivera * | 952 | 2 | Trevor Hoffman * | 856 | 3 | Lee Smith * | 802 | 4 | John Franco | 774 | 5 | Rollie Fingers * | 709 | 6 | Billy Wagner | 703 | 7 | Jeff Reardon | 695 | 8 | Goose Gossage * | 681 | 9 | Francisco Rodríguez | 677 | 10 | Roberto Hernández | 667 | 11 | Hoyt Wilhelm * | 651 | 12 | Doug Jones | 640 | 13 | Kent Tekulve | 638 | 14 | Sparky Lyle | 634 | 15 | José Mesa | 633 | 16 | Todd Jones | 619 | 17 | Gene Garber | 609 | 18 | Joe Nathan | 587 | 19 | Jonathan Papelbon | 585 | 20 | Dennis Eckersley * | 577 | Lindy McDaniel | 577 | 22 | Fernando Rodney (2) | 576 | 23 | Francisco Cordero | 575 | 24 | Roy Face | 574 | 25 | Rick Aguilera | 557 | 26 | Dan Quisenberry | 553 | 27 | Mike Marshall | 549 | Jeff Montgomery | 549 | Robb Nen | 549 | 30 | Tom Henke | 548 | Randy Myers | 548 | 32 | Troy Percival | 546 | 33 | Tug McGraw | 541 | 34 | Armando Benítez | 527 | 35 | Huston Street | 525 | 36 | John Wetteland | 523 | 37 | José Valverde | 520 | 38 | Rod Beck | 519 | 39 | Bruce Sutter * | 512 | 40 | Bob Wickman | 511 | 41 | Don McMahon | 505 | 42 | Jesse Orosco | 501 | 43 | Jason Isringhausen | 499 | 44 | Dave Righetti | 474 | 45 | Mike Timlin | 467 | 46 | Ron Perranoski | 458 | 47 | Todd Worrell | 456 | 48 | Bill Campbell | 455 | 49 | Craig Kimbrel (0) | 449 | 50 | Gregg Olson | 447 |
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51 | Steve Bedrosian | 439 | 52 | Mike Henneman | 432 | Dave Smith | 432 | 54 | Roger McDowell | 430 | 55 | Mike Jackson | 422 | Dan Plesac | 422 | 57 | Willie Hernández | 419 | Mitch Williams | 419 | 59 | Darold Knowles | 417 | 60 | Ted Abernathy | 416 | 61 | Greg Minton | 415 | 62 | Ugueth Urbina | 408 | 63 | Keith Foulke | 406 | Stu Miller | 406 | 65 | Eddie Guardado | 401 | 66 | Gary Lavelle | 399 | 67 | Kenley Jansen (0) | 392 | 68 | Jeff Shaw | 384 | 69 | Kevin Gregg | 382 | Joakim Soria (0) | 382 | 71 | Brian Fuentes | 381 | Dave LaRoche | 381 | 73 | Dave Giusti | 380 | 74 | Jeff Brantley | 379 | 75 | Bob Stanley | 377 | 76 | Clay Carroll | 373 | LaTroy Hawkins | 373 | 78 | Tom Burgmeier | 370 | 79 | Brad Lidge | 368 | 80 | John Hiller | 363 | Mike Stanton | 363 | 82 | Danny Graves | 360 | Jay Howell | 360 | 84 | Aroldis Chapman (1) | 359 | 85 | J. J. Putz | 357 | 86 | Bobby Thigpen | 356 | 87 | Jim Brewer | 351 | 88 | Tom Gordon | 347 | 89 | Eddie Fisher | 344 | 90 | Rafael Soriano | 343 | 91 | Frank Linzy | 342 | 92 | Ron Davis | 340 | Jeff Russell | 340 | 94 | Ron Kline | 338 | 95 | Mark Clear | 337 | 96 | Elías Sosa | 330 | 97 | Billy Koch | 325 | 98 | Jim Johnson (0) | 324 | 99 | Jack Aker | 321 | 100 | Tippy Martinez | 320 | {{Clear}}Notes1. ^A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
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