LIST OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 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.

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Career leaders in games finished

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Career leaders in games finished

''Stats updated through September 8, 2007.''

★ = pitchers who are in the Baseball Hall of Fame
'Bold-faced' pitchers are still active.

Rank	Pitcher	Games finished	Teams played for	Seasons played
1	Lee Smith	802	Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos	1980 - 1997
2	John Franco	774	Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Houston Astros	1984 - 2005
3	'Trevor Hoffman'	725	Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres	1993 - present
4	Rollie Fingers ★	709	Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers	1968 - 1985
5	Jeff Reardon	695	New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees	1979 - 1994
6	Rich Gossage	681	Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners	1972 - 1994
7	'Roberto Hernández'	664	Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers	1991 - present
8	Hoyt Wilhelm ★	651	New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers	1952 - 1972
9	'Mariano Rivera'	650	New York Yankees	1995 - present
10	Doug Jones	640	Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics	1982 - 2000
11	Kent Tekulve	638	Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds	1974 - 1989
12	'Jose Mesa'	631	Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies	1987, 1990 - present

See also

★ List of Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders

External links

★ Career leaders for Games finished

★ MLB.com