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.

[edit] Career leaders in games finished

Stats updated through July 19, 2009.

Rank	Player (2009 GFs)	GF
1	Lee Smith	802
2	Trevor Hoffman (25)	799
3	John Franco	774
4	Mariano Rivera (33)	751
5	Rollie Fingers	709
6	Jeff Reardon	695
7	Rich Gossage	681
8	Roberto Hernández	667
9	Hoyt Wilhelm	651
10	Doug Jones	640
11	Kent Tekulve	638
12	Billy Wagner	637
13	Sparky Lyle	634
14	José Mesa	633
15	Todd Jones	619

[edit] See also

• Baseball statistics
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in games started
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• 300 win club
• Top 100 Major League Baseball strikeout pitchers
• 3000 strikeout club
• List of 300-save club and Blown saves
• List of_Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders
• MLB players with 2,000 hits
• List of Major League Baseball players with 4,000 Total bases
• MLB players with 400 doubles
• MLB players with 100 triples
• Top 500 MLB home run hitters
• MLB players with 1,000 runs
• MLB players with 1,000 RBI
• MLB players with 300 stolen bases
• List of Top 100 Major League Baseball players in base on balls (walks)
• Top 15, and List of active MLB players in the Top 50 in Strikeouts
• List of Major League Baseball players with a .325 batting average
• MLB players with a .400 on-base percentage
• MLB players with a .500 slugging percentage
• List of Major League Baseball players with a .900 on-base plus slugging

[edit] External links

• Career leaders for Games finished
• MLB.com