MLB Single-Season Pitching Leaders - Starts | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | YR | G | GS | CG | SH | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | |
1 | Pud Galvin | 1883 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 5 | 656.1 | 676 | 198 | 50 | 279 | 46 | 29 | 0 | 2.72 |
Will White | 1879 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 4 | 680.0 | 676 | 150 | 68 | 232 | 43 | 31 | 0 | 1.99 | |
3 | Jim McCormick | 1880 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 7 | 657.2 | 585 | 135 | 75 | 260 | 45 | 28 | 0 | 1.85 |
4 | Guy Hecker | 1884 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 6 | 670.2 | 526 | 134 | 56 | 385 | 52 | 20 | 0 | 1.80 |
Charles Radbourn | 1884 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 11 | 678.2 | 528 | 104 | 98 | 441 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 1.38 | |
6 | John Clarkson | 1889 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 8 | 620.0 | 589 | 188 | 203 | 284 | 49 | 19 | 1 | 2.73 |
Pud Galvin | 1884 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 12 | 636.1 | 566 | 141 | 63 | 369 | 46 | 22 | 0 | 1.99 | |
8 | Bill Hutchison | 1892 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 5 | 627.0 | 572 | 191 | 187 | 316 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 2.74 |
9 | John Clarkson | 1885 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 10 | 623.0 | 497 | 128 | 97 | 308 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 1.85 |
10 | Matt Kilroy | 1887 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 6 | 589.1 | 585 | 201 | 157 | 217 | 46 | 19 | 0 | 3.07 |
PLAYER | YR | G | GS | CG | SH | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | |
11 | Jim Devlin | 1876 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 5 | 622.0 | 566 | 108 | 37 | 122 | 30 | 35 | 0 | 1.56 |
Tim Keefe | 1883 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 5 | 619.0 | 486 | 166 | 98 | 361 | 41 | 27 | 0 | 2.41 | |
Matt Kilroy | 1886 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 5 | 583.0 | 476 | 218 | 182 | 513 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 3.37 | |
Charles Radbourn | 1883 | 76 | 68 | 66 | 4 | 632.1 | 563 | 144 | 56 | 315 | 48 | 25 | 1 | 2.05 | |
15 | Charlie Buffinton | 1884 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 8 | 587.0 | 506 | 140 | 76 | 417 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 2.15 |
Jim McCormick | 1882 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 4 | 595.2 | 550 | 157 | 103 | 200 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 2.37 | |
Toad Ramsey | 1886 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 3 | 588.2 | 447 | 160 | 207 | 499 | 38 | 27 | 0 | 2.45 | |
John Ward | 1880 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 8 | 595.0 | 501 | 115 | 45 | 230 | 39 | 24 | 1 | 1.74 | |
19 | Pud Galvin | 1879 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 6 | 593.0 | 585 | 150 | 31 | 136 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 2.28 |
Bill Hutchison | 1890 | 71 | 66 | 65 | 5 | 603.0 | 505 | 181 | 199 | 289 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 2.70 | |
PLAYER | YR | G | GS | CG | SH | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | |
Lee Richmond | 1880 | 74 | 66 | 57 | 5 | 590.2 | 541 | 141 | 74 | 243 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 2.15 | |
Dupee Shaw | 1884 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 5 | 543.1 | 446 | 139 | 109 | 451 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 2.30 | |
23 | Silver King | 1888 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 6 | 585.2 | 437 | 107 | 76 | 258 | 45 | 21 | 0 | 1.64 |
Jim McCormick | 1884 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 10 | 569.0 | 508 | 150 | 89 | 343 | 40 | 25 | 0 | 2.37 | |
Tony Mullane | 1884 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 7 | 567.0 | 481 | 159 | 89 | 325 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 2.52 | |
Mickey Welch | 1884 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 4 | 557.1 | 528 | 155 | 146 | 345 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 2.50 | |
27 | Tommy Bond | 1879 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 11 | 555.1 | 543 | 121 | 24 | 155 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 1.96 |
George Bradley | 1876 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 16 | 573.0 | 470 | 78 | 38 | 103 | 45 | 19 | 0 | 1.23 | |
Tim Keefe | 1886 | 64 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 535.0 | 479 | 152 | 102 | 297 | 42 | 20 | 0 | 2.56 | |
Toad Ramsey | 1887 | 65 | 64 | 61 | 0 | 561.0 | 544 | 214 | 167 | 355 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 3.43 | |
PLAYER | YR | G | GS | CG | SH | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | |
Mickey Welch | 1880 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 4 | 574.0 | 575 | 162 | 80 | 123 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 2.54 | |
Will White | 1883 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 6 | 577.0 | 473 | 134 | 104 | 141 | 43 | 22 | 0 | 2.09 | |
33 | Ed Morris | 1886 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 12 | 555.1 | 455 | 151 | 118 | 326 | 41 | 20 | 1 | 2.45 |
Ed Morris | 1885 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 7 | 581.0 | 459 | 152 | 101 | 298 | 39 | 24 | 0 | 2.35 | |
Amos Rusie | 1890 | 67 | 63 | 56 | 4 | 548.2 | 436 | 156 | 289 | 341 | 29 | 34 | 1 | 2.56 | |
Jim Whitney | 1881 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 552.1 | 548 | 152 | 90 | 162 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 2.48 | |
37 | Will White | 1880 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 3 | 517.1 | 550 | 123 | 56 | 161 | 18 | 42 | 0 | 2.14 |
38 | Jersey Bakely | 1888 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 4 | 532.2 | 518 | 176 | 128 | 212 | 25 | 33 | 0 | 2.97 |
John Coleman | 1883 | 65 | 61 | 59 | 3 | 538.1 | 772 | 291 | 48 | 159 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 4.87 | |
Jim Devlin | 1877 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 4 | 559.0 | 617 | 140 | 41 | 141 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 2.25 | |
PLAYER | YR | G | GS | CG | SH | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | |
Hardie Henderson | 1885 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 0 | 539.1 | 539 | 191 | 117 | 263 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 3.19 | |
Amos Rusie | 1892 | 64 | 61 | 58 | 2 | 532.0 | 405 | 170 | 267 | 288 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 2.88 | |
43 | Al Spalding | 1876 | 61 | 60 | 53 | 8 | 528.2 | 542 | 103 | 26 | 39 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 1.75 |
Bill Sweeney | 1884 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 4 | 538.0 | 522 | 155 | 74 | 374 | 40 | 21 | 0 | 2.59 | |
Larry Corcoran | 1880 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 4 | 536.1 | 404 | 116 | 99 | 268 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 1.95 | |
Jim McCormick | 1879 | 62 | 60 | 59 | 3 | 546.1 | 582 | 147 | 74 | 197 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 2.42 | |
Larry McKeon | 1884 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 2 | 512.0 | 488 | 199 | 94 | 308 | 18 | 41 | 0 | 3.50 | |
John Ward | 1879 | 70 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 587.0 | 571 | 140 | 36 | 239 | 47 | 19 | 1 | 2.15 | |
49 | Billy Taylor | 1884 | 63 | 59 | 59 | 3 | 523.0 | 454 | 122 | 84 | 284 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 2.10 |
Mark Baldwin | 1889 | 63 | 59 | 54 | 6 | 513.2 | 458 | 206 | 274 | 368 | 27 | 34 | 1 | 3.61 |