MLB Baseball Career Pitching Leaders - Major League Baseball

MLB Single-Season Pitching Leaders

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Single-Season Pitching Leaders - Hits Allowed
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
1	John Coleman	1883	65	61	59	3	538.1	772	291	48	159	12	48	0	4.87
2	Bobby Mathews	1876	56	56	55	2	516.0	693	164	24	37	21	34	0	2.86
3	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
5	Jim Devlin	1877	61	61	61	4	559.0	617	140	41	141	35	25	0	2.25
6	George Bradley	1879	54	54	53	3	487.0	590	154	26	133	13	40	0	2.85
7	John Clarkson	1889	73	72	68	8	620.0	589	188	203	284	49	19	1	2.73
8	Pud Galvin	1879	66	66	65	6	593.0	585	150	31	136	37	27	0	2.28
	Matt Kilroy	1887	69	69	66	6	589.1	585	201	157	217	46	19	0	3.07
	Jim McCormick	1880	74	74	72	7	657.2	585	135	75	260	45	28	0	1.85
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
11	Jim McCormick	1879	62	60	59	3	546.1	582	147	74	197	20	40	0	2.42
12	Mickey Welch	1880	65	64	64	4	574.0	575	162	80	123	34	30	0	2.54
13	Bill Hutchison	1892	75	71	67	5	627.0	572	191	187	316	37	36	0	2.74
14	Tommy Bond	1878	59	59	57	9	532.2	571	122	33	182	40	19	0	2.06
	John Ward	1879	70	60	58	2	587.0	571	140	36	239	47	19	1	2.15
16	Jim Devlin	1876	68	68	66	5	622.0	566	108	37	122	30	35	0	1.56
	Pud Galvin	1884	72	72	71	12	636.1	566	141	63	369	46	22	0	1.99
18	Charles Radbourn	1883	76	68	66	4	632.1	563	144	56	315	48	25	1	2.05
19	Tommy Bond	1880	63	57	49	3	493.0	559	146	45	118	26	29	0	2.67
20	Al Mays	1887	52	52	50	0	441.1	551	232	136	124	17	34	0	4.73
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
21	Jim McCormick	1882	68	67	65	4	595.2	550	157	103	200	36	30	0	2.37
	Will White	1880	62	62	58	3	517.1	550	123	56	161	18	42	0	2.14
23	Stump Wiedman	1886	51	51	48	1	427.2	549	214	112	168	12	36	0	4.50
24	Jim Whitney	1881	66	63	57	6	552.1	548	152	90	162	31	33	0	2.48
25	Lee Richmond	1881	53	52	50	3	462.1	547	174	68	156	25	26	0	3.39
26	Pud Galvin	1881	56	53	48	5	474.0	546	125	46	136	28	24	0	2.37
	Frank Mountain	1883	59	59	57	4	503.0	546	201	123	159	26	33	0	3.60
28	Toad Ramsey	1887	65	64	61	0	561.0	544	214	167	355	37	27	0	3.43
29	Tommy Bond	1879	64	64	59	11	555.1	543	121	24	155	43	19	0	1.96
30	Al Spalding	1876	61	60	53	8	528.2	542	103	26	39	47	12	0	1.75
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
31	Billy Crowell	1887	45	45	45	1	389.1	541	211	138	72	14	31	0	4.88
	Lee Richmond	1880	74	66	57	5	590.2	541	141	74	243	32	32	3	2.15
33	Hardie Henderson	1885	61	61	59	0	539.1	539	191	117	263	25	35	0	3.19
34	Tommy Bond	1877	58	58	58	6	521.0	530	122	36	170	40	17	0	2.11
35	Pud Galvin	1880	58	54	46	5	458.2	528	138	32	128	20	35	0	2.71
	Charles Radbourn	1884	75	73	73	11	678.2	528	104	98	441	59	12	1	1.38
	Mickey Welch	1884	65	65	62	4	557.1	528	155	146	345	39	21	0	2.50
38	Henry Porter	1888	55	54	53	4	474.0	527	219	120	145	18	37	0	4.16
39	Phenomenal Smith	1887	58	55	54	1	491.1	526	207	176	206	25	30	0	3.79
	Guy Hecker	1884	75	73	72	6	670.2	526	134	56	385	52	20	0	1.80
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
41	Lee Richmond	1882	48	46	44	0	411.0	525	171	88	123	14	33	0	3.74
42	Bill Sweeney	1884	62	60	58	4	538.0	522	155	74	374	40	21	0	2.59
43	Charles Radbourn	1886	58	58	57	3	509.1	521	170	111	218	27	31	0	3.00
44	Jersey Bakely	1888	61	61	60	4	532.2	518	176	128	212	25	33	0	2.97
	Ed Beatin	1890	54	54	53	1	474.1	518	202	186	155	22	30	0	3.83
46	Harry McCormick	1879	54	54	49	5	457.1	517	152	31	96	18	33	0	2.99
47	Terry Larkin	1879	58	58	57	4	513.1	514	139	30	142	31	23	0	2.44
	Mickey Welch	1886	59	59	56	1	500.0	514	166	163	272	33	22	0	2.99
49	Kid Carsey	1891	54	53	46	1	415.0	513	230	161	174	14	37	0	4.99
	John Clarkson	1887	60	59	56	2	523.0	513	179	92	237	38	21	0	3.08

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