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 - Strikeouts
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
1	Matt Kilroy	1886	68	68	66	5	583.0	476	218	182	513	29	34	0	3.37
2	Toad Ramsey	1886	67	67	66	3	588.2	447	160	207	499	38	27	0	2.45
3	Hugh Daily	1884	58	58	56	5	500.2	446	135	72	483	28	28	0	2.43
4	Dupee Shaw	1884	67	66	60	5	543.1	446	139	109	451	30	33	0	2.30
5	Charles Radbourn	1884	75	73	73	11	678.2	528	104	98	441	59	12	1	1.38
6	Charlie Buffinton	1884	67	67	63	8	587.0	506	140	76	417	48	16	0	2.15
7	Guy Hecker	1884	75	73	72	6	670.2	526	134	56	385	52	20	0	1.80
8	Nolan Ryan	1973	41	39	26	4	326.0	238	104	162	383	21	16	1	2.87
9	Sandy Koufax	1965	43	41	27	8	335.2	216	76	71	382	26	8	2	2.04
10	Bill Sweeney	1884	62	60	58	4	538.0	522	155	74	374	40	21	0	2.59
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
11	Randy Johnson	2001	35	34	3	2	249.2	181	69	71	372	21	6	0	2.49
12	Pud Galvin	1884	72	72	71	12	636.1	566	141	63	369	46	22	0	1.99
13	Mark Baldwin	1889	63	59	54	6	513.2	458	206	274	368	27	34	1	3.61
14	Nolan Ryan	1974	42	41	26	3	333.0	221	107	202	367	22	16	0	2.89
15	Randy Johnson	1999	35	35	12	2	271.2	207	75	70	364	17	9	0	2.48
16	Tim Keefe	1883	68	68	68	5	619.0	486	166	98	361	41	27	0	2.41
17	Toad Ramsey	1887	65	64	61	0	561.0	544	214	167	355	37	27	0	3.43
18	Rube Waddell	1904	46	46	39	8	383.0	307	69	91	349	25	19	0	1.62
19	Bob Feller	1946	48	42	36	10	371.1	277	90	153	348	26	15	4	2.18
20	Randy Johnson	2000	35	35	8	3	248.2	202	73	76	347	19	7	0	2.64
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
21	Hardie Henderson	1884	52	52	50	4	439.1	382	128	116	346	27	23	0	2.62
22	Mickey Welch	1884	65	65	62	4	557.1	528	155	146	345	39	21	0	2.50
	Jim Whitney	1883	62	56	54	1	514.0	492	128	35	345	37	21	2	2.24
24	Jim McCormick	1884	66	65	63	10	569.0	508	150	89	343	40	25	0	2.37
25	Nolan Ryan	1977	37	37	22	4	299.0	198	92	204	341	19	16	0	2.77
	Amos Rusie	1890	67	63	56	4	548.2	436	156	289	341	29	34	1	2.56
27	Charlie Sweeney	1884	60	56	53	6	492.0	360	93	42	337	41	15	1	1.70
	Amos Rusie	1891	61	57	52	6	500.1	391	142	262	337	33	20	1	2.55
29	Tim Keefe	1888	51	51	48	8	434.1	317	84	90	335	35	12	0	1.74
30	Randy Johnson	2002	35	35	8	4	260.0	197	67	71	334	24	5	0	2.32
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
31	Nolan Ryan	1972	39	39	20	9	284.0	166	72	157	329	19	16	0	2.28
	Randy Johnson	1998	34	34	10	6	244.1	203	89	86	329	19	11	0	3.28
33	Nolan Ryan	1976	39	39	21	7	284.0	193	106	183	327	17	18	0	3.36
34	Ed Morris	1886	64	63	63	12	555.1	455	151	118	326	41	20	1	2.45
	Gerrit Cole	2019	33	33	0	0	212.1	142	59	48	326	20	5	0	2.50
36	Sam McDowell	1965	42	35	14	3	273.0	178	66	132	325	17	11	4	2.18
	Tony Mullane	1884	67	65	64	7	567.0	481	159	89	325	36	26	0	2.52
38	Lady Baldwin	1886	56	56	55	7	487.0	371	121	100	323	42	13	0	2.24
39	Curt Schilling	1997	35	35	7	2	254.1	208	84	58	319	17	11	0	2.97
40	Tim Keefe	1884	57	57	56	4	482.2	378	121	75	317	37	17	0	2.26
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	Sandy Koufax	1966	41	41	27	5	323.0	241	62	77	317	27	9	0	1.73
42	Curt Schilling	2002	36	35	5	1	259.1	218	93	33	316	23	7	0	3.23
	Bill Hutchison	1892	75	71	67	5	627.0	572	191	187	316	37	36	0	2.74
44	Charles Radbourn	1883	76	68	66	4	632.1	563	144	56	315	48	25	1	2.05
45	J.R. Richard	1979	38	38	19	4	292.1	220	88	98	313	18	13	0	2.71
	Pedro Martinez	1999	31	29	5	1	213.1	160	49	37	313	23	4	0	2.07
	John Clarkson	1886	55	55	50	3	466.2	419	125	86	313	36	17	0	2.41
	Walter Johnson	1910	45	42	38	8	370.0	262	56	76	313	25	17	1	1.36
49	Steve Carlton	1972	41	41	30	8	346.1	257	76	87	310	27	10	0	1.97
50	Randy Johnson	1993	35	34	10	3	255.1	185	92	99	308	19	8	1	3.24

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