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 - Innings Pitched
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
1	Will White	1879	76	75	75	4	680.0	676	150	68	232	43	31	0	1.99
2	Charles Radbourn	1884	75	73	73	11	678.2	528	104	98	441	59	12	1	1.38
3	Guy Hecker	1884	75	73	72	6	670.2	526	134	56	385	52	20	0	1.80
4	Jim McCormick	1880	74	74	72	7	657.2	585	135	75	260	45	28	0	1.85
5	Pud Galvin	1883	76	75	72	5	656.1	676	198	50	279	46	29	0	2.72
6	Pud Galvin	1884	72	72	71	12	636.1	566	141	63	369	46	22	0	1.99
7	Charles Radbourn	1883	76	68	66	4	632.1	563	144	56	315	48	25	1	2.05
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	Jim Devlin	1876	68	68	66	5	622.0	566	108	37	122	30	35	0	1.56
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
11	John Clarkson	1889	73	72	68	8	620.0	589	188	203	284	49	19	1	2.73
12	Tim Keefe	1883	68	68	68	5	619.0	486	166	98	361	41	27	0	2.41
13	Bill Hutchison	1890	71	66	65	5	603.0	505	181	199	289	42	25	2	2.70
14	Jim McCormick	1882	68	67	65	4	595.2	550	157	103	200	36	30	0	2.37
15	John Ward	1880	70	67	59	8	595.0	501	115	45	230	39	24	1	1.74
16	Pud Galvin	1879	66	66	65	6	593.0	585	150	31	136	37	27	0	2.28
17	Lee Richmond	1880	74	66	57	5	590.2	541	141	74	243	32	32	3	2.15
18	Matt Kilroy	1887	69	69	66	6	589.1	585	201	157	217	46	19	0	3.07
19	Toad Ramsey	1886	67	67	66	3	588.2	447	160	207	499	38	27	0	2.45
20	Charlie Buffinton	1884	67	67	63	8	587.0	506	140	76	417	48	16	0	2.15
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	John Ward	1879	70	60	58	2	587.0	571	140	36	239	47	19	1	2.15
22	Silver King	1888	66	65	64	6	585.2	437	107	76	258	45	21	0	1.64
23	Matt Kilroy	1886	68	68	66	5	583.0	476	218	182	513	29	34	0	3.37
24	Ed Morris	1885	63	63	63	7	581.0	459	152	101	298	39	24	0	2.35
25	Will White	1883	65	64	64	6	577.0	473	134	104	141	43	22	0	2.09
26	Mickey Welch	1880	65	64	64	4	574.0	575	162	80	123	34	30	0	2.54
27	George Bradley	1876	64	64	63	16	573.0	470	78	38	103	45	19	0	1.23
28	Jim McCormick	1884	66	65	63	10	569.0	508	150	89	343	40	25	0	2.37
29	Tony Mullane	1884	67	65	64	7	567.0	481	159	89	325	36	26	0	2.52
30	Bill Hutchison	1891	66	58	56	4	561.0	508	175	178	261	44	19	1	2.81
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	Toad Ramsey	1887	65	64	61	0	561.0	544	214	167	355	37	27	0	3.43
32	Jim Devlin	1877	61	61	61	4	559.0	617	140	41	141	35	25	0	2.25
33	Mickey Welch	1884	65	65	62	4	557.1	528	155	146	345	39	21	0	2.50
34	Tommy Bond	1879	64	64	59	11	555.1	543	121	24	155	43	19	0	1.96
	Ed Morris	1886	64	63	63	12	555.1	455	151	118	326	41	20	1	2.45
36	Jim Whitney	1881	66	63	57	6	552.1	548	152	90	162	31	33	0	2.48
37	Amos Rusie	1890	67	63	56	4	548.2	436	156	289	341	29	34	1	2.56
38	Jim McCormick	1879	62	60	59	3	546.1	582	147	74	197	20	40	0	2.42
39	Dupee Shaw	1884	67	66	60	5	543.1	446	139	109	451	30	33	0	2.30
40	Hardie Henderson	1885	61	61	59	0	539.1	539	191	117	263	25	35	0	3.19
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
41	John Coleman	1883	65	61	59	3	538.1	772	291	48	159	12	48	0	4.87
42	Bill Sweeney	1884	62	60	58	4	538.0	522	155	74	374	40	21	0	2.59
43	Larry Corcoran	1880	63	60	57	4	536.1	404	116	99	268	43	14	2	1.95
44	Tim Keefe	1886	64	64	62	2	535.0	479	152	102	297	42	20	0	2.56
45	Jersey Bakely	1888	61	61	60	4	532.2	518	176	128	212	25	33	0	2.97
	Tommy Bond	1878	59	59	57	9	532.2	571	122	33	182	40	19	0	2.06
47	Amos Rusie	1892	64	61	58	2	532.0	405	170	267	288	31	31	0	2.88
48	Tony Mullane	1886	63	56	55	1	529.2	501	218	166	250	33	27	0	3.70
49	Al Spalding	1876	61	60	53	8	528.2	542	103	26	39	47	12	0	1.75
50	Jim McCormick	1881	59	58	57	2	526.0	484	143	84	178	26	30	0	2.45

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