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Single Season - Pitching (Since 1893) |
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(Pitchers mound was moved to 60 feet 6 inches
in 1893) |
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Active players
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Earned Run Average |
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Wins |
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Rank |
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ERA |
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Rank |
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Wins |
1 |
Dutch Leonard |
1914 |
0.96 |
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Jack Chesbro |
1904 |
41 |
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Mordecai Brown |
1906 |
1.04 |
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Ed Walsh |
1908 |
40 |
3 |
Bob Gibson |
1968 |
1.12 |
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3 |
Christy Mathewson |
1908 |
37 |
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Walter Johnson |
1913 |
1.14 |
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Walter Johnson |
1913 |
36 |
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Christy Mathewson |
1909 |
1.14 |
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4 |
Amos Rusie |
1894 |
36 |
6 |
Jack Pfeister |
1907 |
1.15 |
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Frank Killen |
1893 |
36 |
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Addie Joss |
1908 |
1.16 |
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4 |
Joe McGinnity |
1904 |
36 |
8 |
Carl Lundgren |
1907 |
1.17 |
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4 |
Cy Young |
1895 |
36 |
9 |
Grover Alexander |
1915 |
1.22 |
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9 |
Smokey Joe Wood |
1912 |
34 |
10 |
Cy Young |
1908 |
1.26 |
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9 |
Cy Young |
1893 |
34 |
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Strikeouts |
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Walks |
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Rank |
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Strikeouts |
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Rank |
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Walks |
1 |
Nolan Ryan |
1973 |
383 |
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Amos Rusie |
1893 |
218 |
2 |
Sandy Koufax |
1965 |
382 |
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2 |
Cy Seymour |
1898 |
213 |
3 |
Randy Johnson |
2001 |
372 |
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3 |
Bob Feller |
1938 |
208 |
4 |
Nolan Ryan |
1974 |
367 |
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Nolan Ryan |
1977 |
204 |
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Randy Johnson |
1999 |
364 |
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Nolan Ryan |
1974 |
202 |
6 |
Rube Waddell |
1904 |
349 |
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Bob Feller |
1941 |
194 |
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Bob Feller |
1946 |
348 |
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7 |
Bob Newsom |
1938 |
192 |
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Randy Johnson |
2000 |
347 |
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Ted Breitenstein |
1894 |
191 |
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Nolan Ryan |
1977 |
341 |
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Tony Mullane |
1893 |
189 |
10 |
Randy Johnson |
2002 |
334 |
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Sam Jones |
1955 |
185 |
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Shutouts |
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Losses |
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Rank |
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SHO |
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Losses |
1 |
Grover Alexander |
1916 |
16 |
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Red Donahue |
1897 |
35 |
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Jack Coombs |
1910 |
13 |
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Old Hoss Radbourn |
1896 |
31 |
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Bob Gibson |
1968 |
13 |
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Ted Breitenstein |
1895 |
30 |
4 |
Grover Alexander |
1915 |
12 |
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Bill Hart |
1896 |
29 |
5 |
Dean Chance |
1964 |
11 |
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Vic Willis |
1905 |
29 |
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Walter Johnson |
1913 |
11 |
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Jack Taylor |
1898 |
29 |
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Sandy Koufax |
1963 |
11 |
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Duke Esper |
1893 |
28 |
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Christy Mathewson |
1908 |
11 |
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Bill Hill |
1896 |
28 |
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Ed Walsh |
1908 |
11 |
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George Bell |
1910 |
27 |
10 |
Mort Cooper |
1942 |
10 |
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Paul Derringer |
1933 |
27 |
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Winning Percentage |
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Saves |
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Rank |
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Win Pct |
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Rank |
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Saves |
1 |
Roy Face |
1959 |
0.947 |
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Francisco Rodriguez |
2008 |
62 |
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Tony Gonsolin |
2022 |
0.941 |
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2 |
Bobby Thigpen |
1990 |
57 |
3 |
Rick Sutcliffe |
1984 |
0.941 |
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Edwin Diaz |
2018 |
57 |
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Johnny Allen |
1937 |
0.938 |
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John Smoltz |
2002 |
55 |
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Phil Regan |
1966 |
0.933 |
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Eric Gagne* |
2003 |
55 |
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Greg Maddux |
1995 |
0.905 |
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Mariano Rivera |
2004 |
53 |
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Randy Johnson |
1995 |
0.900 |
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Trevor Hoffman |
1998 |
53 |
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Ron Guidry |
1978 |
0.893 |
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Randy Myers |
1993 |
53 |
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Freddie Fitzsimmons |
1940 |
0.889 |
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Eric Gagne* |
2002 |
52 |
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Shane Bieber |
2020 |
0.889 |
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10 |
Rod Beck |
1998 |
51 |
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10 |
Dennis Eckersley |
1992 |
51 |
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Jim Johnson |
2012 |
51 |
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Jeurys Familia |
2016 |
51 |
* - Denotes
suspected steroid use |
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Mark Melancon |
2015 |
51 |
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