Top 10 Pitching





CAREER WINS
Cy Young (1890-1911)  511
Walter Johnson (1907-27)  417
Pete Alexander (1911-30)  373
Christy Mathewson (1900-16)  373
Warren Spahn (1942-65)  363
Pud Galvin (1875-92)  361
Kid Nichols (1890-1906)  361
Tim Keefe (1880-93)  342
Steve Carlton (1965-88)  329
John Clarkson (1882-94)  328

CAREER ERA
Ed Walsh (1904-17)  1.82
Addie Joss (1902-10)  1.89
Mordecai Brown (1903-16)  2.06
John M. Ward (1878-84)  2.10
Christy Mathewson (1900-16)  2.13
Rube Waddell (1897-1910)  2.16
Walter Johnson (1907-27)  2.17
Orval Overall (1905-10, 1913)  2.23
Tommy Bond (1874-84)  2.25
Ed Reulbach (1905-17)  2.28

CAREER SAVES
Lee Smith (1980-97)  478
Trevor Hoffman (1993 - )  436
John Franco (1984 - )  424
Dennis Eckersley (1975-98)  390
Mariano Rivera (1995 - )  379
Jeff Reardon (1979-94)  367
Randy Myers (1985-98)  347
Rollie Fingers (1968-85)  341
John Wetteland (1989-2000)  330
Roberto Hernandez (1991 - ) 324
Troy Percival (1995 - )  324

CAREER STRIKEOUTS
Nolan Ryan (1966-93)  5,714
Roger Clemens (1984 - ) 4,502
Randy Johnson (1988 - ) 4,372
Steve Carlton (1965-88)  4,136
Bert Blyleven (1970-92)  3,701
Tom Seaver (1967-86)  3,640
Don Sutton (1966-88)  3,574
Gaylord Perry (1962-83)  3,534
Walter Johnson (1907-27)  3,509
Phil Niekro (1964-87)  3,342

CAREER SHUTOUTS
Walter Johnson (1907-27)  110
Pete Alexander (1911-30)  90
Christy Mathewson (1900-16)  79
Cy Young (1890-1911)  76
Eddie Plank (1901-17)  69
Warren Spahn (1942-65)  63
Nolan Ryan (1966-93)  61
Tom Seaver (1967-86)  61
Bert Blyleven (1970-92)  60
Don Sutton (1966-88)  58

CAREER COMPLETE GAMES
Cy Young (1890-1911)  749
Pud Galvin (1875-92)  646
Tim Keefe (1880-93)  554
Walter Johnson (1907-27)  531
Kid Nichols (1890-1906)  531
Bobby Mathews (1871-87)  525
Mickey Welch (1880-92)  525
Charley Radbourn (1881-91)  489
John Clarkson (1882-94)  485
Tony Mullane (1881-94)  468

CAREER LOSSES
Cy Young (1890-1911)  316
Pud Galvin (1875-92)  308
Nolan Ryan (1966-93)  292
Walter Johnson (1907-27)  279
Phil Niekro (1964-87)  274
Gaylord Perry (1962-83)  265
Don Sutton (1966-88)  256
Jack Powell (1897-1912)  254
Eppa Rixey (1912-33)  251
Bert Blyleven (1970-92)  250

Kid Nichols



 
Cy Young



The Perfect Games
Lee Richmond
June 12, 1880
WOR 1, CLE 0
John Ward
June 17, 1880
PRO 5, BUF 0
Cy Young
May 5, 1904
BOS 3, PHI 0
Addie Joss
Oct. 2, 1908
CLE 1, CHW 0
Charlie Robertson
April 30, 1922
CHW 2, DET 0
Don Larsen
Oct. 8, 1956
NYY 2, BRO 0
Jim Bunning
June 21, 1964
PHI 6, NYM 0
Sandy Koufax
Sept. 9, 1965
LAD 1, CHC 0
Catfish Hunter
May 8, 1968
OAK 4, MIN 0
Len Barker
May 15, 1981
CLE 3, TOR 0
Mike Witt
Sept. 30, 1984
CAL 1, TEX 0
Tom Browning
Sept. 16, 1988
CIN 1, LAD 0
Dennis Martinez
July 28, 1991
MON 2, LAD 0
Kenny Rogers
July 28, 1994
TEX 4. CAL 0
David Wells
May 17, 1998
NYY 4, MIN 0
David Cone
July 18. 1999
NYY 6, MON 0
Randy Johnson
May 18, 2004
ARI 2, ATL 0
perfect game -- A no-hitter in which no opposing player reaches first base, either by a base hit, base on balls, hit batter, or fielding error; the pitcher or pitchers retire all 27 opposing batters in order.

BUF: Buffalo Bisons
PRO: Providence Grays
WOR: Worchester Brown Stockings



Bob Gibson



Randy Johnson



Pedro Martinez





WINS IN A SEASON
(before 1900)
Charley Radbourne (1884)  59
John Clarkson (1885)  53
Guy Hecker (1884)  52
John Clarkson (1889)  49
Charley Radbourn (1883)  48
Charlie Buffington (1884)  48
Al Spalding (1876)  47
John Ward (1879)  47
Pud Galvin (1883)  46
Pud Galvin (1884)  46
Matt Kilroy (1887)  46

WINS IN A SEASON
(since 1900)
Jack Chesbro (1904)  41
Ed Walsh (1908)  40
Christy Mathewson (1908)  37
Joe McGinnity (1904)  37
Joe Wood (1912)  34
Cy Young (1901)  33
Christy Mathewson (1904)  33
Walter Johnson (1912)  33
Grover Alexander (1916)  33

SINGLE SEASON ERA
Tim Keefe (1880)  .857
Dutch Leonard (1914)  .961
Mordecai Brown (1906)  1.038
Bob Gibson (1968)  1.123
Christy Mathewson (1909)  1.144
Walter Johnson (1913)  1.145
Jack Pfiester (1907)  1.154
Addie Joss (1908)  1.163
Carl Lundgren (1907)  1.174
Denny Driscoll (1882)  1.209

SAVES IN A SEASON
Bobby Thigpen (1990)  57
Eric Gagne (2003)  55
John Smoltz (2002)  55
Trevor Hoffman (1998)  53
Randy Myers (1993)  53
Mariano Rivera (2004)  53
Eric Gagne (2002)  52
Rod Beck (1998)  51
Dennis Eckersley (1992)  51
Mariano Rivera (2001)  50

SO/9IP IN A SEASON
Randy Johnson (2001)  13.41
Pedro Martinez (1999)  13.20
Kerry Wood (1998)  12.58
Randy Johnson (2000)  12.56
Randy Johnson (1995)  12.35
Randy Johnson (1998)  12.30
Randy Johnson (1999)  12.06
Pedro Martinez (2000)  11.78
Randy Johnson (2002)  11.56

STRIKEOUTS IN A SEASON
Matt Killroy (1886)  513
Toad Ramsey (1886)  499
Hugh Daily (1884)  483
Dupee Shaw (1884)  451
Charley Radbourn (1884)  441
Charlie Buffington (1884)  417
Guy Hecker (1884)  385
Nolan Ryan (1973)  383
Sandy Koufax (1965)  382
Bill Sweeney (1884)  374

SO TO WALKS IN A SEASON
Bret Saberhagen (1994)  11.000
Jim Whitney (1884)  10.000
Jim Whitney (1883)  9.857
Curt Schilling (2002)  9.576
George Bradley (1880)  9.000
Pedro Martinez (2000)  8.875
Greg Maddux (1997)  8.850
Henry Boyle (1884)  8.800
Pedro Martinez (1999)  8.459
Ben Sheets (2004)  8.250