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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Major League All-Time Pitching
Records
(through 2007)
- Most Games Won—511, Cy Young, Cleveland N.L., 1890–98,
St. Louis N.L., 1899–1900, Boston A.L., 1901–08, Cleveland
A.L., 1909–11, Boston N.L., 1911.
- Most Games Won, Season—54, Al Spalding, Boston N.A., 1875.
(Since 1900—41, Jack Chesbro, New York A.L., 1904).
- Most Consecutive Games Won—24, Carl Hubbell, New York N.L.,
1936 (16) and 1937 (8).
- Most Consecutive Games Won, Season—19, Tim Keefe, New York
N.L., 1888; Rube Marquard, New York N.L., 1912.
- Most Years Won 20 or More Games—16, Cy Young, Cleveland N.L.,
1891–98, St. Louis N.L., 1899–1900, Boston A.L.,
1901–04, 1907–08.
- Most Shutouts—110, Walter Johnson, Washington A.L.,
1907–27.
- Most Shutouts, Season—16, Grover Alexander, Philadelphia N.L.,
1916.
- Most Consecutive Shutouts—6, Sam Leever, Pittsburgh, N.L.,
1903; Don Drysdale, Los Angeles N.L., 1968.
- Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings—59, Orel Hershiser, Los
Angeles Dodgers, 1988.
- Most Strikeouts—5,714, Nolan Ryan, New York N.L., California
A.L., Houston N.L., 1968–1988 Texas, 1989–93.
- Most Strikeouts, Season—513, Matthew Kilroy, Baltimore A.A.,
1886. (Since 1900—383, Nolan Ryan, California A.L., 1973).
- Most Strikeouts, Game—21, Tom Cheney, Washington A.L., 1962,
16 innings. 20, Roger Clemens, Boston A.L., 1986, nine innings; Kerry
Wood, Chicago N.L., 1998, nine innings.
- Most Consecutive Strikeouts—10, Tom Seaver, New York N.L. vs.
San Diego, April 22, 1970.
- Most Games, Season—106, Mike Marshall, Los Angeles N.L.,
1974.
- Most Complete Games, Season—75, William White, Cincinnati
N.L., 1879. (Since 1900—48, Jack Chesbro, New York A.L.,
1904).
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