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Stats LLC began tracking pitch counts in 1988, and MLB keeps official data since 1999. The highest pitch count since 1990 is 172, by Tim Wakefield for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Atlanta Braves on April 27, 1993; however, it should be known that Wakefield's primary pitch was the knuckleball, an off-speed pitch. Off-speed pitches are less ...
Rank amongst leaders in career games played. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2025 Gs) Number of games played during the 2025 Major League Baseball season: Throws: Denotes right-handed (R) or left-handed (L) pitcher MLB: Total career games played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame: Bold
Jesse Orosco is the career leader in games pitched among Major League Baseball (MLB) players. In baseball statistics, games pitched (denoted by Games G in tables of only pitching statistics) is the number of games in which a player appears as a pitcher. The statistic is also referred to as appearances, especially to refer to the number of games ...
Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game. New York: Copernicus Books, 2001. ISBN 0-387-98816-5. A book on new statistics for baseball. MLB Record Book by: MLB.com; Alan Schwarz, The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics (New York: St. Martin's, 2005). ISBN 0-312-32223-2.
Cy Young is the all-time leader in complete games with 749 and the only player to complete more than 700 games. Pud Galvin is second all-time with 646 career complete games and the only other player to complete more than 600 games. No active pitcher has yet to even reach 30 career complete games. [2]
Most innings pitched by a relief pitcher in one game. Zip Zabel, 18 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings. June 17, 1915; Fastest recorded pitch thrown by a pitcher in a game. Aroldis Chapman, 105.1 miles per hour (169.1 km/h). September 24, 2010. [23] Slowest recorded pitch thrown by a pitcher in a game. Brock Holt, 30.4 miles per hour (48.9 km/h). August 7, 2021.
From 2004 through 2014, MLB games increased from an average of 2.85 hours to 3.13 hours. [3] This was in spite of decreases in scoring, with MLB teams scoring 4.1 runs per game in 2014, down from 5.14 in 2000. [2] The amount of time a pitcher takes between pitches directly affects pace of play, and varies widely.
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks