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Pitchers could no longer throw 400 innings in a season, as the home run meant a run could be scored at any time. The league leader in innings pitched often threw somewhat more than 300 innings. Occasionally, innings pitched would spike, as in the early 1970s, when Wilbur Wood pitched 376 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings in 1972 and then 359 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings ...
Minimum 35 innings pitched # Player Team(s) ERA IP; 1 Mariano Rivera: New York Yankees: 0.70 141 2 Andrew Miller: Baltimore Orioles New York Yankees Cleveland Indians St. Louis Cardinals: 0.93 38 + 2 ⁄ 3: 3 Sandy Koufax: Los Angeles Dodgers: 0.95 57 4 Christy Mathewson: New York Giants: 0.97 101 + 2 ⁄ 3: 5 Monte Pearson: New York Yankees: 1 ...
K/9 (or SO/9) – Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched: strikeouts times nine divided by innings pitched; K/BB (or SO/BB) – Strikeout-to-walk ratio: number of strikeouts divided by number of base on balls; L – Loss: number of games where pitcher was pitching while the opposing team took the lead, never lost the lead, and went on to win
The most innings pitched in a live-ball season (since 1920) was Wilbur Wood's 376 2 ⁄ 3 innings in 1972. [41] No pitcher has even thrown half of White's record total for innings in a season since Phil Niekro in 1979, with 342. The most recent 300-inning season was by Steve Carlton the following year, with 304.
Most innings pitched Will White: 680 1879: Most complete games Will White 75 1879: Lowest WHIP Hilton Smith.6176 1944: Most saves Francisco Rodríguez: 62 2008: Highest win/loss percentage Roy Face: 94.7% 1959: Most hits allowed John Coleman 772 1883: Most earned runs allowed John Coleman 291 1883: Fastest pitch thrown Aroldis Chapman: 105.8 ...
In baseball, earned run average (ERA) is a statistic used to evaluate pitchers, calculated as the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. A pitcher is men by a baserunner who reached base while batting against that pitcher, whether by hit, base on balls or "walk", or being hit by a pitched ball; [1] an earned run can be charged after the pitcher is relieved if he ...
Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: Troy Percival (6.03) Walks per 9 Innings Pitched: Bert Blyleven (1.74) Strikeouts per 9 Innings Pitched: Francisco Rodríguez (11.74) Games: Troy Percival (579) Saves: Troy Percival ; Innings: Chuck Finley (2,675) Strikeouts: Nolan Ryan (2,416) Games Started: Chuck Finley (379) Complete Games: Nolan Ryan (156)
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season.