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Cnt Player **ERA ** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Lefty Grove 148 3940.2 1925 1941 25-41 616 457 298 35 123 300 141 .680 55 3849 1594 1339 1187 2266 3.06 162 16633 42 1 51 PHA-BOS 2 Walter Johnson 147 5914.2 1907 1927 19-39 802 666 531 110 129 417 279 .599 34 4913 1902 1424 1363 3509 2.17 97 23749 203 4 155 WSH 3 Hoyt Wilhelm 146 2254.1 1952 1972 29-49 1070 52 20 5 651 143 122 .540 227 1757 773 632 778 1610 2.52 150 9164 61 62 4 90 NYG-TOT-BAL-CHW-LAD 4 Ed Walsh 146 2964.1 1904 1917 23-36 430 315 250 57 102 195 126 .607 34 2346 877 598 617 1736 1.82 23 11713 54 14 84 CHW-BSN 5 Addie Joss 142 2327 1902 1910 22-30 286 260 234 45 22 160 97 .623 5 1888 729 488 364 920 1.89 19 9209 60 2 28 CLE 6 Al Spalding 142 2890.2 1871 1877 20-26 347 327 281 24 3 253 65 .796 11 3271 1791 686 156 142 2.14 15 2272 2 1 BOS-CHC 7 Kid Nichols 140 5056.1 1890 1906 20-36 620 561 531 48 56 361 208 .634 17 4912 2477 1660 1268 1868 2.95 156 21243 133 1 169 BSN-STL-TOT-PHI 8 Mordecai Brown 138 3172.1 1903 1916 26-39 481 332 271 55 138 239 130 .648 49 2708 1044 725 673 1375 2.06 43 12642 63 4 59 STL-CHC-CIN-TOT-CHI 9 Cy Young 138 7354.2 1890 1911 23-44 906 815 749 76 84 511 316 .618 17 7092 3167 2147 1217 2803 2.63 138 30058 163 3 156 CLV-STL-BOS-CLE-TOT 10 Bruce Sutter 136 1042.1 1976 1988 23-35 661 0 0 0 512 68 71 .489 300 879 370 328 309 861 2.83 77 4251 83 13 8 37 CHC-STL-ATL 11 Christy Mathewson 135 4780.2 1900 1916 19-35 635 551 434 79 74 373 188 .665 28 4218 1616 1133 844 2502 2.13 91 19136 59 6 114 NYG-TOT 12 Pete Alexander 135 5190 1911 1930 24-43 696 599 437 90 80 373 208 .642 32 4868 1851 1476 951 2198 2.56 164 20928 70 1 39 PHI-CHC-TOT-STL-PHI 13 Rube Waddell 135 2961.1 1897 1910 20-33 407 340 261 50 53 193 143 .574 5 2460 1063 711 803 2316 2.16 37 12101 117 4 77 LOU-PIT-TOT-PHA-SLB 14 John Clarkson 134 4536.1 1882 1894 20-32 531 518 485 37 12 328 178 .648 5 4295 2376 1417 1191 1978 2.81 161 11954 35 0 182 WOR-CHC-BSN-TOT-CLV 15 Whitey Ford 133 3170.1 1950 1967 21-38 498 438 156 45 35 236 106 .690 10 2766 1107 967 1086 1956 2.75 228 13036 44 28 5 75 NYY 16 Sandy Koufax 131 2324.1 1955 1966 19-30 397 314 137 40 44 165 87 .655 9 1754 806 713 817 2396 2.76 204 9497 48 18 7 87 BRO-LAD 17 Dizzy Dean 130 1967.1 1930 1947 20-37 317 230 154 26 76 150 83 .644 30 1919 774 661 453 1163 3.02 95 8171 27 5 12 STL-CHC-SLB 18 Hal Newhouser 130 2993 1939 1955 18-34 488 374 212 33 79 207 150 .580 26 2674 1197 1016 1249 1796 3.06 137 12648 1 19 7 65 DET-CLE 19 Carl Hubbell 130 3590.1 1928 1943 25-40 535 431 260 36 82 253 154 .622 33 3461 1380 1188 725 1677 2.98 227 14805 53 1 53 NYG 20 Amos Rusie 129 3769.2 1889 1901 18-30 462 427 392 30 35 245 174 .585 5 3384 2066 1287 1704 1934 3.07 76 1060 29 1 153 IND-NYG-CIN 21 Bob Gibson 127 3884.1 1959 1975 23-39 528 482 255 56 21 251 174 .591 6 3279 1420 1258 1336 3117 2.91 257 16068 118 102 13 108 STL 22 Tom Seaver 127 4782.2 1967 1986 22-41 656 647 231 61 6 311 205 .603 1 3971 1674 1521 1390 3640 2.86 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-NYM-CHW 23 Stan Coveleski 127 3082 1912 1928 22-38 450 385 224 38 52 215 142 .602 21 3055 1237 990 802 981 2.89 66 12746 30 1 35 PHA-CLE-WSH-NYY 24 Tim Keefe 127 5047.2 1880 1893 23-36 600 594 554 39 7 342 225 .603 2 4439 2468 1472 1220 2562 2.62 81 20975 96 0 233 TRO-NYP-NYG-NYI-TOT-PHI 25 Rich Gossage 126 1809.1 1972 1994 20-42 1002 37 16 0 681 124 107 .537 310 1497 670 605 732 1502 3.01 119 7506 90 47 5 63 CHW-PIT-NYY-SDP-CHC-TOT-TEX-OAK-SEA ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **ERA ** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Jim Palmer 126 3948 1965 1984 19-38 558 521 211 53 15 268 152 .638 4 3349 1395 1253 1311 2212 2.86 303 16112 37 38 11 85 BAL 27 Dazzy Vance 125 2966.2 1915 1935 24-44 442 347 216 29 53 197 140 .585 11 2809 1246 1068 840 2045 3.24 132 12369 77 2 37 TOT-NYY-BRO-STL-TOT-BRO 28 Lefty Gomez 125 2503 1930 1943 21-34 368 320 173 28 31 189 102 .649 9 2290 1091 930 1095 1468 3.34 138 10729 19 0 39 NYY-WSH 29 Juan Marichal 123 3507.1 1960 1975 22-37 471 457 244 52 11 243 142 .631 2 3153 1329 1126 709 2303 2.89 320 14236 82 40 20 51 SFG-BOS-LAD 30 Eddie Plank 122 4495.2 1901 1917 25-41 623 529 410 69 74 326 194 .627 23 3958 1569 1174 1072 2246 2.35 41 18225 196 6 87 PHA-SLM-SLB 31 Bob Feller 122 3827 1936 1956 17-37 570 484 279 44 52 266 162 .621 21 3271 1557 1384 1764 2581 3.25 224 16180 6 60 13 75 CLE 32 Babe Ruth 122 1221.1 1914 1933 19-38 163 148 107 17 11 94 46 .671 4 974 398 309 441 488 2.28 10 5006 29 4 25 BOS-NYY 33 Clark Griffith 121 3385.2 1891 1914 21-44 453 372 337 22 78 237 146 .619 6 3670 1852 1246 774 955 3.31 76 1366 102 3 57 TOT-CHC-CHW-NYY-CIN-WSH 34 Don Drysdale 121 3432 1956 1969 19-32 518 465 167 49 34 209 166 .557 6 3084 1292 1124 855 2486 2.95 280 14097 123 154 10 82 BRO-LAD 35 Candy Cummings 120 2149.2 1872 1877 23-28 242 241 233 19 0 145 94 .607 0 2507 1450 595 117 130 2.49 12 1622 0 22 NYU-BAL-PHI-HAR-CIN 36 Joe McGinnity 120 3441.1 1899 1908 28-37 465 381 314 32 73 246 142 .634 24 3276 1438 1016 812 1068 2.66 52 14495 182 4 30 BLN-BRO-BLA-TOT-NYG 37 Rollie Fingers 119 1701.1 1968 1985 21-38 944 37 4 2 709 114 118 .491 341 1474 615 549 492 1299 2.90 123 6942 109 39 7 40 OAK-SDP-MIL 38 Charley Radbourn 119 4535.1 1881 1891 26-36 528 503 489 35 24 309 195 .613 2 4335 2275 1348 875 1830 2.67 117 18910 54 0 217 PRO-BSN-BOS-CIN 39 Bob Lemon 119 2850 1946 1958 25-37 460 350 188 31 73 207 128 .618 22 2559 1185 1024 1251 1277 3.23 181 12099 13 57 2 63 CLE 40 Red Faber 119 4086.2 1914 1933 25-44 669 483 273 29 134 254 213 .544 28 4106 1813 1430 1213 1471 3.15 111 17360 103 2 52 CHW 41 John Ward 119 2461.2 1878 1884 18-24 292 261 244 24 32 164 102 .617 3 2317 1183 575 253 920 2.10 26 10132 0 0 144 PRO-NYG 42 Warren Spahn 118 5243.2 1942 1965 21-44 750 665 382 63 68 363 245 .597 29 4830 2016 1798 1434 2583 3.09 434 21547 60 42 5 81 BSN-MLN-TOT 43 Ted Lyons 118 4161 1923 1946 22-45 594 484 356 27 92 260 230 .531 23 4489 2056 1696 1121 1073 3.67 223 17846 31 6 55 CHW 44 Vic Willis 118 3996 1898 1910 22-34 513 471 388 50 41 249 205 .548 11 3621 1628 1167 1212 1651 2.63 66 12535 157 6 95 BSN-PIT-STL 45 Gaylord Perry 117 5350.1 1962 1983 23-44 777 690 303 53 33 314 265 .542 11 4938 2128 1846 1379 3534 3.11 399 21953 164 108 6 160 SFG-CLE-TOT-TEX-SDP-TOT-ATL-SEA 46 Dennis Eckersley 116 3285.2 1975 1998 20-43 1071 361 100 20 577 197 171 .535 390 3076 1382 1278 738 2401 3.50 347 13534 91 75 16 28 CLE-BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL 47 Phil Niekro 115 5404.1 1964 1987 25-48 864 716 245 45 83 318 274 .537 29 5044 2337 2012 1809 3342 3.35 482 22677 86 123 42 226 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT 48 Steve Carlton 115 5217.1 1965 1988 20-43 741 709 254 55 13 329 244 .574 2 4672 2130 1864 1833 4136 3.22 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 49 Fergie Jenkins 115 4500.2 1965 1983 22-40 664 594 267 49 37 284 226 .557 7 4142 1853 1669 997 3192 3.34 484 18400 116 84 18 62 PHI-TOT-CHC-TEX-BOS-CHC 50 Eppa Rixey 115 4494.2 1912 1933 21-42 692 552 290 37 97 266 251 .515 14 4633 1986 1572 1082 1350 3.15 92 18754 76 10 97 PHI-CIN ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **ERA ** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Jim Bunning 114 3760.1 1955 1971 23-39 591 519 151 40 39 224 184 .549 16 3433 1527 1366 1000 2855 3.27 372 15618 98 160 8 47 DET-PHI-PIT-TOT 52 Mickey Welch 114 4802 1880 1892 20-32 565 549 525 41 15 307 210 .594 4 4587 2556 1447 1297 1850 2.71 106 18186 29 1 274 TRO-NYG 53 Robin Roberts 113 4688.2 1948 1966 21-39 676 609 305 45 49 286 245 .539 25 4582 1962 1774 902 2357 3.41 505 19174 69 54 3 33 PHI-BAL-TOT 54 Chief Bender 112 3017 1903 1925 19-41 459 334 255 40 109 212 127 .625 34 2645 1110 823 712 1711 2.46 40 10124 102 3 72 PHA-BAL-PHI-CHW 55 Waite Hoyt 111 3762.1 1918 1938 18-38 674 423 226 26 175 237 182 .566 52 4037 1780 1500 1003 1206 3.59 154 16123 49 5 39 NYG-BOS-NYY-TOT-PIT-BRO 56 Nolan Ryan 111 5386 1966 1993 19-46 807 773 222 61 13 324 292 .526 3 3923 2178 1911 2795 5714 3.19 321 22575 78 158 33 277 NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX 57 Jack Chesbro 110 2896.2 1899 1909 25-35 392 332 260 35 52 198 132 .600 5 2642 1209 864 690 1265 2.68 39 12013 113 2 62 PIT-NYY-TOT 58 Red Ruffing 109 4344 1924 1947 19-42 624 536 335 45 71 273 225 .548 16 4284 2117 1833 1541 1987 3.80 254 18579 58 7 46 BOS-TOT-NYY-CHW 59 Jesse Haines 108 3208.2 1918 1937 24-43 555 388 208 24 95 210 158 .571 10 3460 1556 1298 871 981 3.64 165 13644 57 6 55 CIN-STL 60 Don Sutton 108 5282.1 1966 1988 21-43 774 756 178 58 12 324 256 .559 5 4692 2104 1914 1343 3574 3.26 472 21631 102 82 21 112 LAD-HOU-TOT-MIL-CAL-LAD 61 Burleigh Grimes 107 4180 1916 1934 22-40 616 497 314 35 94 270 212 .560 18 4412 2048 1638 1295 1512 3.53 148 17959 97 12 92 PIT-BRO-NYG-PIT-TOT-STL-CHC-TOT 62 Pud Galvin 107 6003.1 1875 1892 18-35 705 689 646 57 17 364 310 .540 2 6405 3355 1910 745 1806 2.86 122 25234 57 1 223 STL-BUF-TOT-PIT-PBB-TOT 63 Early Wynn 107 4564 1939 1963 19-43 691 612 290 49 66 300 244 .551 15 4291 2037 1796 1775 2334 3.54 338 19408 36 64 2 51 WSH-CLE-CHW 64 Herb Pennock 106 3571.2 1912 1934 18-40 617 420 247 35 133 240 162 .597 32 3900 1692 1428 916 1227 3.60 128 15154 36 6 65 PHA-TOT-BOS-NYY 65 Catfish Hunter 104 3449.1 1965 1979 19-33 500 476 181 42 6 224 166 .574 1 2958 1380 1248 954 2012 3.26 374 14032 57 49 7 49 KCA-OAK-NYY 66 Rube Marquard 103 3306.2 1908 1925 21-38 536 403 197 30 83 201 177 .532 19 3233 1443 1130 858 1593 3.08 107 13657 39 5 81 NYG-TOT-BRO-CIN-BSN Seasons/Careers found: 66.
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