Major League Baseball Records
Career Leaders - Pitching
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	Earned Run Avg				Wins				Strikeouts
Rank	Name	ERA		Rank	Name	Wins		Rank	Name	Strikeouts
1	Ed Walsh	1.82		1	Cy Young	511		1	Nolan Ryan	5714
2	Addie Jones	1.89		2	Walter Johnson	417		2	Randy Johnson	4875
3	Jim Devlin	1.90		3	Grover Alexander	373		3	Roger Clemens*	4672
4	Jack Pfiester	2.02		3	Christy Mathewson	373		4	Steve Carlton	4136
5	Joe Wood	2.03		5	Pud Galvin	365		5	Bert Blyleven	3701
6	Mordecai Brown	2.06		6	Warren Spahn	363		6	Tom Seaver	3640
7	Monte Ward	2.10		7	Kid Nichols	361		7	Don Sutton	3574
8	Christy Mathewson	2.13		8	Greg Maddux	355		8	Gaylord Perry	3534
8	Al Spalding	2.13		9	Roger Clemens*	354		9	Walter Johnson	3509
10	Tommy Bond	2.14		10	Tim Keefe	342		10	Justin Verlander	3416
43	Clayton Kershaw	2.50		41	Justin Verlander	262		11	Max Scherzer	3407
46	Jacob deGrom	2.52		87	Max Scherzer	216		21	Clayton Kershaw	2968
	Complete Games				Walks				Shutouts
Rank	Name	CG		Rank	Name	Walks		Rank	Name	SHO
1	Cy Young	749		1	Nolan Ryan	2795		1	Walter Johnson	110
2	Pud Galvin	636		2	Steve Carlton	1833		2	Grover Alexander	90
3	Tim Keefe	554		3	Phil Niekro	1809		3	Christy Mathewson	79
4	Walter Johnson	531		4	Early Wynn	1775		4	Cy Young	76
4	Kid Nichols	531		5	Bob Feller	1764		5	Eddie Plank	69
6	Mickey Walsh	525		6	Bobo Newson	1732		6	Warren Spahn	63
6	Bobby Mathews	525		7	Amos Rusie	1707		7	Tom Seaver	61
8	Old Hoss Redbourn	489		8	Charlie Hough	1665		7	Nolan Ryan	61
9	John Clarkson	485		9	Roger Clemens*	1580		9	Bert Blyleven	60
10	Tony Mullane	468		10	Gus Weheying	1566		10	Don Sutton	58
1000+	No One In Top 1000	XXXX		135	Justin Verlander	952		393	Clayton Kershaw	15
	Losses				Winning Percentage				Saves
Rank	Name	Losses		Rank	Name	Win Pct		Rank	Name	Saves
1	Cy Young	316		1	Al Spalding	0.795		1	Mariano Rivera	652
2	Pud Galvin	308		2	Ray Brown	0.721		2	Trevor Hoffman	601
3	Nolan Ryan	292		3	Spud Chandler	0.717		3	Lee Smith	478
4	Walter Johnson	279		4	Bullet Rogan	0.698		4	Kenley Jansen	447
5	Phil Niekro	274		5	Clayton Kershaw	0.693		5	Craig Kimbrel	440
6	Gaylord Perry	265		6	Whitey Ford	0.690		6	Francisco Rodriguez	437
7	Don Sutton	256		6	Dave Foutz	0.690		7	John Franco	424
8	Jack Powell	254		8	Bob Caruthers	0.688		8	Billy Wagner	422
9	Eppe Rixey	251		9	William Bell	0.687		9	Dennis Eckersley	390
10	Bert Blyleven	250		10	Pedro Martinez	0.687		10	Joe Nathan	377
177	Justin Verlander	147		17	Max Fried	0.670		16	Aroldis Chapman	335
								44	Edwin Diaz	225
	Innings Pitched
Rank	Name	IP
1	Cy Young	7356.0
2	Pud Galvin	6003.1
3	Walter Johnson	5914.1
4	Phil Niekro	5404.0
5	Nolan Ryan	5386.0
6	Gaylord Perry	5350.0
7	Don Sutton	5282.1
8	Warren Spahn	5243.2
9	Steve Carlton	5217.2
10	Grover Alexander	5190.0
83	Justin Verlander	3415.2
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Last Updated 10/13/24
(Players with * denote suspected steroid use)