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Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins. This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins.In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead.
This is a list of the top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers who have accumulated the most innings pitched of all time. Cy Young is the all-time leader in innings pitched with 7,356, and the only pitcher to throw more than 7,000 innings. Pud Gavin is the only other pitcher in MLB history to throw more than 6,000 innings.
List of Major League Baseball career at bat leaders; List of Major League Baseball career singles leaders; List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders; List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders; List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and failure on the part of the batter. Nolan Ryan [1] [2] [3] has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters.
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
Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league with the most wins each season. In baseball, wins are a statistic used to evaluate pitchers. Credit for a win is given by the official scorer to the pitcher whose team takes and maintains the lead while he is the pitcher of record. If a game is tied or if the lead changes to ...
Mariano Rivera holds the American League record, as well as the record for right-handed pitchers. Hoyt Wilhelm held the major league record for 30 years. Cy Young held the major league record for 63 years. Walter Johnson held the American League record for 61 years. Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
In baseball statistics, a pitcher is credited with a game started (denoted by GS) if he is the first pitcher to pitch for his team in a game. Cy Young [1] [2] [3] holds the Major League Baseball games started record with 815. Young is the only pitcher in MLB history to start more than 800 career games.