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16 decisions or 162 IP required for season rate statistics. 65 decisions or 650 IP required for career rate statistics.
ERA - Single-Season
Rank    Player ERA Year
1.   Kent Peterson 2.05 1960
2.   Warren Spahn 2.07 1953
3.   Charlie Beamon 2.23 1965
4.   Charlie Beamon 2.30 1964
5.   Dick Ruthven 2.54 1981
6.   Joe Presko 2.58 1962
7.   Scott Sanderson 2.64 1981
8.   Scott Sanderson 2.69 1982
9.   Bobby Witt 2.69 1988
10.   Ray Scarborough 2.70 1950
 
ERA - Career
Rank    Player ERA IP
1.   Kent Peterson 2.63 760.7
2.   Warren Spahn 2.73 1098.0
3.   Joe Presko 2.77 1213.0
4.   Danny McDevitt 3.15 1024.7
5.   Charlie Beamon 3.20 1380.3
6.   Dick Ruthven 3.20 772.3
7.   Bobby Witt 3.23 711.3
8.   Kevin Brown 3.31 938.3
9.   Bob Logan 3.42 1150.0
10.   Tippy Martinez 3.65 892.7
 
Wins - Single-Season
Rank    Player W Year
1.   Warren Spahn 28 1954
2.   George Blaeholder 27 1937
  Jack Harshman 27 1954
  Warren Spahn 27 1953
5.   Ted Lyons 26 1934
  Ted Lyons 26 1935
7.   Max Lanier 25 1942
8.   Bob Logan 24 1940
9.   Dave Keefe 23 1932
  George Blaeholder 23 1936
  Bob Logan 23 1942
 
Wins - Career
Rank    Player W IP
1.   George Blaeholder 147 2551.6
2.   Walt Masterson 110 1993.3
3.   Ted Lyons 108 1762.3
4.   Tom Hausman 107 1777.0
5.   Max Lanier 101 1781.3
6.   Hugh Mulcahy 86 1391.0
7.   Joe Krakauskas 85 1267.0
8.   Joe Page 82 1161.0
9.   Bob Logan 81 1150.0
10.   Dave Keefe 79 1326.0
  Scott Sanderson 79 1285.0
 
Losses - Single-Season
Rank    Player L Year
1.   Milt Pappas 27 1968
2.   Bob Friend 25 1966
3.   Milt Pappas 23 1969
4.   Whitey Wilshere 22 1938
  Sam Jones 22 1957
  Bob Shaw 22 1957
  Frank Linzy 22 1975
8.   Dave Keefe 21 1931
  Tiny Bonham 21 1943
  Frank Baumann 21 1969
  Bobby Shantz 21 1957
 
Losses - Career
Rank    Player L IP
1.   George Blaeholder 123 2551.6
2.   Walt Masterson 98 1993.3
3.   Tom Hausman 80 1777.0
4.   Max Lanier 76 1781.3
5.   Charlie Beamon 75 1380.3
  Jesse Orosco 75 909.0
7.   Ted Lyons 74 1762.3
  Frank Baumann 74 1205.7
9.   Hod Lisenbee 70 1205.3
10.   Joe Hoerner 66 1252.0
 
Winning Pct - Single-Season
Rank    Player WPct Year
1.   Joe Page .824 1946
2.   Bill Werle .783 1950
3.   Gene Conley .762 1952
4.   Tom Hausman .760 1980
5.   Joe Presko .759 1962
6.   Ted Lyons .743 1934
7.   Scott Sanderson .741 1982
8.   Kent Peterson .739 1960
9.   Hugh Mulcahy .733 1947
10.   Jack Harshman .730 1954
 
Winning Pct - Career
Rank    Player WPct IP
1.   Bill Werle .698 1000.3
2.   Joe Presko .667 1213.0
3.   Marius Russo .662 608.0
4.   Bob Logan .659 1150.0
5.   Kevin Brown .646 938.3
6.   Jack Harshman .643 857.3
7.   Warren Spahn .640 1098.0
8.   Joe Krakauskas .634 1267.0
9.   Joe Page .626 1161.0
10.   Kent Peterson .616 760.7
 
Saves - Single-Season
Rank    Player SV Year
1.   Jesse Orosco 38 1982
2.   Jesse Orosco 35 1981
3.   Mike Griffin 29 1990
  Dick Littlefield 29 1961
  Jesse Orosco 29 1983
6.   Johnny Humphries 23 1947
  Ed Correa 23 1986
8.   Sparky Lyle 22 1967
  Greg Cadaret 22 1988
10.   Billy Muffett 21 1964
  Sparky Lyle 21 1971
 
Saves - Career
Rank    Player SV IP
1.   Jesse Orosco 124 909.0
2.   Sparky Lyle 92 1045.0
3.   Johnny Humphries 53 377.7
4.   Ron Taylor 52 401.0
5.   Clyde Shoun 51 570.7
6.   Billy Muffett 48 869.6
7.   Sandy Wihtol 32 384.7
  Bill Werle 32 1000.3
9.   Mike Griffin 31 156.7
  Bob Kuzava 31 399.3
 
Games Pitched - Single-Season
Rank    Player G Year
1.   Sparky Lyle 109 1967
2.   Bob Kuzava 103 1955
3.   Sparky Lyle 101 1968
  Russ Kemmerer 101 1963
5.   Russ Kemmerer 96 1962
  Billy Muffett 96 1966
7.   Fred Kipp 93 1966
8.   Charley Schanz 92 1944
9.   Frank Barrett 91 1949
10.   Clyde Shoun 88 1943
 
Games Pitched - Career
Rank    Player G IP
1.   Sparky Lyle 538 1045.0
2.   Billy Muffett 464 869.6
3.   Clyde Shoun 399 570.7
4.   Jesse Orosco 397 909.0
5.   Fred Kipp 364 793.0
6.   George Blaeholder 326 2551.6
7.   Russ Kemmerer 298 890.7
8.   Walt Masterson 292 1993.3
9.   Johnny Humphries 290 377.7
10.   Ed Lopat 266 674.3
 
Games Started - Single-Season
Rank    Player GS Year
1.   George Blaeholder 45 1931
2.   15 players tied 44  
 
Games Started - Career
Rank    Player GS IP
1.   George Blaeholder 314 2551.6
2.   Walt Masterson 253 1993.3
3.   Tom Hausman 250 1777.0
4.   Max Lanier 232 1781.3
5.   Ted Lyons 212 1762.3
6.   Charlie Beamon 200 1380.3
7.   Hugh Mulcahy 178 1391.0
8.   Scott Sanderson 173 1285.0
  Frank Baumann 173 1205.7
10.   Joe Hoerner 171 1252.0
 
Complete Games - Single-Season
Rank    Player CG Year
1.   Warren Spahn 30 1953
2.   George Blaeholder 29 1937
  Dutch Leonard 29 1941
  Ted Lyons 29 1932
5.   Ted Lyons 28 1935
6.   Dutch Leonard 26 1940
  Ted Lyons 26 1933
  Ted Lyons 26 1934
9.   George Blaeholder 25 1930
  Warren Spahn 25 1954
 
Complete Games - Career
Rank    Player CG IP
1.   George Blaeholder 160 2551.6
2.   Ted Lyons 133 1762.3
3.   Walt Masterson 90 1993.3
4.   Dutch Leonard 89 1160.0
5.   Dave Keefe 73 1326.0
6.   Warren Spahn 71 1098.0
7.   Max Lanier 65 1781.3
8.   Bob Logan 54 1150.0
9.   Tiny Bonham 48 888.0
10.   Pete Appleton 47 1069.3
  Hod Lisenbee 47 1205.3
 
Shutouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player SHO Year
1.   Warren Spahn 8 1953
2.   Jim Palmer 5 1973
  Johnny Broaca 5 1943
4.   Jackie Collum 4 1962
  Joe Presko 4 1960
  Ted Lyons 4 1933
  Warren Spahn 4 1960
  Ted Lyons 4 1935
  Walt Masterson 4 1952
10.   13 players tied 3  
 
Shutouts - Career
Rank    Player SHO IP
1.   Ted Lyons 16 1762.3
2.   Warren Spahn 14 1098.0
3.   Walt Masterson 13 1993.3
4.   George Blaeholder 12 2551.6
5.   Charlie Beamon 7 1380.3
  Max Lanier 7 1781.3
  Jim Palmer 7 644.7
8.   Joe Presko 6 1213.0
  Tom Hausman 6 1777.0
  Scott Sanderson 6 1285.0
  John Gelnar 6 689.7
 
Innings Pitched - Single-Season
Rank    Player IP Year
1.   George Blaeholder 387.7 1931
2.   Warren Spahn 378.7 1953
3.   Warren Spahn 376.7 1954
4.   Ted Lyons 371.0 1935
5.   Dutch Leonard 366.3 1941
6.   Ted Lyons 362.0 1936
7.   Hod Lisenbee 356.7 1931
8.   George Blaeholder 353.7 1937
9.   George Blaeholder 351.7 1936
10.   Ted Lyons 350.0 1932
 
Innings Pitched - Career
Rank    Player IP IP
1.   George Blaeholder 2551.6 2551.6
2.   Walt Masterson 1993.3 1993.3
3.   Max Lanier 1781.3 1781.3
4.   Tom Hausman 1777.0 1777.0
5.   Ted Lyons 1762.3 1762.3
6.   Hugh Mulcahy 1391.0 1391.0
7.   Charlie Beamon 1380.3 1380.3
8.   Dave Keefe 1326.0 1326.0
9.   Scott Sanderson 1285.0 1285.0
10.   Joe Krakauskas 1267.0 1267.0
 
Hits Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player H Year
1.   Ted Lyons 432 1936
2.   George Blaeholder 431 1931
3.   Bob Friend 413 1966
4.   Ted Lyons 410 1932
5.   George Blaeholder 401 1934
6.   Ted Lyons 399 1935
  Dutch Leonard 399 1941
8.   Dave Keefe 396 1931
9.   Ted Lyons 384 1934
10.   George Blaeholder 383 1936
 
Hits Allowed - Career
Rank    Player H IP
1.   George Blaeholder 2835 2551.6
2.   Ted Lyons 2002 1762.3
3.   Walt Masterson 1991 1993.3
4.   Tom Hausman 1821 1777.0
5.   Max Lanier 1657 1781.3
6.   Dave Keefe 1420 1326.0
7.   Hugh Mulcahy 1395 1391.0
8.   Hod Lisenbee 1354 1205.3
9.   Joe Hoerner 1275 1252.0
10.   Dutch Leonard 1236 1160.0
 
Homeruns Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player HR Year
1.   Walt Masterson 50 1955
2.   Bobby Shantz 42 1957
  Warren Spahn 42 1960
  Bill Werle 42 1951
5.   Gene Conley 41 1967
  Frank Baumann 41 1966
7.   Walt Masterson 40 1952
8.   Hugh Mulcahy 39 1949
9.   Bob Friend 37 1966
10.   Curt Simmons 36 1959
  Bob Logan 36 1941
 
Homeruns Allowed - Career
Rank    Player HR IP
1.   Walt Masterson 239 1993.3
2.   George Blaeholder 173 2551.6
3.   Tom Hausman 151 1777.0
4.   Frank Baumann 141 1205.7
5.   Joe Hoerner 140 1252.0
6.   Scott Sanderson 129 1285.0
7.   Joe Krakauskas 127 1267.0
8.   Hugh Mulcahy 125 1391.0
9.   Bill Werle 122 1000.3
10.   Ted Lyons 120 1762.3
 
Strikeouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player K Year
1.   Kent Peterson 390 1961
2.   Warren Spahn 338 1960
3.   Charlie Beamon 337 1967
4.   Warren Spahn 322 1953
5.   Joe Presko 317 1961
6.   Charlie Beamon 312 1965
7.   Charlie Beamon 296 1964
8.   Warren Spahn 293 1954
9.   Joe Presko 291 1960
10.   Kent Peterson 286 1960
 
Strikeouts - Career
Rank    Player K IP
1.   Charlie Beamon 1410 1380.3
2.   Joe Presko 1061 1213.0
3.   George Blaeholder 965 2551.6
4.   Warren Spahn 953 1098.0
5.   Walt Masterson 947 1993.3
6.   Frank Baumann 879 1205.7
7.   Max Lanier 867 1781.3
8.   Kent Peterson 859 760.7
9.   Danny McDevitt 814 1024.7
10.   Jesse Orosco 803 909.0
 
Walks Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB Year
1.   Howie Pollet 196 1952
2.   Joe Krakauskas 177 1944
3.   Charlie Beamon 172 1967
4.   Joe Krakauskas 166 1945
5.   Jack Harshman 158 1954
6.   Joe Krakauskas 156 1947
7.   Sam Jones 153 1957
8.   Joe Page 152 1948
9.   Sandy Koufax 148 1975
  Jack Harshman 148 1955
  Charlie Beamon 148 1968
 
Walks Allowed - Career
Rank    Player BB IP
1.   Max Lanier 731 1781.3
2.   Joe Krakauskas 719 1267.0
3.   Charlie Beamon 713 1380.3
4.   Walt Masterson 674 1993.3
5.   Joe Page 605 1161.0
6.   Frank Baumann 533 1205.7
7.   Hugh Mulcahy 506 1391.0
8.   George Blaeholder 488 2551.6
9.   Joe Presko 450 1213.0
10.   Sparky Lyle 449 1045.0
 
Walks per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB9 Year
1.   Ted Lyons 0.8 1932
2.   Tom Hausman 0.9 1983
3.   Dave Keefe 1.0 1930
  Ted Lyons 1.0 1934
5.   Dave Keefe 1.2 1931
6.   Ted Lyons 1.2 1935
7.   Tom Hausman 1.2 1980
8.   Tiny Bonham 1.2 1942
9.   Dutch Leonard 1.3 1939
10.   Bob Friend 1.3 1965
 
Walks per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player BB9 IP
1.   Ted Lyons 1.2 1762.3
2.   Dave Keefe 1.2 1326.0
3.   John Gelnar 1.5 689.7
4.   Tom Hausman 1.6 1777.0
5.   Bob Friend 1.7 808.0
6.   George Blaeholder 1.7 2551.6
7.   Dutch Leonard 1.7 1160.0
8.   Tiny Bonham 1.8 888.0
9.   Steve Kline 1.9 968.0
10.   Bob Logan 2.0 1150.0
 
Hits per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player H9 Year
1.   Charlie Beamon 5.4 1965
2.   Kent Peterson 5.5 1960
3.   Kent Peterson 5.6 1962
4.   Charlie Beamon 5.7 1964
5.   Warren Spahn 5.8 1953
6.   Kent Peterson 6.0 1961
7.   Bobby Witt 6.2 1988
8.   Joe Presko 6.2 1961
9.   Joe Presko 6.3 1962
10.   Charlie Beamon 6.4 1968
 
Hits per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player H9 IP
1.   Kent Peterson 5.7 760.7
2.   Charlie Beamon 6.3 1380.3
3.   Warren Spahn 6.5 1098.0
4.   Bobby Witt 6.7 711.3
5.   Joe Presko 6.8 1213.0
6.   Joe Page 7.3 1161.0
7.   Tippy Martinez 7.3 892.7
8.   Danny McDevitt 7.4 1024.7
9.   Joe Krakauskas 7.9 1267.0
10.   Jack Harshman 8.0 857.3
 
Strikeouts per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player K9 Year
1.   Kent Peterson 10.7 1961
2.   Charlie Beamon 10.3 1967
3.   Kent Peterson 9.8 1962
4.   Kent Peterson 9.8 1960
5.   Jesse Orosco 9.7 1985
6.   Charlie Beamon 9.4 1968
7.   Charlie Beamon 9.1 1964
8.   Bobby Witt 9.1 1988
9.   Charlie Beamon 9.0 1965
10.   Warren Spahn 8.9 1960
 
Strikeouts per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player K9 IP
1.   Kent Peterson 10.2 760.7
2.   Charlie Beamon 9.2 1380.3
3.   Bobby Witt 8.7 711.3
4.   Jesse Orosco 8.0 909.0
5.   Joe Presko 7.9 1213.0
6.   Warren Spahn 7.8 1098.0
7.   Tippy Martinez 7.2 892.7
8.   Danny McDevitt 7.1 1024.7
9.   Frank Baumann 6.6 1205.7
10.   John Gelnar 6.2 689.7
 
WHiP - Single-Season
Rank    Player WHiP Year
1.   Warren Spahn 0.93 1953
2.   Tom Hausman 0.99 1979
3.   Charlie Beamon 1.00 1965
4.   Kent Peterson 1.01 1962
5.   Scott Sanderson 1.01 1982
6.   Kent Peterson 1.02 1960
7.   Tom Hausman 1.03 1980
8.   Warren Spahn 1.03 1954
9.   Kent Peterson 1.05 1961
10.   Danny McDevitt 1.05 1962
 
WHiP - Career
Rank    Player WHiP IP
1.   Warren Spahn 1.01 1098.0
2.   Kent Peterson 1.03 760.7
3.   John Gelnar 1.12 689.7
4.   Joe Presko 1.12 1213.0
5.   Danny McDevitt 1.13 1024.7
6.   John Fulgham 1.18 720.7
7.   Scott Sanderson 1.20 1285.0
8.   Tom Hausman 1.20 1777.0
9.   Dave Keefe 1.21 1326.0
10.   Charlie Beamon 1.22 1380.3
 
OAVG - Single-Season
Rank    Player OAVG Year
1.   Charlie Beamon .174 1965
2.   Kent Peterson .177 1960
3.   Kent Peterson .177 1962
4.   Charlie Beamon .182 1964
5.   Warren Spahn .182 1953
6.   Kent Peterson .187 1961
7.   Bobby Witt .192 1988
8.   Joe Presko .194 1961
9.   Joe Presko .198 1962
10.   Bobby Witt .200 1989
 
OAVG - Career
Rank    Player OAVG IP
1.   Kent Peterson .181 760.7
2.   Warren Spahn .198 1098.0
3.   Charlie Beamon .198 1380.3
4.   Bobby Witt .206 711.3
5.   Joe Presko .209 1213.0
6.   Joe Page .222 1161.0
7.   Tippy Martinez .223 892.7
8.   Danny McDevitt .224 1024.7
9.   Joe Krakauskas .237 1267.0
10.   Jack Harshman .238 857.3
 
OOBP - Single-Season
Rank    Player OOBP Year
1.   Warren Spahn .241 1953
2.   Scott Sanderson .258 1982
3.   Kent Peterson .261 1962
4.   Tom Hausman .262 1979
5.   Warren Spahn .263 1954
6.   Kent Peterson .264 1960
7.   Tom Hausman .265 1980
8.   Charlie Beamon .267 1965
9.   Warren Spahn .270 1960
10.   Dave Keefe .272 1932
 
OOBP - Career
Rank    Player OOBP IP
1.   Warren Spahn .258 1098.0
2.   Kent Peterson .267 760.7
3.   John Gelnar .284 689.7
4.   Joe Presko .285 1213.0
5.   John Fulgham .289 720.7
6.   Danny McDevitt .292 1024.7
7.   Scott Sanderson .295 1285.0
8.   Tom Hausman .295 1777.0
9.   Dave Keefe .297 1326.0
10.   Bobby Witt .298 711.3
 
OSLG - Single-Season
Rank    Player OSLG Year
1.   Charlie Beamon .231 1965
2.   Charlie Beamon .247 1964
3.   Warren Spahn .259 1953
4.   Joe Presko .276 1961
5.   Kent Peterson .278 1960
6.   Danny McDevitt .290 1962
7.   Warren Spahn .290 1954
8.   Kent Peterson .293 1962
9.   Joe Presko .294 1962
10.   Danny McDevitt .296 1964
 
OSLG - Career
Rank    Player OSLG IP
1.   Kent Peterson .290 760.7
2.   Charlie Beamon .295 1380.3
3.   Warren Spahn .301 1098.0
4.   Joe Presko .304 1213.0
5.   Danny McDevitt .305 1024.7
6.   Bobby Witt .334 711.3
7.   Max Lanier .341 1781.3
8.   Kevin Brown .346 938.3
9.   Dick Ruthven .346 772.3
10.   Mike Lacoss .354 690.0
 
OOPS - Single-Season
Rank    Player OOPS Year
1.   Charlie Beamon .498 1965
2.   Warren Spahn .500 1953
3.   Charlie Beamon .533 1964
4.   Kent Peterson .541 1960
5.   Warren Spahn .554 1954
6.   Kent Peterson .554 1962
7.   Joe Presko .561 1961
8.   Danny McDevitt .566 1962
9.   Joe Presko .569 1962
10.   Kent Peterson .570 1961
 
OOPS - Career
Rank    Player OOPS IP
1.   Kent Peterson .557 760.7
2.   Warren Spahn .559 1098.0
3.   Joe Presko .588 1213.0
4.   Danny McDevitt .597 1024.7
5.   Charlie Beamon .604 1380.3
6.   Bobby Witt .631 711.3
7.   Kevin Brown .646 938.3
8.   Dick Ruthven .647 772.3
9.   Max Lanier .660 1781.3
10.   Tippy Martinez .670 892.7
 
 
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