Innings Pitched Single Season Leaders by Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for Innings Pitched

The following pitchers have all thrown more innings in a single season than their counterparts. Many of them also lead the league in complete games and / or games started and they were the true pitchers of yesteryear.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred all-time single season leaders in Major League innings pitched. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"The qualities of mind and body necessary to constitute a good modern pitcher are rarely combined in a single individual." - Hall of Fame Pitcher John Ward (#15 Ranked Single Season Innings Pitched Leader)

Innings Pitched Single Season Leaders 'Top 500'
Name	IP	Year	Team	League	Rank
Will White	680.0	1879	Cincinnati Reds	NL	1
Old Hoss Radbourn	678.1	1884	Providence Grays	NL	2
Guy Hecker	670.1	1884	Louisville Colonels	AA	3
Jim McCormick	657.1	1880	Cleveland Blues	NL	4
Pud Galvin	656.1	1883	Buffalo Bisons	NL	5
Pud Galvin	636.1	1884	Buffalo Bisons	NL	6
Old Hoss Radbourn	632.1	1883	Providence Grays	NL	7
John Clarkson	623.0	1885	Chicago White Stockings	NL	8
Jim Devlin	622.0	1876	Louisville Grays	NL	9
Bill Hutchison	622.0	1892	Chicago Colts	NL
John Clarkson	620.0	1889	Boston Beaneaters	NL	11
Tim Keefe	619.0	1883	New York Metropolitans	AA	12
Bill Hutchison	603.0	1890	Chicago Colts	NL	13
Jim McCormick	595.1	1882	Cleveland Blues	NL	14
John Ward	595.0	1880	Providence Grays	NL	15
Pud Galvin	593.0	1879	Buffalo Bisons	NL	16
Lee Richmond	590.1	1880	Worcester Ruby Legs	NL	17
Matt Kilroy	589.1	1887	Baltimore Orioles	AA	18
Toad Ramsey	588.1	1886	Louisville Colonels	AA	19
Charlie Buffinton	587.0	1884	Boston Beaneaters	NL	20
John Ward	587.0	1879	Providence Grays	NL
Silver King	585.1	1888	St. Louis Browns	AA	22
Matt Kilroy	583.0	1886	Baltimore Orioles	AA	23
Ed Morris	581.0	1885	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	AA	24
Will White	577.0	1883	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	25
Mickey Welch	574.0	1880	Troy Trojans	NL	26
George Bradley	573.0	1876	St. Louis Brown Stockings	NL	27
Jim McCormick	569.0	1884	Cleveland Blues	NL	28
Jim McCormick	569.0	1884	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	UA	28
Tony Mullane	567.0	1884	Toledo Blue Stockings	AA	29
Bill Hutchison	561.0	1891	Chicago Colts	NL	30
Toad Ramsey	561.0	1887	Louisville Colonels	AA
Jim Devlin	559.0	1877	Louisville Grays	NL	32
Mickey Welch	557.1	1884	New York Gothams	NL	33
Tommy Bond	555.1	1879	Boston Red Stockings	NL	34
Ed Morris	555.1	1886	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	AA
Jim Whitney	552.1	1881	Boston Red Stockings	NL	36
Amos Rusie	548.1	1890	New York Giants	NL	37
Jim McCormick	546.1	1879	Cleveland Blues	NL	38
Dupee Shaw	543.1	1884	Boston Unions	UA	39
Dupee Shaw	543.1	1884	Detroit Wolverines	NL	39
Hardie Henderson	539.1	1885	Baltimore Orioles	AA	40
John Coleman	538.1	1883	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	41
Bill Sweeney	538.0	1884	Baltimore Monumentals	UA	42
Larry Corcoran	536.1	1880	Chicago White Stockings	NL	43
Tim Keefe	535.0	1886	New York Giants	NL	44
Jersey Bakley	532.1	1888	Cleveland Blues	AA	45
Tommy Bond	532.1	1878	Boston Red Stockings	NL
Amos Rusie	532.0	1892	New York Giants	NL	47
Tony Mullane	529.1	1886	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	48
Al Spalding	528.1	1876	Chicago White Stockings	NL	49
Jim McCormick	526.0	1881	Cleveland Blues	NL	50
John Clarkson	523.0	1887	Chicago White Stockings	NL	51
Billy Taylor	523.0	1884	Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Billy Taylor	523.0	1884	St. Louis Maroons	UA
Tommy Bond	521.0	1877	Boston Red Stockings	NL	53
Ed Seward	518.1	1888	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	54
Will White	517.1	1880	Cincinnati Reds	NL	55
Larry Corcoran	516.1	1884	Chicago White Stockings	NL	56
Bobby Mathews	516.0	1876	New York Mutuals	NL	57
Jim Whitney	514.0	1883	Boston Beaneaters	NL	58
Mark Baldwin	513.1	1889	Columbus Colts	AA	59
Terry Larkin	513.1	1879	Chicago White Stockings	NL
Larry McKeon	512.0	1884	Indianapolis Blues	AA	61
Old Hoss Radbourn	509.1	1886	Boston Beaneaters	NL	62
Sadie McMahon	509.0	1890	Baltimore Orioles	AA	63
Sadie McMahon	509.0	1890	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	63
Kid Gleason	506.0	1890	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	64
Terry Larkin	506.0	1878	Chicago White Stockings	NL
Dave Foutz	504.0	1886	St. Louis Browns	AA	66
Sadie McMahon	503.0	1891	Baltimore Orioles	AA	67
Frank Mountain	503.0	1883	Columbus Colts	AA
Mark Baldwin	501.0	1890	Chicago Pirates	PL	69
Terry Larkin	501.0	1877	Hartford Dark Blues	NL
Hugh Daily	500.1	1884	Chicago/Pittsburgh Browns/Stogies	UA	71
Hugh Daily	500.1	1884	Washington Nationals	UA	71
Amos Rusie	500.1	1891	New York Giants	NL
Mickey Welch	500.0	1886	New York Giants	NL	73
Jack Lynch	496.0	1884	New York Metropolitans	AA	74
George Derby	494.1	1881	Detroit Wolverines	NL	75
Bob Barr	493.1	1890	Rochester Rochesters	AA	76
Tommy Bond	493.0	1880	Boston Red Stockings	NL	77
Charlie Sweeney	492.0	1884	Providence Grays	NL	78
Charlie Sweeney	492.0	1884	St. Louis Maroons	UA	78
Mickey Welch	492.0	1885	New York Giants	NL
Phenomenal Smith	491.1	1887	Baltimore Orioles	AA	80
Lady Baldwin	487.0	1886	Detroit Wolverines	NL	81
George Bradley	487.0	1879	Troy Trojans	NL
John Clarkson	483.1	1888	Boston Beaneaters	NL	83
Tim Keefe	483.0	1884	New York Metropolitans	AA	84
Bob Caruthers	482.1	1885	St. Louis Browns	AA	85
Amos Rusie	482.0	1893	New York Giants	NL	86
Henry Porter	481.1	1885	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA	87
Matt Kilroy	480.1	1889	Baltimore Orioles	AA	88
Guy Hecker	480.0	1885	Louisville Colonels	AA	89
Ed Morris	480.0	1888	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	NL
Will White	480.0	1882	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Tim Keefe	476.1	1887	New York Giants	NL	92
Adonis Terry	476.0	1884	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA	93
Ed Beatin	474.1	1890	Cleveland Spiders	NL	94
Pud Galvin	474.0	1881	Buffalo Bisons	NL	95
Henry Porter	474.0	1888	Kansas City Blues	AA
Old Hoss Radbourn	474.0	1882	Providence Grays	NL
Larry Corcoran	473.1	1883	Chicago White Stockings	NL	98
Ed Seward	470.1	1887	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	99
Gus Weyhing	469.1	1892	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	100
Will White	468.0	1878	Cincinnati Reds	NL	101
John Clarkson	466.1	1886	Chicago White Stockings	NL	102
Gus Weyhing	466.1	1887	Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Ed Walsh	464.0	1908	Chicago White Sox	AL	104
Lee Richmond	462.1	1881	Worcester Ruby Legs	NL	105
Phil Knell	462.0	1891	Columbus Colts	AA	106
Silver King	461.0	1890	Chicago Pirates	PL	107
John Clarkson	460.1	1891	Boston Beaneaters	NL	108
Tony Mullane	460.1	1883	St. Louis Browns	AA
Tony Mullane	460.1	1882	Louisville Eclipse	AA
Frank Killen	459.1	1892	Washington Senators	NL	111
Pud Galvin	458.1	1880	Buffalo Bisons	NL	112
Silver King	458.0	1889	St. Louis Browns	AA	113
Harry McCormick	457.1	1879	Syracuse Stars	NL	114
Will White	456.0	1884	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	115
Bob Emslie	455.1	1884	Baltimore Orioles	AA	116
Jack Chesbro	454.1	1904	New York Highlanders	AL	117
Bert Cunningham	453.1	1888	Baltimore Orioles	AA	118
Kid Nichols	453.0	1892	Boston Beaneaters	NL	119
Cy Young	453.0	1892	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Guy Hecker	451.0	1883	Louisville Eclipse	AA	121
Gus Weyhing	450.0	1891	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	122
Gus Weyhing	449.0	1889	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	123
Ted Breitenstein	447.1	1894	St. Louis Browns	NL	124
Elmer Smith	447.1	1887	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Old Hoss Radbourn	445.1	1885	Providence Grays	NL	126
Pud Galvin	445.1	1882	Buffalo Bisons	NL
Bob Caruthers	445.0	1889	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	AA	128
Pink Hawley	444.1	1895	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	129
Amos Rusie	444.0	1894	New York Giants	NL	130
Al Mays	441.1	1887	New York Metropolitans	AA	131
Jim Whitney	441.1	1885	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Fleury Sullivan	441.0	1884	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	AA	133
Pud Galvin	440.1	1887	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	NL	134
Mark Baldwin	440.1	1892	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Ed Daily	440.0	1885	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	136
Jack Stivetts	440.0	1891	St. Louis Browns	AA
Hardie Henderson	439.1	1884	Baltimore Orioles	AA	138
Mark Baldwin	437.1	1891	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	139
Pud Galvin	437.1	1888	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	NL
Pud Galvin	434.1	1886	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	AA	141
Charlie Buffinton	434.1	1885	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Tim Keefe	434.1	1888	New York Giants	NL
Joe McGinnity	434.0	1903	New York Giants	NL	144
Jack Lynch	432.1	1886	New York Metropolitans	AA	145
Frank Killen	432.1	1896	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Scott Stratton	431.0	1890	Louisville Colonels	AA	147
Bobby Mathews	430.1	1884	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	148
Ted Breitenstein	429.1	1895	St. Louis Browns	NL	149
Ed Morris	429.1	1884	Columbus Colts	AA
Stump Wiedman	427.1	1886	Kansas City Cowboys	NL	151
Tony Mullane	426.1	1891	Cincinnati Reds	NL	152
Mickey Welch	426.0	1883	New York Gothams	NL	153
Kid Nichols	425.1	1891	Boston Beaneaters	NL	154
Mickey Welch	425.1	1888	New York Giants	NL
Kid Nichols	425.0	1893	Boston Beaneaters	NL	156
Old Hoss Radbourn	425.0	1887	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Kid Nichols	424.0	1890	Boston Beaneaters	NL	158
Henry Porter	424.0	1886	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA
Cy Young	423.1	1891	Cleveland Spiders	NL	160
Cy Young	422.1	1893	Cleveland Spiders	NL	161
Bobby Mathews	422.1	1885	Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Ed Walsh	422.1	1907	Chicago White Sox	AL
Elton Chamberlain	421.1	1889	St. Louis Browns	AA	164
Guy Hecker	420.1	1886	Louisville Colonels	AA	165
Harry Staley	420.0	1889	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	NL	166
Jim Whitney	420.0	1882	Boston Red Stockings	NL
Silver King	419.1	1892	New York Giants	NL	168
Jack Stivetts	419.1	1890	St. Louis Browns	AA
Sam Weaver	418.1	1883	Louisville Eclipse	AA	170
Kid Gleason	418.0	1891	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	171
Charlie Ferguson	416.1	1884	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	172
Tony Mullane	416.1	1887	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Jack Stivetts	415.1	1892	Boston Beaneaters	NL	174
Kid Carsey	415.0	1891	Washington Senators	AA	175
Frank Killen	415.0	1893	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Cy Young	414.1	1896	Cleveland Spiders	NL	177
Frank Foreman	414.0	1889	Baltimore Orioles	AA	178
Bob Barr	413.0	1884	Indianapolis Blues	AA	179
Bob Barr	413.0	1884	Washington Nationals	AA	179
Lee Richmond	411.0	1882	Worcester Ruby Legs	NL	180
Stump Wiedman	411.0	1882	Detroit Wolverines	NL
Park Swartzel	410.1	1889	Kansas City Blues	AA	182
Vic Willis	410.0	1902	Boston Beaneaters	NL	183
Jouett Meekin	409.0	1894	New York Giants	NL	184
Cy Young	408.1	1894	Cleveland Spiders	NL	185
Tommy Bond	408.0	1876	Hartford Dark Blues	NL	186
Joe McGinnity	408.0	1904	New York Giants	NL
Dave Foutz	407.1	1885	St. Louis Browns	AA	188
Kid Nichols	407.0	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	189
Elton Chamberlain	406.1	1892	Cincinnati Reds	NL	190
Elton Chamberlain	405.1	1891	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	191
Charlie Ferguson	405.0	1885	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	192
Fred Goldsmith	405.0	1882	Chicago White Stockings	NL
Jim Whitney	404.1	1887	Washington Senators	NL	194
Charlie Getzien	404.0	1888	Detroit Wolverines	NL	195
Gus Weyhing	404.0	1888	Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Tim Keefe	403.0	1881	Troy Trojans	NL	197
Hank O'Day	403.0	1888	Washington Senators	NL
Stump Wiedman	402.1	1883	Detroit Wolverines	NL	199
Hank Gastright	401.1	1890	Columbus Colts	AA	200
Billy Rhines	401.1	1890	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Jesse Duryea	401.0	1889	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	202
Charlie Buffinton	400.1	1888	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	203
Kid Gleason	400.0	1892	St. Louis Browns	NL	204
Tim Keefe	400.0	1885	New York Giants	NL
Dupee Shaw	399.1	1885	Providence Grays	NL	206
Jack Taylor	397.1	1898	St. Louis Browns	NL	207
Sadie McMahon	397.0	1892	Baltimore Orioles	NL	208
Al Atkinson	396.1	1886	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	209
Larry Corcoran	396.1	1881	Chicago White Stockings	NL
Charlie Ferguson	395.1	1886	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	211
Jersey Bakley	394.1	1884	Kansas City Unions	UA	212
			Philadelphia Keystones	UA
			Wilmington Quicksteps	UA
George Cobb	394.1	1892	Baltimore Orioles	NL
George Bradley	394.0	1877	Chicago White Stockings	NL	214
Al Atkinson	393.1	1884	Baltimore Monumentals	UA	215
			Chicago/Pittsburgh Browns/Stogies	UA
			Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Amos Rusie	393.1	1895	New York Giants	NL
Ed Walsh	393.0	1912	Chicago White Sox	AL	217
Jim Whitney	393.0	1886	Kansas City Cowboys	NL
Dave Davenport	392.1	1915	St. Louis Terriers	FL	219
Pink Hawley	392.1	1894	St. Louis Browns	NL
Bob Caruthers	391.1	1888	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA	221
Pete Conway	391.0	1888	Detroit Wolverines	NL	222
John Harkins	391.0	1884	Cleveland Blues	NL
Christy Mathewson	390.1	1908	New York Giants	NL	224
Dan Casey	390.1	1887	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Jack Powell	390.1	1904	New York Highlanders	AL
Silver King	390.0	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA	227
Gus Weyhing	390.0	1890	Brooklyn Wonders	PL
Billy Crowell	389.1	1887	Cleveland Blues	AA	229
Togie Pittinger	389.1	1902	Boston Beaneaters	NL
John Clarkson	389.0	1892	Boston Beaneaters	NL	231
John Clarkson	389.0	1892	Cleveland Spiders	NL	231
Grover Alexander	389.0	1916	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
John Healy	389.0	1890	Toledo Maumees	AA
Jumbo McGinnis	388.1	1882	St. Louis Brown Stockings	AA	234
Grover Alexander	388.0	1917	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	235
Kid Nichols	388.0	1898	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Harry Staley	387.1	1890	Pittsburgh Burghers	PL	237
Lee Viau	387.1	1888	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Bob Caruthers	387.1	1886	St. Louis Browns	AA
Charlie Getzien	386.1	1886	Detroit Wolverines	NL	240
Dupee Shaw	385.1	1886	Washington Senators	NL	241
Cy Young	384.1	1902	Boston Americans	AL	242
Silver King	384.1	1891	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Fred Goldsmith	383.1	1883	Chicago White Stockings	NL	244
Henry Gruber	383.1	1890	Cleveland Infants	PL
John Clarkson	383.0	1890	Boston Beaneaters	NL	246
Rube Waddell	383.0	1904	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Sam Weaver	383.0	1878	Milwaukee Grays	NL
Ted Breitenstein	382.1	1893	St. Louis Browns	NL	249
Ad Gumbert	382.1	1892	Chicago Colts	NL
Brickyard Kennedy	382.1	1893	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL
Jumbo McGinnis	382.1	1883	St. Louis Browns	AA
George Mullin	382.1	1904	Detroit Tigers	AL
Joe McGinnity	382.0	1901	Baltimore Orioles	AL	254
Tom Vickery	382.0	1890	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
George Haddock	381.1	1892	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL	256
Bobby Mathews	381.0	1883	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	257
Kid Gleason	380.1	1893	St. Louis Browns	NL	258
Tony Mullane	380.1	1888	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Charlie Buffinton	380.0	1889	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	260
Cy Young	380.0	1904	Boston Americans	AL
George Haddock	379.1	1891	Boston Red Stockings	AA	262
Kid Nichols	379.1	1895	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Sam Leever	379.0	1899	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	264
Jack Lynch	379.0	1885	New York Metropolitans	AA
Henry Boyle	378.1	1889	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NL	266
Hugh Daily	378.1	1883	Cleveland Blues	NL
Pink Hawley	378.0	1896	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	268
Irv Young	378.0	1905	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Cy Young	377.1	1898	Cleveland Spiders	NL	270
Cy Falkenberg	377.1	1914	Indianapolis Hoosiers	FL
Ed Stein	377.1	1892	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL
Oscar Jones	377.0	1904	Brooklyn Superbas	NL	273
Wilbur Wood	376.1	1972	Chicago White Sox	AL	274
Grover Alexander	376.1	1915	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Nig Cuppy	376.0	1892	Cleveland Spiders	NL	276
Tim Keefe	376.0	1882	Troy Trojans	NL
Mickey Lolich	376.0	1971	Detroit Tigers	AL
Noodles Hahn	375.1	1901	Cincinnati Reds	NL	279
Frank Dwyer	375.0	1891	Cincinnati Porkers	AA	280
Frank Dwyer	375.0	1891	Milwaukee Brewers	AA	280
Mickey Welch	375.0	1889	New York Giants	NL
Doc McJames	374.0	1898	Baltimore Orioles	NL	282
Jack Powell	373.0	1899	St. Louis Perfectos	NL	283
Lee Viau	373.0	1889	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Billy Rhines	372.1	1891	Cincinnati Reds	NL	285
Pud Galvin	372.1	1885	Buffalo Bisons	NL
Pud Galvin	372.1	1885	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	AA
Kid Nichols	372.1	1896	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Tom Lovett	372.0	1890	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL	288
Walter Johnson	371.1	1914	Washington Senators	AL	289
Bill Dinneen	371.1	1902	Boston Americans	AL
Bob Feller	371.1	1946	Cleveland Indians	AL
Cy Young	371.1	1901	Boston Americans	AL
Sam Weaver	371.0	1882	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	293
Walter Johnson	370.0	1910	Washington Senators	AL	294
Adonis Terry	370.0	1890	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL
Walter Johnson	369.1	1916	Washington Senators	AL	296
Ed Walsh	369.1	1910	Chicago White Sox	AL
Cy Young	369.1	1895	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Cy Young	369.1	1899	St. Louis Perfectos	NL
Dan Casey	369.0	1886	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	300
Walter Johnson	369.0	1912	Washington Senators	AL
Ed Walsh	368.1	1911	Chicago White Sox	AL	302
Kid Nichols	368.0	1897	Boston Beaneaters	NL	303
Mickey Welch	368.0	1881	Troy Trojans	NL
Christy Mathewson	367.1	1904	New York Giants	NL	305
Hardie Henderson	367.1	1883	Baltimore Orioles	AA
Hardie Henderson	367.1	1883	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Tony Mullane	367.0	1893	Baltimore Orioles	NL	307
Tony Mullane	367.0	1893	Cincinnati Reds	NL	307
Grover Alexander	367.0	1911	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Ed Crane	366.1	1891	Cincinnati Reds	NL	309
Ed Crane	366.1	1891	Cincinnati Porkers	AA	309
Henry Boyle	366.1	1885	St. Louis Maroons	NL
Charlie Getzien	366.1	1887	Detroit Wolverines	NL
Christy Mathewson	366.1	1903	New York Giants	NL
Joe McGinnity	366.1	1899	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Win Mercer	366.1	1896	Washington Senators	NL
Tom Lovett	365.1	1891	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL	315
Frank Smith	365.0	1909	Chicago White Sox	AL	316
Ed Crane	364.1	1892	New York Giants	NL	317
Bill Wise	364.1	1884	Washington Nationals	UA
Red Ehret	364.0	1889	Louisville Colonels	AA	319
Tim Keefe	364.0	1889	New York Giants	NL
Charlie Buffinton	363.1	1891	Boston Red Stockings	AA	321
Grover Alexander	363.1	1920	Chicago Cubs	NL
Mickey Hughes	363.0	1888	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA	323
Bert Cunningham	362.0	1898	Louisville Colonels	NL	324
George Derby	362.0	1882	Detroit Wolverines	NL
Claude Hendrix	362.0	1914	Chicago Whales	FL
Bill Carrick	361.1	1899	New York Giants	NL	327
Sam Kimber	361.1	1884	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA
Gus Weyhing	361.0	1898	Washington Senators	NL	329
Dan Casey	360.1	1890	Syracuse Stars	AA	330
Brickyard Kennedy	360.1	1894	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL
Frank Mountain	360.1	1884	Columbus Colts	AA
George McQuillan	359.1	1908	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	333
Wilbur Wood	359.1	1973	Chicago White Sox	AL
Red Ehret	359.0	1890	Louisville Colonels	AA	335
Jack Taylor	359.0	1896	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Irv Young	358.1	1906	Boston Beaneaters	NL	337
Nig Cuppy	358.0	1896	Cleveland Spiders	NL	338
Doc Landis	358.0	1882	Baltimore Orioles	AA
Doc Landis	358.0	1882	Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Case Patten	357.1	1904	Washington Senators	AL	340
George Uhle	357.1	1923	Cleveland Indians	AL
George Mullin	357.1	1907	Detroit Tigers	AL
Eddie Plank	357.1	1904	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Cy Seymour	356.1	1898	New York Giants	NL	344
Larry Corcoran	355.1	1882	Chicago White Stockings	NL	345
Grover Alexander	355.0	1914	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	346
Jack Taylor	354.1	1899	Chicago Orphans	NL	347
Jumbo McGinnis	354.1	1884	St. Louis Browns	AA
John Healy	353.1	1886	St. Louis Maroons	NL	349
Dummy Taylor	353.1	1901	New York Giants	NL
Jack Coombs	353.0	1910	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	351
Nig Cuppy	353.0	1895	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Clark Griffith	353.0	1895	Chicago Colts	NL
John Keefe	352.1	1890	Syracuse Stars	AA	354
Stoney McGlynn	352.1	1907	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Dizzy Trout	352.1	1944	Detroit Tigers	AL
Red Faber	352.0	1922	Chicago White Sox	AL	357
Jack Taylor	352.0	1904	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Joe McGinnity	351.1	1902	Baltimore Orioles	AL	359
Joe McGinnity	351.1	1902	New York Giants	NL	359
Togie Pittinger	351.1	1903	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Scott Stratton	351.1	1892	Louisville Colonels	NL
Dad Clarke	351.0	1896	New York Giants	NL	362
Bill Donovan	351.0	1901	Brooklyn Superbas	NL
Charlie Getzien	350.0	1890	Boston Beaneaters	NL	364
Al Mays	350.0	1886	New York Metropolitans	AA
Tricky Nichols	350.0	1877	St. Louis Brown Stockings	NL
Ed Stein	350.0	1894	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL
Vic Willis	350.0	1904	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Ben Sanders	349.1	1889	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	369
Chick Fraser	349.1	1896	Louisville Colonels	NL
Charlie Getzien	349.0	1889	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NL	371
Henry Gruber	348.1	1891	Cleveland Spiders	NL	372
Toad Ramsey	348.1	1890	St. Louis Browns	AA
Bill Stemmyer	348.1	1886	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Bill Hutchison	348.1	1893	Chicago Colts	NL
Elmer Smith	348.1	1888	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Red Donahue	348.0	1897	St. Louis Browns	NL	377
Frank Dwyer	348.0	1894	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Bob Harmon	348.0	1911	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Urban Shocker	348.0	1922	St. Louis Browns	AL
Jim McCormick	347.1	1886	Chicago White Stockings	NL	381
George Mullin	347.1	1905	Detroit Tigers	AL
The Only Nolan	347.0	1878	Indianapolis Browns	NL	383
Eddie Cicotte	346.1	1917	Chicago White Sox	AL	384
Red Ehret	346.1	1894	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Darby O'Brien	346.1	1889	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Eddie Plank	346.1	1905	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Robin Roberts	346.1	1953	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Ben Sanders	346.1	1890	Philadelphia Quakers	PL
Steve Carlton	346.1	1972	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Sadie McMahon	346.1	1893	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Walter Johnson	346.0	1913	Washington Senators	AL	392
Mickey Welch	346.0	1887	New York Giants	NL
Frank Foreman	345.1	1891	Washington Senators	AA	394
Gus Weyhing	345.1	1893	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Ed Daily	344.1	1890	Brooklyn Gladiators	AA	396
			Louisville Colonels	AA
			New York Giants	NL
Gaylord Perry	344.0	1973	Cleveland Indians	AL	397
Joe Wood	344.0	1912	Boston Red Sox	AL
Clark Griffith	343.1	1897	Chicago Colts	NL	399
Eddie Plank	343.1	1907	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Lee Viau	343.1	1891	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Brickyard Kennedy	343.1	1897	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL
Kid Nichols	343.1	1899	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Cy Young	343.1	1907	Boston Americans	AL
Bob Feller	343.0	1941	Cleveland Indians	AL	405
Joe McGinnity	343.0	1900	Brooklyn Superbas	NL
Old Hoss Radbourn	343.0	1890	Boston Red Stockings	PL
Mordecai Brown	342.1	1909	Chicago Cubs	NL	408
Gaylord Perry	342.1	1972	Cleveland Indians	AL
Jack Quinn	342.1	1914	Baltimore Terrapins	FL
Vic Willis	342.1	1899	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Kid Carsey	342.1	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Toad Ramsey	342.1	1888	Louisville Colonels	AA
George Bradley	342.0	1884	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	UA	414
Jim McCormick	342.0	1883	Cleveland Blues	NL
Phil Niekro	342.0	1979	Atlanta Braves	NL
Jack Powell	342.0	1898	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Vic Willis	342.0	1905	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Bill Carrick	341.1	1900	New York Giants	NL	419
Cy Young	341.1	1903	Boston Americans	AL
Dick Rudolph	341.1	1915	Boston Braves	NL
Bob Caruthers	341.0	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA	422
Pud Galvin	341.0	1889	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	NL
John Healy	341.0	1887	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NL
Jim Bagby	339.1	1920	Cleveland Indians	AL	425
Ted Breitenstein	339.1	1896	St. Louis Browns	NL
Gus Krock	339.1	1888	Chicago White Stockings	NL
Joe McGinnity	339.1	1906	New York Giants	NL
Henry Porter	339.1	1887	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	AA
Fred Toney	339.1	1917	Cincinnati Reds	NL
George Hemming	339.1	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL
George Hemming	339.1	1894	Louisville Colonels	NL
Dave Foutz	339.1	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA
Brickyard Kennedy	339.1	1898	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL
Addie Joss	338.1	1907	Cleveland Naps	AL	434
Christy Mathewson	338.1	1905	New York Giants	NL
Al Orth	338.1	1906	New York Highlanders	AL
Jack Powell	338.1	1901	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Jack Stivetts	338.0	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	438
Frank Killen	337.1	1897	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	439
Togie Pittinger	337.1	1905	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Jack Coombs	336.1	1911	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	441
Walter Johnson	336.1	1915	Washington Senators	AL
Carl Mays	336.1	1921	New York Yankees	AL
Robin Roberts	336.1	1954	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Denny Driscoll	336.1	1883	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	AA
Win Mercer	336.1	1894	Washington Senators	NL
Dick Rudolph	336.1	1914	Boston Braves	NL
Bill Hart	336.0	1896	St. Louis Browns	NL	448
Christy Mathewson	336.0	1901	New York Giants	NL
Denny McLain	336.0	1968	Detroit Tigers	AL
Eddie Plank	336.0	1903	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Jim Whitney	336.0	1884	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Bill Dinneen	335.1	1904	Boston Americans	AL	453
Sandy Koufax	335.1	1965	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
Cy Young	335.1	1897	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Togie Pittinger	335.1	1904	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Jim Conway	335.0	1889	Kansas City Blues	AA	457
Harry Salisbury	335.0	1882	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	AA
Jack Taylor	335.0	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Gus Weyhing	334.1	1899	Washington Senators	NL	460
Duke Esper	334.1	1893	Washington Senators	NL
Chick Fraser	334.1	1905	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Jouett Meekin	334.1	1896	New York Giants	NL
Phil Niekro	334.1	1978	Atlanta Braves	NL
Mark Baldwin	334.0	1887	Chicago White Stockings	NL	465
Frank Owen	334.0	1905	Chicago White Sox	AL
John Ward	334.0	1878	Providence Grays	NL
Wilbur Wood	334.0	1971	Chicago White Sox	AL
Otto Hess	333.1	1906	Cleveland Naps	AL	469
Pete Schneider	333.1	1917	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Mark Baldwin	333.1	1893	New York Giants	NL
Mark Baldwin	333.1	1893	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Nap Rucker	333.1	1908	Brooklyn Superbas	NL
Charlie Buffinton	333.0	1883	Boston Beaneaters	NL	473
Nat Hudson	333.0	1888	St. Louis Browns	AA
Win Mercer	333.0	1897	Washington Senators	NL
Bob Ewing	332.1	1907	Cincinnati Reds	NL	476
Nolan Ryan	332.1	1974	California Angels	AL
Charlie Buffinton	332.1	1887	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Bill James	332.1	1914	Boston Braves	NL
Scott Perry	332.1	1918	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
George Hemming	332.0	1893	Louisville Colonels	NL	481
Roscoe Miller	332.0	1901	Detroit Tigers	AL
Kaiser Wilhelm	332.0	1908	Brooklyn Superbas	NL
Ed Killian	331.1	1904	Detroit Tigers	AL	484
John Ewing	331.0	1889	Louisville Colonels	AA	485
Chick Fraser	331.0	1901	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Pink Hawley	331.0	1898	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Red Faber	330.1	1921	Chicago White Sox	AL	488
Burleigh Grimes	330.1	1928	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Ed Crane	330.1	1890	New York Giants	PL
Phil Niekro	330.1	1977	Atlanta Braves	NL
George Pechiney	330.1	1886	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA
Charlie Getzien	330.0	1885	Detroit Wolverines	NL	493
Fred Goldsmith	330.0	1881	Chicago White Stockings	NL
George Mullin	330.0	1906	Detroit Tigers	AL
Robin Roberts	330.0	1952	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
John Ward	330.0	1881	Providence Grays	NL
Stump Wiedman	330.0	1885	Detroit Wolverines	NL
Hooks Wiltse	330.0	1908	New York Giants	NL
Dick Burns	329.1	1884	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	UA	500
Bobo Newsom	329.1	1938	St. Louis Browns	AL
Pink Hawley	329.1	1900	New York Giants	NL
Name	IP	Year	Team	League	Rank
Current Through 2013 Season

Trivia alert: Cy Young, who is the all time career leader in innings pitched and the only pitcher in history with seven-thousand plus innings to his name, does not appear on this chart of the top one-hundred single season leaders.

Since 1980 no pitcher has thrown more than three-hundred innings during a single season and the modern average for starting pitchers is roughly two-hundred four innings pitched per regular season.

Did you know that only a handful of these pitchers even appeared in a single game during the twentieth century and no pitcher from the twenty-first century even cracked the top 500?

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