Games Lost Year-by-Year Leaders by Baseball Almanac

Year by Year Leaders for Innings Pitched

Ever wonder who pitched the most innings the year you were born? How about pitchers from you favorite team — have they ever led the league in innings pitched? Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a year-by-year leaderboard in Major League innings pitched for every season since 1901. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher." - Don Drysdale

Games Lost Year-By-Year Leaders '1901 to 1901'
Year	American League	L	Team	Year	National League	L	Team
1901	Bill Carrick	22	Washington	1901	Dummy Taylor	27	New York
1901	Pete Dowling	22	Cleveland	1901	Dummy Taylor	27	New York
1902	Bill Dinneen	21	Boston	1902	Stan Yerkes	21	St. Louis
1903	Patsy Flaherty	25	Chicago	1903	Togie Pittinger	22	Boston
1904	Happy Townsend	26	Washington	1904	Oscar Jones	25	Brooklyn
1904	Happy Townsend	26	Washington	1904	Vic Willis	25	Boston
1905	Fred Glade	25	St. Louis	1905	Vic Willis	29	Boston
1906	Joe Harris	21	Boston	1906	Gus Dorner	25	Boston
1906	Cy Young	21	Boston	1906	Irv Young	25	Boston
1907	Al Orth	21	New York	1907	Stoney McGlynn	25	St. Louis
1907	Barney Pelty	21	St. Louis	1907	Stoney McGlynn	25	St. Louis
1908	Joe Lake	22	New York	1908	Bugs Raymond	25	St. Louis
1909	Bob Groom	26	Washington	1909	George Ferguson	23	Boston
1910	Ed Walsh	20	Chicago	1910	Gus Bell	27	Brooklyn
1911	Jack Powell	19	St. Louis	1911	Earl Moore	19	Philadelphia
1911	Jack Powell	19	St. Louis	1911	Bill Steele	19	St. Louis
1912	Russ Ford	21	New York	1912	Lefty Tyler	22	Boston
1913	Jim Scott	21	Chicago	1913	Dan Griner	22	St. Louis
1914	Joe Benz	19	Chicago	1914	Red Ames	23	Cincinnati
1915	Weldon Wyckoff	22	Philadelphia	1915	Dick Rudolph	19	Boston
1915	Weldon Wyckoff	22	Philadelphia	1915	Pete Schneider	19	Cincinnati
1916	Joe Bush	24	Philadelphia	1916	Lee Meadows	23	St. Louis
1917	Bob Groom	19	St. Louis	1917	Jesse Barnes	21	Boston
1917	Allen Sothoron	19	St. Louis	1917	Eppa Rixey	21	Philadelphia
1918	Eddie Cicotte	19	Chicago	1918	Rube Marquard	18	Brooklyn
1918	Scott Perry	19	Philadelphia	1918	Joe Oeschger	18	Philadelphia
1919	Harry Harper	21	Washington	1919	Dick Rudolph	18	Boston
1920	Scott Perry	25	Philadelphia	1920	Eppa Rixey	22	Philadelphia
1921	Eddie Rommel	23	Philadelphia	1921	George Smith	20	Philadelphia
1922	Slim Harriss	20	Philadelphia	1922	Dolf Luque	23	Cincinnati
1923	Herman Pillette	19	Detroit	1923	Wilbur Cooper	19	Pittsburgh
1923	Eddie Rommel	19	Philadelphia	1923	Wilbur Cooper	19	Pittsburgh
1924	Howard Ehmke	17	Boston	1924	Jesse Barnes	20	Boston
	Alex Ferguson		Boston
	Joe Shaute		Cleveland
1925	Sam Jones	21	New York	1925	Burleigh Grimes	19	Brooklyn
1926	Milt Gaston	18	St. Louis	1926	Jesse Petty	17	Brooklyn
1926	Paul Zahniser	18	Boston	1926	Charlie Root	17	Chicago
1927	Slim Harriss	21	Boston	1927	Jack Scott	21	Philadelphia
1928	Red Ruffing	25	Boston	1928	Ed Brandt	21	Boston
1929	Red Ruffing	22	Boston	1929	Watty Clark	19	Brooklyn
1930	Milt Gaston	20	Boston	1930	Larry French	18	Pittsburgh
1930	Jack Russell	20	Boston	1930	Benny Frey	18	Cincinnati
1931	Pat Caraway	24	Chicago	1931	Si Johnson	19	Cincinnati
1931	Dolly Gray	24	St. Louis	1931	Si Johnson	19	Cincinnati
1932	Bump Hadley	20	St. Louis	1932	Ownie Carroll	19	Cincinnati
1933	Ted Lyons	21	Chicago	1933	Paul Derringer	25	Cincinnati
1934	Bobo Newsom	20	St. Louis	1934	Si Johnson	22	Cincinnati
1935	Russ Van Atta	16	St. Louis	1935	Ben Cantwell	25	Boston
1936	Gordon Rhodes	20	Philadelphia	1936	Bucky Walters	21	Philadelphia
1937	Harry Kelley	21	Philadelphia	1937	Wayne LaMaster	19	Philadelphia
1938	George Caster	20	Philadelphia	1938	Hugh Mulcahy	20	Philadelphia
1939	Ken Chase	19	Washington	1939	Bob Klinger	17	Pittsburgh
1940	George Caster	19	Philadelphia	1940	Hugh Mulcahy	22	Philadelphia
1940	Dutch Leonard	19	Washington	1940	Hugh Mulcahy	22	Philadelphia
1941	Bobo Newsom	20	Detroit	1941	Rip Sewell	17	Pittsburgh
1942	Eddie Smith	20	Chicago	1942	Jim Tobin	21	Boston
1943	Lum Harris	21	Philadelphia	1943	Nate Andrews	20	Boston
1944	Bill Dietrich	17	Chicago	1944	Ken Raffensberger	20	Philadelphia
1944	Early Wynn	17	Washington	1944	Ken Raffensberger	20	Philadelphia
1945	Bobo Newsom	20	Philadelphia	1945	Dick Barrett	20	Philadelphia
1946	Dick Fowler	16	Philadelphia	1946	Dave Koslo	19	New York
	Lou Knerr
	Phil Marchildon
1947	Hal Newhouser	17	Detroit	1947	Johnny Schmitz	18	Chicago
1948	Fred Sanford	21	St. Louis	1948	Dutch Leonard	17	Philadelphia
1949	Paul Calvert	17	Washington	1949	Howie Fox	19	Cincinnati
	Ned Garver		St. Louis
	Sid Hudson		Washington
1950	Alex Kellner	20	Philadelphia	1950	Bob Rush	20	Chicago
1951	Ted Gray	14	Detroit	1951	Paul Minner	17	Chicago
	Alex Kellner		Philadelphia		Paul Minner		Chicago
	Bob Lemon		Cleveland		Ken Raffensberger		Cincinnati
	Billy Pierce		Chicago		Ken Raffensberger
	Duane Pillette		St. Louis		Willie Ramsdell
	Dizzy Trout		Detroit		Willie Ramsdell
1952	Art Houtteman	20	Detroit	1952	Murray Dickson	21	Pittsburgh
1953	Harry Byrd	20	Philadelphia	1953	Murray Dickson	19	Pittsburgh
1953	Harry Byrd	20	Philadelphia	1953	Warren Hacker	19	Chicago
1954	Don Larsen	21	Baltimore	1954	Murray Dickson	20	Philadelphia
1955	Jim Wilson	18	Baltimore	1955	Sam Jones	20	Chicago
1956	Art Ditmar	22	Kansas City	1956	Ron Kline	18	Pittsburgh
1956	Art Ditmar	22	Kansas City	1956	Robin Roberts	18	Philadelphia
1957	Chuck Stobbs	20	Washington	1957	Robin Roberts	22	Philadelphia
1958	Pedro Ramos	18	Washington	1958	Ron Kline	16	Pittsburgh
1959	Pedro Ramos	19	Washington	1959	Bob Friend	19	Pittsburgh
1960	Pedro Ramos	18	Washington	1960	Glen Hobbie	20	Chicago
1961	Pedro Ramos	20	Minnesota	1961	Bob Friend	19	Pittsburgh
1961	Pedro Ramos	20	Minnesota	1961	Art Mahaffey	19	Philadelphia
1962	Chuck Estrada	17	Baltimore	1962	Roger Craig	24	New York
1962	Ed Rakow	17	Kansas City	1962	Roger Craig	24	New York
1963	Orlando Pena	20	Kansas City	1963	Roger Craig	22	New York
1964	Diego Segui	17	Kansas City	1964	Tracy Stallard	20	New York
1965	Bill Monbouquette	18	Boston	1965	Jack Fisher	24	New York
	Dave Morehead		Boston
	John O'Donoghue		Kansas City
1966	Mel Stottlemyre	20	New York	1966	Dick Ellsworth	22	Chicago
1967	George Brunet	19	California	1967	Jack Fisher	18	New York
1968	George Brunet	17	California	1968	Claude Osteen	18	Los Angeles
1968	George Brunet	17	California	1968	Ray Sadecki	18	San Francisco
1969	Luis Tiant	20	Cleveland	1969	Clay Kirby	20	San Diego
1970	Mickey Lolich	19	Detroit	1970	Steve Carlton	19	St. Louis
1971	Denny McLain	22	Washington	1971	Steve Arlin	19	San Diego
1972	Pat Dobson	18	Baltimore	1972	Steve Arlin	21	San Diego
1972	Mel Stottlemyre	18	New York	1972	Steve Arlin	21	San Diego
1973	Stan Bahnsen	21	Chicago	1973	Steve Carlton	20	Philadelphia
1974	Mickey Lolich	21	Detroit	1974	Bill Bonham	22	Chicago
					Randy Jones		San Diego
					Steve Rogers		Montreal
1975	Wilbur Wood	20	Chicago	1975	Rick Reuschel	17	Chicago
1976	Nolan Ryan	18	California	1976	Steve Rogers	17	Montreal
1976	Nolan Ryan	18	California	1976	Dick Ruthven	17	Atlanta
1977	Vida Blue	19	Oakland	1977	Jerry Koosman	20	New York
	Wayne Garland		Cleveland		Phil Niekro		Atlanta
	Rick Langford		Oakland		Phil Niekro		Atlanta
1978	Rick Wise	19	Cleveland	1978	Phil Niekro	18	Atlanta
1979	Phil Huffman	18	Toronto	1979	Phil Niekro	20	Atlanta
1980	Brian Kingman	20	Oakland	1980	Phil Niekro	18	Atlanta
1981	Luis Leal	13	Toronto	1981	Steve Mura	14	San Diego
1981	Luis Leal	13	Toronto	1981	Pat Zachry	14	New York
1982	Matt Keough	18	Oakland	1982	Bruce Berenyi	18	Cincinnati
1982	Frank Tanana	18	Texas	1982	Bruce Berenyi	18	Cincinnati
1983	Larry Gura	18	Kansas City	1983	Mike Torrez	17	New York
1984	La Marr Hoyt	18	Chicago	1984	Jeff Russell	18	Cincinnati
1985	Matt Young	19	Seattle	1985	Jose DeLeon	19	Pittsburgh
1986	Richard Dotson	17	Chicago	1986	Rick Mahler	18	Atlanta
1986	Mike Morgan	17	Seattle	1986	Rick Mahler	18	Atlanta
1987	Mike Moore	19	Seattle	1987	Bob Knepper	17	Houston
1988	Bert Blyleven	17	Minnesota	1988	Tom Glavine	17	Atlanta
1989	Doyle Alexander	18	Detroit	1989	Don Carman	15	Philadelphia
					Orel Hershiser		Los Angeles
					Ken Hill		St. Louis
1990	Tim Leary	19	New York	1990	Jose DeLeon	19	St. Louis
1991	Kirk McCaskill	19	California	1991	Bud Black	16	San Francisco
1992	Erik Hanson	17	Seattle	1992	Tom Candiotti	15	Los Angeles
1992	Erik Hanson	17	Seattle	1992	Orel Hershiser	15	Los Angeles
1993	Scott Erickson	19	Minnesota	1993	Doug Drabek	18	Houston
1994	Tim Belcher	15	Detroit	1994	Andy Benes	14	San Diego
1995	Jason Bere	15	Chicago	1995	Paul Wagner	16	Pittsburgh
	Kevin Gross		Texas
	Mike Moore		Detroit
1996	Jim Abbott	18	California	1996	Frank Castillo	16	Chicago
1996	Jim Abbott	18	California	1996	Pat Rapp	16	Florida
1997	James Baldwin	15	Chicago	1997	Mark Leiter	17	Philadelphia
	Cal Eldred		Milwaukee
	Tim Wakefield		Boston
1998	Tom Candiotti	16	Oakland	1998	Darryl Kile	17	Colorado
1998	Jaime Navarro	16	Chicago	1998	Darryl Kile	17	Colorado
1999	Brian Moehler	16	Detroit	1999	Steve Trachsel	18	Chicago
2000	Brad Radke	16	Minnesota	2000	Omar Daal