Teams hitting teams more often than any others. Not the friendliest stat book to be included in and one must wonder how many were intentional when you see eight hitters being struck in a nine inning game. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the team records for being hit by a pitch.
"#26. If one of your players gets knocked down by a pitch, retaliate." - Legendary Lists : Book of Unwritten Rules
Hit By A Pitch Team RecordsHits by a Pitch in a Season by Teams Records |
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Record | LG | Team(s) | Data | |
Fewest Hit by a Pitch In A Season |
AL | 1937 Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 1937 |
NL | 1939 Philadelphia Phillies |
9 | 1939 | |
1969 San Diego Padres | 1969 | |||
Most Hit by a Pitch In A Season |
AL | 2008 Cleveland Indians | 103 | 2008 |
NL | 1898 Baltimore Orioles | 160 | 1898 | |
Record | LG | Team(s) | Data | |
Hit By A Pitch Team RecordsHits by a Pitch in a Game by Teams Records |
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Record | LG | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Hit by a Pitch In A Game By Both Teams * = Since 1900 |
AL | Detroit (4) vs Washington (3) | 7 | 08-24-1914 |
Minnesota (4) vs Kansas City (3) | 04-13-1971 | |||
Kansas City (5) vs Texas (2) | 09-03-1989 | |||
Oakland (5) vs Anaheim (2) | 06-07-2001 | |||
Boston (4) vs New York (3) | 07-05-2008 | |||
NL | Washington (5) vs Pittsburgh (4) | 9 | 05-09-1896 | |
Chicago (5) vs Cincinnati (3) * | 8 | 07-27-2020 | ||
Most Hit by a Pitch In A Game By One Team * = Since 1900 |
AL | New York (vs Washington) | 6 | 06-20-1913 |
NL | Louisville (vs St. Louis) | 6 | 07-31-1897 | |
Atlanta (vs Cincinnati) | 5 | 07-02-1969 | ||
Houston (vs Los Angeles) | 04-19-2000 | |||
Chicago (vs Cincinnati) * | 07-27-2020 | |||
Most Hit by a Pitch In An Inning |
AL | New York (vs Washington) | 3 | 06-20-1913 |
1st Inning | ||||
Cleveland (vs New York) | 08-25-1921 | |||
8th Inning | ||||
Boston (vs New York) | 06-30-1954 | |||
3rd Inning | ||||
Baltimore (vs California) | 08-09-1968 | |||
7th Inning | ||||
California (vs Chicago) | 09-10-1977 | |||
1st Inning | ||||
California (vs Cleveland) | 07-08-1988 | |||
4th Inning | ||||
Oakland (vs Minnesota) | 09-28-1988 | |||
2nd Inning | ||||
Los Angeles (at Oakland) | 09-05-2016 | |||
1st Inning | ||||
NL | Boston (vs Pittsburgh) | 4 | 08-19-1893 | |
2nd Inning | ||||
Record | Lg | Team(s) | Data | |
MLB Hit by Pitch Records | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The Major League records for batters getting hit by pitches, including most hit by pitch in a career, single, and game, are on Baseball Almanac in the Baseball Records section.
Did you know that the former major league / now defunct American Association record for hits by a pitch in a nine inning game is six also, set on April 25, 1887?
The most hit by pitches in an extra inning game occurred on June 16, 1893, during an eleven inning game where six-players were hit by New York when they played against Chicago.