Baseball Almanac - Pitcher Assists Records

Assists Records by Pitchers

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine assists records for pitchers. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the possible assists record variations.

"All I want to see Mad Dog (Greg Maddux) do is stay healthy and keep on pitching." - Leo Mazzone

Assist Records Pitchers
Record	League	Pitcher(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Mark Langston	California	42	1990
	NL	Ron Darling	New York	47	1985
		Ron Darling	New York		1986
		Bob Knepper	Houston		1986
		Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles		1986
Most In A Career	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	1,351	1,351
	NL	Christy Mathewson	New York	1,503	1,506
			Cincinnati	3
Most In A Game (9-Inning Contest)	AL	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland	11	05-20-1923
					8 Innings
		George McConnell	New York		09-02-1912
					Game 2
		Al Orth	New York		08-12-1906
		Ed Walsh	Chicago		04-19-1907
		Ed Walsh	Chicago		08-12-1907
	NL	Rip Sewell	Pittsburgh	11	06-06-1941
					Game 2
Most In A Game (Extra Innings Contest)	AL	Nick Altrock	Chicago	12	06-07-1908
					10 Innings
	NL	Leon Cadore	Brooklyn	12	05-01-1920
					26 Innings
Most In A Season	AL	Ed Walsh	Chicago	227	1907
	NL	John Clarkson	Boston	168	1889
Record	League	Pitcher(s)	Team(s)	Data
Assists Records by Pitchers

Did you know that Bob Lemon (1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953 & 1956) and Greg Maddux (1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 & 2003) have led the league in assists more often in the American & National League respectively than any other pitcher?

Where is the record for assists in an inning? It is not listed because the record is three assists by one pitcher which has happened several hundred times in major league history.

In the National League, the modern record for assists by a pitcher during a single season is one-hundred forty-one set by Christy Mathewson in 1908.

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