Games Pitched Records by Baseball Almanac

Games Pitched Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for games pitched — including games pitched career marks, most games pitched by a rookie during a season and other game pitched records.

"There's only one way to time (Walter) Johnson's fastball. When you see the arm start forward, swing." - Birdie McCree in The Washington Senators (Shirley Povich, Kent State University Publishers, 'The Washington Senators', Page 50)

Games Pitched Records Career Games Pitched Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 1,000) Bold=League Leader	AL	Mariano Rivera	New York	1,042	1,042
		Mike Timlin	Toronto	305	894
			Seattle	96
			Baltimore	99
			Boston	394
	NL	John Franco	Cincinnati	393	1,119
			New York	695
			Houston	31
	ML	Jesse Orosco	New York [NL]	372	1,251
			Los Angeles	146
			Cleveland	156
			Milwaukee	156
			Minnesota	8
			Baltimore	238
			St. Louis	6
			San Diego	42
Most In A Career With One Team	AL	Mariano Rivera	New York	1,042	1,042
Most In A Career With One Team	NL	Trevor Hoffman	San Diego	902	902
Games Pitched Records Single Season Games Pitched Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest By The League Leader	AL	Joe Haynes	Chicago	40	1942
Fewest By The League Leader	NL	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn	40	1918
Most In A Season (Top 500)	AL	Mike Marshall	Minnesota	90	1979
Most In A Season (Top 500)	NL	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles	106	1974
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Sean Runyan	Detroit	88	1998
Most In A Season By A Rookie	NL	Wayne Granger	Cincinnati	90	1969
Most Years Leading League In Games Pitched (Yearly Leaders)	AL	Firpo Marberry	Washington	6	1924
			Washington		1925
			Washington		1926
			Washington		1928
			Washington		1929
			Washington		1932
	NL	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn	6	1900
			New York		1903
			New York		1904
			New York		1905
			New York		1906
			New York		1907
	ML	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn [NL]	7	1900
			Baltimore [AL]		1901
			New York [NL]		1903
			New York [NL]		1904
			New York [NL]		1905
			New York [NL]		1906
			New York [NL]		1907
Games Pitched Records Game Based Games Pitched Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most On Opening Day (1^st Game of Season)	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	14	14
		Jack Morris	Detroit	13
			Minnesota	1
			Toronto	2
			Cleveland	0
	NL	Steve Carlton	St. Louis	0	15
	NL	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia	15	15
	ML	Tom Seaver	New York [NL]	11	16
			Cincinnati [AL]	3
			Chicago [AL]	2
		Steve Carlton	St. Louis [NL]	0
			Philadelphia [NL]	15
			Chicago [AL]	1
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Games Pitched Records

Did you know that Joe McGinnity pitched a record five complete game double headers (two during the 1901 season and three during the 1903 season) during his career?

Joe McGinnity pitched a single season record three complete game double headers during the 1903 season AND all three were in August (08-01-1903, 08-08-1903 & 08-31-1903).

Props to Jesse Orosco for taking over the all times games pitched mark during the 1999 season — and never looking back. Does any other current pitcher have the stamina to stay around to surpass this record? Share your opinion on Baseball Fever.

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