Hit by Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac

Hit by Pitch Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for hit batsmen — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related records.

"If the hitter is timid, (a pitcher) he has to remind the hitter he's timid." - Don Drysdale (National League hit by pitcher leader for seasons in a career and consecutive seasons in a career)

Hit By Pitch Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	205
	NL	Pink Hawley	St. Louis	52	201
			Pittsburgh	87
			Cincinnati	42
			New York	20
Hit By Pitch Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season (Top 100)	AA	Phil Knell	Columbus	54	1891
	AL	Chick Fraser	Philadelphia	32	1901
	NL	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn	41	1900
Most Innings (IP) Without A Hit By Pitch During A Season	AL	Alvin Crowder	Washington	327.0	1932
	NL	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles	323.0	1966
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Howard Ehmke	Detroit	6	1920
			Detroit		1921
			Detroit		1922
			Boston		1923
			Boston		1925
			Philadelphia		1927
	NL	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles	5	1958
			Los Angeles		1959
			Los Angeles		1960
			Los Angeles		1961
			Los Angeles		1965
Most Seasons Leading The League Consecutively	AL	Tommy Byrne	New York	5	1948-1952
			St. Louis
	NL	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles	4	1958-1961
Hit By Pitch Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game	AA	Ed Knouff	Baltimore	6	04-25-1887
	AL	Too Many To List	-	4	-
	NL	John Grimes	St. Louis	6	07-31-1897
					Game 2
Most In An Inning	AL	Bud Black	Cleveland	3	07-08-1988
					4^th Inning
		Bert Blyleven	Minnesota		09-28-1988
					2^nd Inning
		Bert Gallia	Washington		06-20-1913
					1^st Inning
					2^nd Game
		Harry Harper	New York		08-25-1921
					8^th Inning
		Tom Morgan	New York		06-30-1954
					3^rd Inning
		Steve Sparks	Anaheim		05-22-1999
					3^rd Inning
		Wilbur Wood	Chicago		09-10-1977
					1^st Inning
	NL	Ray Boggs	Boston	3	09-17-1928
					9^th Inning
		Matt Clement	Chicago		05-28-2004
					5^th Inning
					Game 1
		Tom Candiotti	Los Angeles		09-13-1997
					1^st Inning
		Dock Ellis	Pittsburgh		05-01-1974
					1^st Inning
		Mark Gardner	Montreal		08-15-1992
					1^st Inning
		Pink Hawley	St. Louis		07-04-1894
					1^st Inning
					Game 1
		Pink Hawley	Pittsburgh		05-09-1896
					7^th Inning
		Kazuhisa Ishii	Los Angeles		07-23-2003
					3^rd Inning
		Joe Kennedy	Arizona		08-14-2007
					4^th Inning
		Brian Lawrence	San Diego		04-22-2003
					4^th Inning
		Pat Luby	Chicago		09-05-1890
					6^th Inning
		Sergio Mitre	Florida		08-31-2007
					2^nd Inning
		C.J. Nitkowski	Houston		08-03-1998
					8^th Inning
		Deacon Phillippe	Pittsburgh		09-25-1905
					1^st Inning
		Raul Sanchez	Cincinnati		05-15-1960
					8^th Inning
		Walter Thornton	Chicago		05-18-1898
					4^th Inning
		Jeff Weaver	Los Angeles		08-21-2004
					1^st Inning
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Hit By Pitch Records

Did you know that in the hit by a pitch in an inning record (above); Dock Ellis, Pink Hawley, C.J. Nitkowski, Steve Sparks, Walter Thornton, Jeff Weaver and Wilbur Wood all hit the batters in consecutive order?

The record for most hit batters by the same pitcher during two consecutive games is held by Sam Shaw who struck nine batters June 13th and 15th of 1893.

On May 1, 1920, Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves faced off in a twenty-six inning game and neither pitcher struck a single batter setting the Major League record for longest game without a hit batsman. The same record in the American League belongs to Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox who pitched a twenty-one inning game on May 24, 1929, and did not strike a single batter.

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