For single seasons, From 1901 to 2008, From Age 40 to 99, During last season , Retired (or inactive) Players, (requiring IP≥30), sorted by greatest ERAp
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Cnt Player **ERA ** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 1 Al Benton 165 37.2 1952 41 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 17 4 3 .571 6 37 11 10 17 20 2.39 1 158 0 0 0 0 2 Early Wynn 159 55.1 1963 43 CLE AL 20 5 1 0 7 1 2 .333 1 50 14 14 15 29 2.28 2 223 200 6 1 3 0 6 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 .250 .300 .320 .620 78 3 Herb Pennock 155 62 1934 40 BOS AL 30 2 1 0 20 2 0 1.000 1 68 31 21 16 16 3.05 2 265 0 0 1 0 4 Dan Plesac 148 33.1 2003 41 PHI NL 58 0 0 0 9 2 1 .667 2 29 12 10 11 37 2.70 3 141 127 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .228 .295 .331 .626 72 566 351 5 Ted Lyons 146 42.2 1946 45 CHW AL 5 5 5 0 0 1 4 .200 0 38 17 11 9 10 2.32 2 174 0 0 0 0 6 Eddie Plank 146 131 1917 41 SLB AL 20 14 8 1 4 5 6 .455 1 105 39 26 38 26 1.79 2 520 2 0 1 0 7 Elmer Singleton 145 43 1959 41 CHC NL 21 1 0 0 12 2 1 .667 0 40 15 13 12 25 2.72 2 180 159 7 0 2 0 9 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .252 .304 .333 .637 73 8 Boom-Boom Beck 144 110.2 1945 40 TOT NL 25 10 6 0 6 8 5 .615 1 96 40 33 26 29 2.68 2 444 1 0 0 0 9 Ron Reed 135 73 1984 41 CHW AL 51 0 0 0 38 0 6 .000 12 67 29 25 14 57 3.08 7 294 270 12 1 2 1 6 2 8 4 1 0 0 3 .248 .286 .378 .664 77 10 Red Faber 123 86.1 1933 44 CHW AL 36 2 0 0 24 3 4 .429 5 92 41 33 28 18 3.44 2 376 1 0 3 0 11 Doug Jones 119 73.1 2000 43 OAK AL 54 0 0 0 22 4 2 .667 2 86 34 32 18 54 3.93 6 319 295 18 2 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 0 1 .292 .334 .427 .761 95 1152 787 12 Rich Gossage 117 47.1 1994 42 SEA AL 36 0 0 0 21 3 0 1.000 1 44 23 22 15 29 4.18 6 197 175 13 1 1 3 2 2 5 5 1 0 0 2 .251 .318 .440 .758 91 13 Sam Jones 114 140 1935 42 CHW AL 21 19 7 0 2 8 7 .533 0 162 77 63 51 38 4.05 8 632 1 0 2 0 14 Gene Garber 112 32.2 1988 40 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 19 0 4 .000 6 29 15 13 13 20 3.58 4 138 122 2 0 2 2 1 0 5 7 1 0 2 0 .238 .321 .352 .673 88 15 Alex McColl 112 112 1934 40 WSH AL 42 2 1 0 26 3 4 .429 1 129 56 48 36 29 3.86 6 492 1 0 2 0 16 Eppa Rixey 108 94.1 1933 42 CIN NL 16 12 5 1 3 6 3 .667 0 118 48 33 12 10 3.15 1 417 0 0 1 0 17 Rip Sewell 108 76 1949 42 PIT NL 28 6 2 1 9 6 1 .857 1 82 35 33 32 26 3.91 8 330 0 0 0 0 18 Roger Clemens 107 99 2007 44 NYY AL 18 17 0 0 0 6 6 .500 0 99 52 46 31 68 4.18 9 420 379 15 4 0 5 2 3 9 15 4 0 0 7 .261 .323 .393 .716 88 1582 961 19 Tom Seaver 106 176.1 1986 41 TOT AL 28 28 2 0 0 7 13 .350 0 180 83 79 56 103 4.03 17 759 683 31 6 2 7 7 6 14 22 6 0 0 4 .264 .323 .401 .724 94 20 Joe Berry 105 50.1 1946 41 TOT AL 26 0 0 0 17 3 7 .300 1 47 23 18 24 21 3.22 5 217 1 0 0 0 21 Jerry Staley 103 61.1 1961 40 TOT AL 52 0 0 0 29 2 5 .286 4 64 31 27 21 32 3.96 8 267 237 8 1 3 2 5 2 4 4 2 0 0 4 .270 .332 .414 .746 103 22 Vean Gregg 102 74.1 1925 40 WSH AL 26 5 1 0 7 2 2 .500 2 87 41 34 38 18 4.12 3 327 2 0 3 0 23 Virgil Trucks 101 61.2 1958 41 TOT AL 41 0 0 0 25 2 2 .500 4 58 31 25 39 41 3.65 3 283 232 6 3 1 2 2 8 3 6 1 0 0 2 .250 .352 .341 .693 97 24 Al Brazle 99 84.1 1954 40 STL NL 58 0 0 0 28 5 4 .556 8 93 48 39 24 30 4.16 10 363 3 0 2 0 25 Dennis Eckersley 99 39.2 1998 43 BOS AL 50 0 0 0 13 4 1 .800 1 46 21 21 8 22 4.76 6 171 158 9 0 3 2 2 1 4 12 1 0 0 0 .291 .331 .462 .793 102 ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Cnt Player **ERA ** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 26 Larry Andersen 98 32.2 1994 41 PHI NL 29 0 0 0 11 1 2 .333 0 33 20 16 15 27 4.41 2 147 129 7 1 3 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 .256 .333 .372 .705 86 27 Dutch Leonard 97 62.2 1953 44 CHC NL 45 0 0 0 27 2 3 .400 8 72 34 32 24 27 4.60 9 276 1 1 2 0 28 Cy Young 96 126.1 1911 44 TOT ML 18 18 12 2 0 7 9 .438 0 137 75 53 28 55 3.78 6 537 4 0 6 0 29 Johnny Niggeling 96 96 1946 42 TOT ML 16 14 6 0 1 5 7 .417 0 93 45 38 42 34 3.56 3 420 2 0 3 0 30 Dave Stieb 95 50.1 1998 40 TOR AL 19 3 0 0 7 1 2 .333 2 58 31 27 17 27 4.83 6 228 204 10 0 1 5 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 .284 .351 .422 .773 101 31 Jim Turner 95 54.1 1945 41 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 26 3 4 .429 10 45 26 22 31 22 3.64 4 238 0 0 1 0 32 Lefty Grove 95 134 1941 41 BOS AL 21 21 10 0 0 7 7 .500 0 155 84 65 42 54 4.37 8 598 2 0 3 0 33 Jim Kaat 93 34.2 1983 44 STL NL 24 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 48 19 15 10 19 3.89 5 162 147 7 0 3 0 4 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 .327 .367 .476 .843 137 34 Dennis Martinez 93 91 1998 43 ATL NL 53 5 1 1 11 4 6 .400 2 109 53 45 19 62 4.45 8 396 369 15 3 5 3 2 3 9 7 2 1 0 2 .295 .332 .417 .749 102 35 Roy Face 93 59.1 1969 41 MON NL 44 0 0 0 27 4 2 .667 5 62 29 26 15 34 3.94 11 253 236 9 1 3 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 .263 .307 .449 .756 117 36 Si Johnson 92 112.2 1947 40 BSN NL 36 10 3 0 15 6 8 .429 2 124 57 53 34 27 4.23 7 493 1 0 1 0 37 Fritz Ostermuelle 92 134.1 1948 40 PIT NL 23 22 10 2 0 8 11 .421 0 143 73 66 41 43 4.42 13 597 1 0 4 0 38 Gaylord Perry 90 186.1 1983 44 TOT AL 30 30 3 1 0 7 14 .333 0 214 108 96 49 82 4.64 24 811 741 22 7 4 4 11 6 22 8 5 2 0 5 .289 .334 .435 .769 107 39 Dazzy Vance 90 51 1935 44 BRO NL 20 0 0 0 11 3 2 .600 2 55 29 25 16 28 4.41 3 225 3 0 1 0 40 Thornton Lee 90 32.2 1948 41 NYG NL 11 4 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 41 20 16 12 17 4.41 3 150 1 0 0 0 41 Clarence Mitchell 90 30.1 1932 41 NYG NL 8 3 1 0 3 1 3 .250 2 41 21 14 11 7 4.15 1 141 1 0 0 0 42 Warren Spahn 88 197.2 1965 44 TOT NL 36 30 8 0 3 7 16 .304 0 210 104 88 56 90 4.01 26 846 771 28 9 2 3 9 7 14 9 3 4 0 2 .272 .321 .433 .754 119 43 Jesse Haines 88 65.2 1937 43 STL NL 16 6 2 0 4 3 3 .500 0 81 36 33 23 18 4.52 5 296 1 0 1 0 44 Fergie Jenkins 88 167.1 1983 40 CHC NL 33 29 1 1 1 6 9 .400 0 176 89 80 46 96 4.30 19 705 641 29 7 5 6 7 5 18 25 11 1 3 2 .275 .327 .431 .758 111 45 Bob Smith 88 44 1937 42 BSN NL 18 0 0 0 12 0 1 .000 3 52 22 20 6 14 4.09 6 185 2 0 0 0 46 Bobo Newsom 87 38.2 1953 45 PHA AL 17 2 1 0 9 2 1 .667 0 44 24 21 24 16 4.89 3 187 5 0 0 0 47 Mike Morgan 86 34 2002 42 ARI NL 29 0 0 0 9 1 1 .500 0 41 22 20 9 13 5.29 7 156 142 6 0 1 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 .289 .344 .479 .823 110 463 297 48 Pete Dowling 86 306 1901 99 TOT AL 43 34 31 2 7 12 26 .316 1 340 209 141 118 124 4.15 2 0 21 1 9 0 49 Don Sutton 86 87.1 1988 43 LAD NL 16 16 0 0 0 3 6 .333 0 91 44 38 30 44 3.92 7 380 337 12 1 6 1 7 5 4 20 4 0 4 2 .270 .327 .374 .701 108 50 Nolan Ryan 85 66.1 1993 46 TEX AL 13 13 0 0 0 5 5 .500 0 54 47 36 40 46 4.88 5 291 246 13 1 0 1 2 2 3 13 4 0 0 3 .220 .329 .341 .670 84 ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Cnt Player **ERA ** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 51 Rube Walberg 85 104.2 1937 40 BOS AL 32 11 3 0 13 5 7 .417 1 143 72 65 46 46 5.59 7 488 3 0 4 0 52 Charlie Hough 84 113.2 1994 46 FLA NL 21 21 1 1 0 5 9 .357 0 118 74 65 52 65 5.15 17 515 430 21 6 1 10 14 9 5 8 7 4 4 9 .274 .359 .470 .829 117 53 Bert Blyleven 84 133 1992 41 CAL AL 25 24 1 0 0 8 12 .400 0 150 76 70 29 70 4.74 17 568 526 24 3 2 5 3 5 11 10 4 0 1 3 .285 .326 .439 .765 113 54 Sal Maglie 84 76.1 1958 41 TOT ML 17 13 2 0 4 3 7 .300 0 73 43 40 34 28 4.72 17 331 288 10 5 4 2 6 1 6 6 2 1 0 0 .253 .335 .500 .835 125 55 Murry Dickson 81 71 1959 42 KCA AL 38 0 0 0 12 2 1 .667 0 85 46 39 27 36 4.94 9 326 293 19 2 1 0 5 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 .290 .349 .461 .810 124 56 Al Worthington 81 61 1969 40 MIN AL 46 0 0 0 19 4 1 .800 3 65 31 31 20 51 4.57 7 257 234 5 1 2 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 .278 .333 .397 .730 107 57 Lou Polli 80 35.2 1944 42 NYG NL 19 0 0 0 6 0 2 .000 3 42 25 18 20 6 4.54 3 166 0 0 1 0 58 Jerry Koosman 80 99.1 1985 42 PHI NL 19 18 3 1 0 6 4 .600 0 107 56 51 34 60 4.62 14 433 387 19 4 3 3 5 4 6 8 2 1 2 2 .276 .336 .455 .791 123 59 Earl Whitehill 77 89.1 1939 40 CHC NL 24 11 2 1 5 4 7 .364 1 102 59 51 50 42 5.14 8 416 5 0 4 0 60 David Wells 77 157.1 2007 44 TOT NL 29 29 0 0 0 9 9 .500 0 201 97 95 42 82 5.43 22 694 636 42 5 5 3 9 4 12 11 7 3 0 1 .316 .359 .502 .861 131 2369 1579 61 Connie Marrero 75 66.1 1954 42 WSH AL 22 8 1 0 8 3 6 .333 0 74 37 35 22 26 4.75 12 287 0 1 1 0 62 Danny Darwin 73 148.2 1998 42 SFG NL 33 25 0 0 2 8 10 .444 0 176 97 91 49 81 5.51 23 660 593 33 4 4 3 12 3 12 10 7 0 0 4 .297 .352 .482 .834 127 63 Kent Tekulve 72 52 1989 42 CIN NL 37 0 0 0 20 0 3 .000 1 56 35 29 23 31 5.02 5 235 206 11 0 8 0 4 2 4 10 2 0 1 1 .272 .342 .398 .740 113 64 Phil Niekro 72 138.2 1987 48 TOT ML 26 26 2 0 0 7 13 .350 0 163 99 97 66 64 6.30 22 637 560 33 6 1 4 2 5 4 12 8 0 3 10 .291 .367 .489 .856 125 65 Carl Hubbell 70 66 1943 40 NYG NL 12 11 3 0 0 4 4 .500 0 87 36 36 24 31 4.91 7 299 0 0 4 0 66 Hod Lisenbee 68 80.1 1945 46 CIN NL 31 3 0 0 17 1 3 .250 1 97 56 49 16 14 5.49 12 350 2 0 1 0 67 Dick Hall 67 43.1 1971 40 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 14 6 6 .500 1 52 27 24 11 26 4.98 4 194 172 9 3 9 1 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 .302 .342 .459 .801 131 68 Burleigh Grimes 67 53 1934 40 TOT ML 22 4 0 0 14 4 5 .444 1 63 38 36 26 15 6.11 1 245 2 0 2 0 69 Tommy John 66 63.2 1989 46 NYY AL 10 10 0 0 0 2 7 .222 0 87 45 41 22 18 5.80 6 290 259 10 0 2 3 4 2 8 7 5 2 0 3 .336 .392 .444 .836 135 70 Steve Reed 65 32.2 2005 40 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 6 1 2 .333 0 41 24 24 11 15 6.61 5 149 133 8 1 2 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 .308 .376 .496 .872 132 543 343 71 Charley Root 65 106.2 1941 42 CHC NL 19 15 6 0 4 8 7 .533 0 133 68 64 37 46 5.40 8 484 0 0 1 0 72 Kevin Brown 65 73.1 2005 40 NYY AL 13 13 0 0 0 4 7 .364 0 107 57 53 19 50 6.50 5 346 314 19 1 1 7 3 3 7 10 1 0 0 6 .341 .388 .455 .843 126 1231 786 73 Babe Adams 64 36.2 1926 44 PIT NL 19 0 0 0 14 2 3 .400 3 51 32 25 8 7 6.14 5 164 0 0 0 0 74 Tom Candiotti 64 71.1 1999 41 TOT AL 18 13 0 0 1 4 6 .400 0 86 64 58 30 41 7.32 14 326 287 15 3 0 3 2 4 8 11 2 0 0 13 .300 .367 .519 .886 127 75 Earl Caldwell 63 48 1948 43 TOT AL 33 1 0 0 19 2 6 .250 3 64 39 36 33 15 6.75 5 231 3 0 0 0 ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Cnt Player **ERA ** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 76 Freddie Fitzsimmo 61 44.2 1943 41 BRO NL 9 7 1 0 2 3 4 .429 0 50 29 27 21 12 5.44 6 201 1 1 0 0 77 Red Ruffing 60 53 1947 42 CHW AL 9 9 1 0 0 3 5 .375 0 63 39 36 16 11 6.11 7 235 0 0 3 0 78 Jesse Orosco 53 33.2 2003 46 TOT ML 65 0 0 0 13 2 2 .500 2 41 31 29 21 29 7.75 4 166 137 8 1 3 3 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 7 .299 .394 .460 .854 134 647 376 79 Mike Flanagan 50 34.2 1992 40 BAL AL 42 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 50 34 31 23 17 8.05 3 180 148 6 1 1 5 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 4 .338 .438 .453 .891 148 Seasons/Careers found: 79.
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