Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2007, not in the Hall of Fame, (requiring At least 3000 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest ERAp
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Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2007, not in the Hall of Fame, (requiring At least 3000 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest ERAp
Cnt Player **ERA ** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Roger Clemens 143 4916.2 1984 2007 21-44 709 707 118 46 0 354 184 .658 0 4185 1885 1707 1580 4672 3.12 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU 2 Randy Johnson 138 3855.1 1988 2007 24-43 566 556 98 37 5 284 150 .654 2 3065 1556 1381 1422 4616 3.22 368 15877 29 182 31 102 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY 3 Greg Maddux 134 4814.1 1986 2007 20-41 711 707 109 35 3 347 214 .619 0 4522 1876 1665 969 3273 3.11 332 19617 172 131 26 68 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 4 Curt Schilling 127 3261 1988 2007 21-40 569 436 83 20 81 216 146 .597 22 2998 1318 1253 711 3116 3.46 347 13284 43 52 8 72 BAL-HOU-PHI-TOT-ARI-BOS 5 Kevin Brown 127 3256.1 1986 2005 21-40 486 476 72 17 1 211 144 .594 0 3079 1357 1185 901 2397 3.28 208 13542 42 139 15 108 TEX-BAL-FLA-SDP-LAD-NYY 6 John Smoltz 127 3367 1988 2007 21-40 702 461 53 16 204 207 145 .588 154 2954 1328 1221 984 2975 3.26 275 13810 81 54 16 143 ATL 7 Eddie Cicotte 123 3223.1 1905 1920 21-36 502 361 249 35 106 208 149 .583 25 2897 1149 853 827 1374 2.38 32 12657 49 5 58 DET-BOS-TOT-CHW 8 Mike Mussina 122 3362.1 1991 2007 22-38 503 502 57 23 0 250 144 .635 0 3246 1474 1383 754 2663 3.70 359 13774 26 52 1 67 BAL-NYY 9 Carl Mays 120 3021.1 1915 1929 23-37 490 325 231 29 125 207 126 .622 31 2912 1211 979 734 862 2.92 73 12385 89 1 34 BOS-TOT-NYY-CIN-NYG 10 Dutch Leonard 119 3218.1 1933 1953 24-44 640 374 192 30 171 191 181 .513 44 3304 1432 1162 737 1170 3.25 158 13487 56 6 97 BRO-WSH-PHI-CHC 11 Billy Pierce 119 3306.2 1945 1964 18-37 585 432 193 38 84 211 169 .555 32 2989 1325 1201 1178 1999 3.27 284 13853 35 30 10 48 DET-CHW-SFG 12 Tom Glavine 119 4350 1987 2007 21-41 669 669 56 25 0 303 199 .604 0 4231 1860 1695 1463 2570 3.51 345 18323 141 65 7 65 ATL-NYM 13 Bert Blyleven 118 4970 1970 1992 19-41 692 685 242 60 3 287 250 .534 0 4632 2029 1830 1322 3701 3.31 430 20491 71 155 19 114 MIN-TOT-TEX-PIT-CLE-MIN-CAL 14 Dolf Luque 117 3220.1 1914 1935 23-44 550 365 206 26 128 194 179 .520 28 3231 1412 1161 918 1130 3.24 113 13470 26 5 50 BSN-CIN-BRO-NYG 15 Wilbur Cooper 116 3480 1912 1926 20-34 517 408 279 35 84 216 178 .548 14 3415 1406 1119 853 1252 2.89 103 14377 100 0 44 PIT-CHC-TOT 16 Bucky Walters 115 3104.2 1934 1950 25-41 428 398 242 42 18 198 160 .553 4 2990 1343 1139 1121 1107 3.30 154 13140 51 6 63 PHI-TOT-CIN-BSN 17 Chuck Finley 115 3197.1 1986 2002 23-39 524 467 63 15 24 200 173 .536 0 3069 1517 1366 1332 2610 3.85 304 13638 36 76 22 130 CAL-ANA-CLE-TOT 18 Luis Tiant 114 3486.1 1964 1982 23-41 573 484 187 49 51 229 172 .571 15 3075 1400 1280 1104 2416 3.30 346 14365 53 49 4 27 CLE-MIN-BOS-NYY-PIT-CAL 19 Larry French 114 3152 1929 1942 21-34 570 384 198 40 109 197 171 .535 17 3375 1440 1206 819 1187 3.44 164 13465 42 4 34 PIT-CHC-TOT-BRO 20 Jack Quinn 114 3920.1 1909 1933 25-49 756 444 243 28 216 247 218 .531 57 4238 1835 1433 860 1329 3.29 102 16493 94 5 59 NYY-BSN-BAL-CHW-NYY-BOS-TOT-PHA-BRO-CIN 21 Rick Reuschel 114 3548.1 1972 1991 23-42 557 529 102 26 16 214 191 .528 5 3588 1494 1330 935 2015 3.37 221 14888 117 88 10 89 CHC-TOT-PIT-SFG 22 Doc White 113 3041 1901 1913 22-34 427 363 262 45 53 189 156 .548 5 2743 1115 808 670 1384 2.39 33 9414 119 7 62 PHI-CHW 23 Larry Jackson 113 3262.2 1955 1968 24-37 558 429 149 37 73 194 183 .515 20 3206 1405 1233 824 1709 3.40 259 13593 106 68 6 56 STL-CHC-TOT-PHI 24 Mel Harder 113 3426.1 1928 1947 18-37 582 433 181 25 95 223 186 .545 23 3706 1714 1447 1118 1160 3.80 161 14862 59 2 33 CLE 25 Orel Hershiser 112 3130.1 1983 2000 24-41 510 466 68 25 19 204 150 .576 5 2939 1366 1211 1007 2014 3.48 235 13150 108 117 23 121 LAD-CLE-SFG-NYM-LAD ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **ERA ** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Freddie Fitzsimmo 111 3223.2 1925 1943 23-41 513 426 186 29 64 217 146 .598 13 3335 1505 1257 846 870 3.51 186 13570 33 3 58 NYG-TOT-BRO 27 Curt Simmons 111 3348.1 1947 1967 18-38 569 462 163 36 54 193 183 .513 5 3313 1551 1318 1063 1697 3.54 255 14144 62 53 4 39 PHI-TOT-STL 28 Tommy John 110 4710.1 1963 1989 20-46 760 700 162 46 22 288 231 .555 4 4783 2017 1749 1259 2245 3.34 302 19692 102 98 16 187 CLE-CHW-LAD-NYY-TOT-CAL 29 Charley Root 110 3197.1 1923 1941 24-42 632 341 177 21 185 201 160 .557 40 3252 1467 1274 889 1459 3.59 187 13529 79 3 22 SLB-CHC 30 Jerry Koosman 110 3839.1 1967 1985 24-42 612 527 140 33 43 222 209 .515 17 3635 1608 1433 1198 2556 3.36 290 15996 121 71 29 89 NYM-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI 31 Milt Pappas 110 3186 1957 1973 18-34 520 465 129 43 33 209 164 .560 4 3046 1331 1203 858 1728 3.40 298 13198 89 72 6 97 BAL-CIN-TOT-ATL-CHC 32 Kenny Rogers 110 3129 1989 2007 24-42 732 444 36 9 133 210 143 .595 28 3245 1621 1458 1104 1886 4.19 317 13498 50 118 22 75 TEX-NYY-OAK-TOT-TEX-MIN-DET 33 Murry Dickson 110 3052.1 1939 1959 22-42 625 338 149 27 147 172 181 .487 23 3029 1431 1240 1058 1281 3.66 302 12936 18 37 2 34 STL-PIT-PHI-TOT-STL-KCA 34 Vida Blue 108 3343.1 1969 1986 19-36 502 473 143 37 11 209 161 .565 2 2939 1357 1213 1185 2175 3.27 263 13837 61 23 13 103 OAK-SFG-KCR 35 Red Ames 108 3198 1903 1919 20-36 533 367 209 26 115 183 167 .523 36 2896 1311 934 1034 1702 2.63 42 13080 64 2 156 NYG-TOT-CIN-STL 36 David Wells 108 3439 1987 2007 24-44 660 489 54 12 65 239 157 .604 13 3635 1702 1578 719 2201 4.13 407 14413 65 83 17 101 TOR-DET-TOT-BAL-NYY-TOR-CHW-NYY-SDP-BOS-TOT 37 Paul Derringer 108 3645 1931 1945 24-38 579 445 251 32 98 223 212 .513 29 3912 1652 1401 761 1507 3.46 158 15391 32 2 50 STL-TOT-CIN-CHC 38 Jim Kaat 107 4530.1 1959 1983 20-44 898 625 180 31 102 283 237 .544 18 4620 2038 1738 1083 2461 3.45 395 19021 116 122 6 128 WSH-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI-TOT-STL 39 Bob Friend 107 3611 1951 1966 20-35 602 497 163 36 56 197 230 .461 11 3772 1652 1438 894 1734 3.58 286 15214 115 46 13 50 PIT-TOT 40 Bobo Newsom 107 3759.1 1929 1953 21-45 600 483 246 31 71 211 222 .487 21 3769 1908 1664 1732 2082 3.98 206 16467 61 7 60 BRO-CHC-SLB-TOT-WSH-SLB-DET-PHA-NYG 41 Charlie Hough 107 3801.1 1970 1994 22-46 858 440 107 13 240 216 216 .500 61 3283 1807 1582 1665 2362 3.75 383 16170 44 174 42 179 LAD-TOT-TEX-CHW-FLA 42 Tom Zachary 106 3126.1 1918 1936 22-40 533 409 186 24 84 186 191 .493 22 3580 1552 1295 914 720 3.73 119 13551 41 15 38 PHA-WSH-SLB-TOT-NYY-BSN-BRO 43 Bob Welch 106 3092 1978 1994 21-37 506 462 61 28 20 211 146 .591 8 2894 1310 1191 1034 1969 3.47 267 12956 60 79 45 55 LAD-OAK 44 Jim Perry 106 3285.2 1959 1975 23-39 630 447 109 32 64 215 174 .553 10 3127 1407 1258 998 1576 3.45 308 13732 93 80 3 55 CLE-TOT-MIN-DET-CLE 45 Dennis Martinez 106 3999.2 1976 1998 21-43 692 562 122 30 51 245 193 .559 8 3897 1835 1643 1165 2149 3.70 372 16754 71 122 30 89 BAL-TOT-MON-CLE-SEA-ATL 46 Danny Darwin 106 3016.2 1978 1998 22-42 716 371 53 9 171 171 182 .484 32 2951 1431 1286 874 1942 3.84 321 12716 101 81 17 52 TEX-MIL-TOT-HOU-BOS-TOT-SFG 47 Lee Meadows 106 3160.2 1915 1929 20-34 490 406 219 25 56 188 180 .511 7 3280 1491 1185 956 1063 3.37 84 13371 90 6 60 STL-TOT-PHI-PIT 48 Frank Tanana 106 4188.1 1973 1993 19-39 638 616 143 34 10 240 236 .504 1 4063 1910 1704 1255 2773 3.66 448 17641 116 129 27 119 CAL-BOS-TEX-TOT-DET 49 George Uhle 105 3119.2 1919 1936 20-37 513 368 232 21 114 200 166 .546 25 3417 1635 1384 966 1135 3.99 119 13639 113 5 55 CLE-DET-TOT-NYY-CLE 50 Jamie Moyer 105 3550.1 1986 2007 23-44 604 551 31 9 14 230 178 .564 0 3677 1796 1662 1012 2125 4.21 444 15102 62 117 11 53 CHC-TEX-STL-BAL-TOT-SEA-PHI ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **ERA ** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Jack Morris 105 3824 1977 1994 22-39 549 527 175 28 10 254 186 .577 0 3567 1815 1657 1390 2478 3.90 389 16120 99 58 27 206 DET-MIN-TOR-CLE 52 Mickey Lolich 105 3638.1 1963 1979 22-38 586 496 195 41 40 217 191 .532 11 3366 1537 1390 1099 2832 3.44 347 15140 67 92 8 124 DET-NYM-SDP 53 Jack Powell 104 3161.1 1901 1912 26-37 423 369 294 33 49 167 194 .463 15 2988 1329 969 685 1303 2.76 76 11013 78 1 57 STL-SLB-NYY-TOT 54 Claude Osteen 104 3460.1 1957 1975 17-35 541 488 140 40 24 196 195 .501 1 3471 1435 1268 940 1612 3.30 249 14433 93 45 6 67 CIN-TOT-WSA-LAD-CHW 55 Sam Jones 104 3883 1914 1935 21-42 647 487 250 36 115 229 217 .513 31 4084 2007 1656 1396 1223 3.84 152 16699 68 5 73 CLE-BOS-NYY-SLB-WSH-CHW 56 Doyle Alexander 103 3367.2 1971 1989 20-38 561 464 98 18 56 194 174 .527 3 3376 1541 1406 978 1528 3.76 324 14162 60 53 10 74 LAD-BAL-TOT-TEX-ATL-SFG-NYY-TOT-TOR-DET 57 Hooks Dauss 102 3390.2 1912 1926 22-36 538 388 245 22 121 222 182 .550 40 3407 1599 1245 1067 1201 3.30 87 14203 121 4 48 DET 58 George Mullin 101 3686.2 1902 1915 21-34 487 428 353 35 50 228 196 .538 8 3518 1636 1156 1238 1482 2.82 42 15638 131 2 85 DET-TOT-IND-NEW 59 Rick Wise 101 3127 1964 1982 18-36 506 455 138 30 15 188 181 .509 0 3227 1455 1281 804 1647 3.69 261 13157 83 44 9 49 PHI-STL-BOS-CLE-SDP 60 Earl Whitehill 100 3564.2 1923 1939 24-40 541 473 226 16 46 218 185 .541 11 3917 2018 1726 1431 1350 4.36 192 15795 101 6 43 DET-WSH-CLE-CHC 61 Jerry Reuss 100 3669.2 1969 1990 20-41 628 547 127 39 41 220 191 .535 11 3734 1700 1483 1127 1907 3.64 245 15582 118 59 23 107 STL-HOU-PIT-LAD-TOT-CHW-PIT 62 Joe Bush 99 3087.1 1912 1928 19-35 489 366 225 35 93 195 183 .516 20 2992 1443 1205 1263 1319 3.51 96 13185 62 1 90 PHA-BOS-NYY-SLB-TOT-PHA 63 Lew Burdette 98 3067.1 1950 1967 23-40 626 373 158 33 128 203 144 .585 31 3186 1400 1246 628 1074 3.66 289 12745 63 56 7 23 NYY-BSN-MLN-TOT-CAL 64 Mike Torrez 98 3044 1967 1984 20-37 494 458 117 15 13 185 160 .536 0 3043 1501 1340 1371 1404 3.96 223 13179 84 59 11 103 STL-TOT-MON-BAL-OAK-BOS-NYM 65 Joe Niekro 97 3584 1967 1988 22-43 702 500 107 29 93 221 204 .520 16 3466 1620 1431 1262 1747 3.59 276 15166 71 65 8 172 CHC-TOT-DET-ATL-HOU-NYY-MIN Seasons/Careers found: 65.
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