Or write about sports? He was just pitching and not doing a lot of thinking.".

Bob FellerYear: 1946Feller's fastball ranks among the most revered in baseball history, and few could touch it in 1946. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Or write about sports? Curt Schilling, RHPYears: 1997, 1998, 2002Schilling is baseball's modern leader in strikeout-to-walk ratio among retired pitchers thanks to his innate ability to command the ball. "I told Randy he could be the most dominating pitcher in baseball if he would just work on his game," fellow Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan said in 1992. [21] In the American League, Ryan leads with 383 strikeouts in 1973. Single-Season SO Leaders:1.Matt Kilroy/513/1886, 2.Toad Ramsey/499/1886, 3.Hugh … Matt Kilroy's 513 strikeouts in 1886 is the most in a single season by a pitcher among modern recognized major leagues. Saves: 58 (2003) Complete Games: 135 (1904) Most Innings Pitched: 1491 (1973) Most Runs Allowed: 1007 (1894) Fewest Runs Allowed: 463 (1918) Most Earned Runs Allowed: 743 (1929) Fewest Earned Runs Allowed: 336 (1916) Most Hits Allowed: 1608 (1925) "I know it meant a lot to him, even though he lied and said it didn't," said catcher A.J. The Hall of Famer finished with an MLB-most 26 wins, representing about 38 percent of the hapless Indians' total for the season. And this wasn't just the case of a pitcher trying to throw as hard as he could; Martinez walked just 37 hitters the entire year. The right-hander racked up 276 upon his 2018 arrival in Houston, and has topped himself in '19. Ellis. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis.

His 11 starts with 10 or more strikeouts were just shy of half his career total, and his magical '86 also included a no-hitter against the Giants in his second-to-last start. Only 19 pitchers in the modern era (since 1900) have reached the 300-K plateau within a single season.

Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. With 198 1/3 innings at the time of his 300th K, Cole was the second-fastest pitcher to reach that mark, behind only Randy Johnson (197 2/3 innings in 2001), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Team Based Game Strikeout Records. Single-Season SO Leaders:1.Mark Reynolds/223/2009, 2.Adam Dunn/222/2012, 3. Feller tried hard to break the record down the stretch, starting two games on short rest and coming into another game in relief. 3,000 and No. Two years later, the pair made the D-backs the first team in modern history to boast two 300-strikeout pitchers in the same rotation. 300. Control issues would keep McDowell from reaching that kind of level, but he did top 300 strikeouts once more in a 305-inning season with Cleveland in 1970. The righty struck out at least one Miami hitter in each of the first six frames, and capped off the performance with a lengthy seventh-inning battle against Marlins left fielder Austin Dean. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. Cole put together four starts of at least 14 Ks on his way to 300, while challenging Pedro Martinez’s 1999 record for single-season strikeout rate. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. [6] He is followed by Nolan Ryan, who captured 11 titles between both leagues (9 American League and 2 National League). Feller tried hard to break the record down the stretch, starting two games on short rest and coming into another game in relief.
His 33 walks in 2002 represent the fewest of any of the 300-strikeout seasons on this list, and all three of his 300-K campaigns rank within the top 10 of that list. "The triple crown as a pitcher, you can't top it. Rube WaddellYears: 1903, 1904Waddell might be remembered for his off-beat personality as much as his pitching prowess, as he occasionally missed starts while he was out of town on fishing trips, and he walked off the mound in the middle of a game. He also averaged 10.1 strikeouts per nine from 1972-78 (when the average starter during that time averaged roughly five), and then he averaged 10.6 strikeouts per nine in his age 40-44 seasons at the end of the following decade. Comments below may relate to previous holders of this record. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. All rights reserved. Vida BlueYear: 1971The A's likely would not have won three straight World Series crowns without Blue in tow, but the lefty's best season came right before Oakland's title run. Chris SaleYear: 2017Sale surged to the line, fanning the Orioles' Ryan Flaherty for his 13th strikeout in his second-to-last start of the regular season at Camden Yards. Detroit Tigers batters struck out 1,595 times during the 2018 season, surpassing the previous mark of 1,594 by the Chicago White Sox in 2018.

Chris Davis /219/2016, 4. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. [22] Several other players with high totals, including 1886 American Association runner-up Toad Ramsey (499)[23] and 1884 Union Association leader Hugh Daily (483), do not appear either. Select few have reached 300 K's in a season, best individual performance by a player on a losing team. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Whipping his high-90s fastball and biting slider seemingly from first base, Johnson wiped out batter after batter in an astonishing run through a remarkable renaissance in his 30s and early 40s. Max ScherzerYear: 2018Scherzer had already clinched an NL-record fifth consecutive 250-strikeout season when he entered his final start needing 10 K's for his first 300-punchout season.

[7] The largest margin of victory for a champion is 156 strikeouts, achieved in 1883 when Tim Keefe of the American Association's New York Metropolitans posted 359 against Bobby Mathews' 203. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. "I was counting from the first strikeout of the game. Carlton won an MLB-most 27 games and posted a 1.97 ERA for a Phillies club that lost 97 games, making his season the best individual performance by a player on a losing team. Many thanks to him. While baseball's obsession with round numbers runs deep, there's little denying the significance of a 300-strikeout season (even in today's K-friendly climate for pitchers).
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Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. [31] Their total is the lowest number of strikeouts accumulated to lead a league in Major League Baseball history (although Jacob de Grom only struck out 104 National League batters in 2020, the season was shortened by a pandemic to 60 game, or 37.04% of a regular season; had that season run a full 162 games, that would have been a net of 281 strikeouts). It was the latest sign of Cole’s transformation from his years in Pittsburgh, where he topped out at 202 Ks in 2015. Justin VerlanderYear: 2019Teammate Gerrit Cole got there first, but Verlander was right behind him. Do you have a sports website? [28] Ryan's 1973 margin of 125 strikeouts over Bert Blyleven is the best American League victory.