Who is the winningest pitcher of all time?

A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win

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In baseball and softball, a win–loss record (also referred to simply as a record) indicates the number of wins (denoted "W") and losses (denoted "L") credited to a pitcher. For example, a 20–10 win–loss record would represent 20 wins and 10 losses.

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; if this does not happen, the official scorer awards the win based on guidelines set forth in the official rules.Cy Young holds the MLB win record with 511; Walter Johnson is second with 417.

What pitcher has the most wins in his career?

Cy Young holds the Major League Baseball win record with 511. Second is Walter Johnson with 417. Young and Johnson are the only players to earn 400 or more wins.

How many pitchers have 200 wins?

How many MLB pitchers have 200 wins? There are 96 players in MLB history who have between 200-299 wins. Scherzer is the 120th pitcher and the third active player to reach 200, joining Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander (243 wins) and Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke (223 wins).

What pitcher has over 300 wins?

Since 1990, only four pitchers have joined the 300-win club: Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Randy Johnson.

Who is the closest to 3000 hits in MLB?

Tony Gwynn was the fastest player in National League history to hit the 3,000 mark; he reached the mark in his 2,284th game. Hank Aaron was the youngest NL player to accomplish 3,000 hits; he achieved the feat at 36 years, 100 days old.

Top 10 Pitchers in MLB History

Who is the only pitcher to win the 3 decades?

When Palmer earned the win in Game 3 of the 1983 World Series against the Phillies, he became the first pitcher in major league history to win a World Series game in three different decades. He also threw a no-hitter against Oakland in 1969 and, remarkably, never surrendered a grand slam in his entire career.

Has any pitcher had 2 no-hitters?

Individual pitchers have thrown two straight no-hitters seven times: Addie Joss 1908 and 1910; Vander Meer in 1938; Allie Reynolds in 1951; Warren Spahn in 1960 and 1961; Ryan twice, first in 1973, then in 1974 and 1975; and Homer Bailey in 2012 and 2013.

Has any MLB player ever hit 400?

300 in a season is already regarded as solid. Forty-two players have recorded a batting average of at least . 400 in a single Major League Baseball (MLB) season as of 2021, the last being Willard Brown of the Kansas City Monarchs and Artie Wilson of the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948.

Who was the last pitcher to 300 innings?

No pitcher has even thrown half of White's record total for innings in a season since Phil Niekro in 1979, with 342. The last 300-inning season to date was by Steve Carlton the following year, with 304.

What pitcher holds the record for most losses?

Cy Young holds the MLB loss record with 316; Pud Galvin is second with 308. Young and Galvin are the only players to earn 300 or more losses.

Has any pitcher thrown 2 perfect games?

No major league player has ever thrown two perfect games, although Jean Faut of the AAGPBL accomplished the feat with perfect games in 1951 and 1953.

What pitcher holds the record for no-hitters?

History[edit] The pitcher who holds the record for the most no-hitters, with seven in his career, is Nolan Ryan.

Who threw the fastest pitch ever?

Who threw the first 100 mph pitch?

When was the first 100 mph pitch in the MLB? The first 100 MPH pitch in the MLB was Nolan Ryan's 1974 fastball clocked at 100.9 MPH. However, today's pitchers use a variety of methods to measure their pitches' speed, including radar guns and video footage.

What pitcher has won the most Gold Gloves?

Pitcher: Greg Maddux (18)

Maddux was so dominant on the mound that it's sometimes easy to forget that the man won the most Gold Glove Awards of any player at any position in baseball history.

Who is the greatest hitter that ever lived?

During his remarkable career with the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams earned many nicknames: The Kid, The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame... but the only nickname that he ever wanted was "the greatest hitter who ever lived."

What is the highest batting average ever recorded?

Ty Cobb holds the record for highest career batting average with . 366, eight points higher than Rogers Hornsby who has the second-highest career average at . 358.

Who can throw a baseball 100 mph?

As far as the technology of the time could tell us, Nolan Ryan threw a 100 mph fastball. Randy Johnson was clocked as high as 102. Bob Feller may have hit 104 in his day, although we only have some creative science experiments to rely on for that figure.

Did Nolan Ryan ever throw a perfect game?

Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters. Despite this, he never pitched a perfect game, nor did he ever win a Cy Young Award; both were largely attributed to his high walk rate. Ryan is one of only 29 players in baseball history to have appeared in MLB games in four different decades.

What pitcher has 7 no-hitters?

Here's the list, starting with the pitcher whose no-hitter total stands alone -- Nolan Ryan, who threw seven.

Who pitched 3 no-hitters in a row?

Johnny Vander Meer is the only pitcher to throw no-hitters in consecutive starts -- he did it on June 11 and June 15, 1938, exactly 75 years ago. But six times -- four times more than anyone in history -- Ryan had a chance to equal Vander Meer. Ryan's best chance came on July 19, 1973.

Has any pitcher ever hit a grand slam?

Tony Cloninger is the only pitcher to have accomplished the feat. Bill Mueller hit his grand slams from both sides of the plate, while Jim Northrup hit his grand slams on consecutive pitches received in the fifth and sixth innings.

Has a pitcher ever had an immaculate game?

Has any pitcher thrown an immaculate game? No pitcher has ever thrown an immaculate game that would consist of 27 strikeouts and 81 pitches.

Who has triple crowns in baseball?

Three center fielders (Ty Cobb, Paul Hines, and Mickey Mantle) and two right fielders (Chuck Klein and Frank Robinson) also won the Triple Crown. The infield has produced five Triple Crowns: Rogers Hornsby (two) and Nap Lajoie at second base, and Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig at first base.