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All-time single-season pitching leaders: top 5 for each club since 1900.(Statistical Data Included)

Baseball Digest

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All-Time Single-Season Pitching Leaders 
 
Top 5 For Each Club Since 1900 
 
Note: To be listed among pitchers with top earned run averages, 
pitcher must have qualified for league ERA championship for that 
season. 
 
ANAHEIM ANGELS 
(1961-2001) 
 
Wins                                Year 
Clyde Wright                   22   1970 
Nolan Ryan                     22   1974 
Nolan Ryan                     21   1973 
Dean Chance                    20   1964 
Andy Messersmith               20   1971 
Bill Singer                    20   1973 
 
ERA                                 Year 
Dean Chance                  1.65   1964 
Nolan Ryan                   2.28   1972 
Chuck Finley                 2.40   1990 
Frank Tanana                 2.44   1976 
Andy Messersmith             2.52   1969 
 
Strikeouts                          Year 
Nolan Ryan                    383   1973 
Nolan Ryan                    367   1974 
Nolan Ryan                    341   1977 
Nolan Ryan                    329   1972 
Nolan Ryan                    327   1976 
 
Shutouts                            Year 
Dean Chance                    11   1964 
Nolan Ryan                      9   1972 
Nolan Ryan                      7   1976 
Frank Tanana                    7   1977 
Jim McGlothlin                  6   1967 
 
Saves                               Year 
Bryan Harvey                   46   1991 
Troy Percival                  42   1998 
Troy Percival                  42   2000 
Troy Percival                  39   2001 
Lee Smith                      37   1995 
 
BALTIMORE ORIOLES 
(1954-2001) 
 
Wins                                Year 
Steve Stone                    25   1980 
Dave McNally                   24   1970 
Mike Cuellar                   24   1970 
Mike Cuellar                   23   1969 
Jim Palmer                     23   1975 
Mike Flanagan                  23   1979 
 
ERA                                 Year 
Dave McNally                 1.95   1968 
Jim Palmer                   2.07   1972 
Jim Palmer                   2.09   1975 
Jim Palmer                   2.34   1969 
Mike Cuellar                 2.38   1969 
 
Strikeouts                          Year 
Mike Mussina                  218   1997 
Mike Mussina                  210   2000 
Mike Mussina                  204   1996 
Dave McNally                  202   1968 
Jim Palmer                    199   1970 
 
Shutouts                            Year 
Jim Palmer                     10   1977 
Steve Barber                    8   1961 
Milt Pappas                     7   1964 
Jim Palmer                      6   1969 
Dave McNally                    6   1972 
Jim Palmer                      6   1973 
Jim Palmer                      6   1976 
Jim Palmer                      6   1978 
 
Saves                               Year 
Randy Myers                    45   1997 
Gregg Olson                    37   1990 
Gregg Olson                    36   1992 
Don Aase                       34   1986 
Lee Smith                      33   1994 
 
BOSTON RED SOX 
(1901-2001) 
 
Wins                                Year 
Smoky Joe Wood                 34   1912 
Cy Young                       33   1901 
Cy Young                       32   1902 
Cy Young                       28   1903 
Cy Young                       26   1904 
 
ERA                                 Year 
Dutch Leonard                1.01   1914 
Cy Young                     1.26   1908 
Smoky Joe Wood               1.49   1915 
Ray Collins                  1.62   1910 
Cy Young                     1.63   1901 
 
Strikeouts                          Year 
Pedro Martinez                313   1999 
Roger Clemens                 291   1988 
Pedro Martinez                284   2000 
Smoky Joe Wood                258   1912 
Roger Clemens                 257   1996 
 
Shutouts                            Year 
Cy Young                       10   1904 
Smoky Joe Wood                 10   1912 
Babe Ruth                       9   1916 
Carl Mays                       8   1918 
Roger Clemens                   8   1988 
 
Saves                               Year 
Tom Gordon                     46   1998 
Jeff Reardon                   40   1991 
Derek Lowe                     42   2000 
Bob Stanley                    33   1983 
Jeff Russell                   33   1993 
 
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 
(1901-2001) 
 
Wins                                Year 
Ed Walsh                       40   1908 
Eddie Cicotte                  29   1919 
Eddie Cicotte                  28   1917 
Doc White                      27   1907 
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