- List of Major League Baseball single-season records
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Records are for post-1900 only and need to be verified by a reference source, preferably the Elias Book of Baseball Records.
Contents
Batting Records
Home runs
Player Team Home runs Season Barry Bonds San Francisco Giants 73 2001 Mark McGwire St. Louis Cardinals 70 1998 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 66 1998 Mark McGwire St. Louis Cardinals 65 1999 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 64 2001 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 63 1999 Roger Maris New York Yankees 61 1961 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 60 1927 Hits
Player Team Hits Season Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners 262 2004 George Sisler St. Louis Browns 257 1920 Bill Terry New York Giants 254 1930 Lefty O'Doul Philadelphia Phillies 254 1929 Batting average
Player Team Average Season Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters .440 1894 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals .424 1924 George Sisler St. Louis Browns .420 1922 Nap Lajoie Philadelphia Athletics .426 1901 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers .425 1911 Runs batted in
Player Team RBIs Season Hack Wilson Chicago Cubs 191 1930 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees 184 1931 Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers 183 1937 Jimmie Foxx Boston Red Sox 175 1938 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees 175 1927 Hitting streak
Player Team Streak Season Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees 56 1941 Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds 44 1978 Vladimir Guerrero Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 42 2008 George Sisler St. Louis Browns 41 1922 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 40 1911 Runs scored
Player Team Runs Season Babe Ruth New York Yankees 177 1921 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees 167 1936 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees 163 1931 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 163 1928 Chuck Klein Philadelphia Phillies 158 1930 Doubles
Player Team Doubles Season Earl Webb Boston Red Sox 67 1931 George Burns Cleveland Indians 64 1926 Joe Medwick St. Louis Cardinals 64 1936 Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers 63 1934 Paul Waner Pittsburgh Pirates 62 1932 Triples
Player Team Triples Season Chief Wilson Pittsburgh Pirates 36 1912 Sam Crawford Detroit Tigers 26 1914 Kiki Cuyler Pittsburgh Pirates 26 1925 Joe Jackson Cleveland Naps 26 1912 At bats
Player Team At bats Season Jimmy Rollins Philadelphia Phillies 717 2007 Willie Wilson Kansas City Royals 705 1980 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners 704 2004 Juan Samuel Philadelphia Phillies 701 1984 Dave Cash Philadelphia Phillies 699 1975 Juan Pierre Chicago Cubs 699 2006 Stolen bases
Player Team Stolen bases Season Rickey Henderson Oakland Athletics 130 1982 Lou Brock St. Louis Cardinals 118 1974 Vince Coleman St. Louis Cardinals 110 1985 Vince Coleman St. Louis Cardinals 109 1987 Rickey Henderson Oakland Athletics 108 1983 Pitching Records
Wins
All-time
Player Team Wins Season Jack Chesbro New York Highlanders 41 1904 Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 40 1908 Christy Mathewson New York Giants 37 1908 Walter Johnson Washington Senators 36 1913 Joe McGinnity New York Giants 35 1904 Live-ball era (post-1920)
Player Team Wins Season Lefty Grove Philadelphia Athletics 31 1931 Denny McLain Detroit Tigers 31 1968 Dizzy Dean St. Louis Cardinals 30 1934 Hal Newhouser Detroit Tigers 29 1944 Dazzy Vance Brooklyn Dodgers 28 1924 Lefty Grove Philadelphia Athletics 28 1930 Dizzy Dean St. Louis Cardinals 28 1935 Robin Roberts Philadelphia Phillies 28 1952 Earned run average
Player Team ERA Season Dutch Leonard Boston Red Sox 0.96 1914 Mordecai Brown Chicago Cubs 1.04 1906 Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals 1.12 1968 Strikeouts
Player Team Strikeouts Season Nolan Ryan California Angels 383 1973 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 382 1965 Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks 372 2001 Nolan Ryan California Angels 367 1974 Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks 364 1999 Shutouts
Player Team Shutouts Season Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 16 1916 Jack Coombs Philadelphia Athletics 13 1910 Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals 13 1968 Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 12 1915 Saves
Player Team Saves Season Francisco Rodriguez Los Angeles Angels 62 2008 Bobby Thigpen Chicago White Sox 57 1990 John Smoltz Atlanta Braves 55 2002 Éric Gagné Los Angeles Dodgers 55 2003 Balks
Player Team Balks Season Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics 16 1988 John Dopson Boston Red Sox 15 1989 Bob Welch Oakland Athletics 13 1988 John Candelaria New York Yankees 12 1988 Juan Guzmán Texas Rangers 12 1988 Wild pitches
Player Team Wild pitches Season Red Ames New York Giants 30 1905 Tony Cloninger Atlanta Braves 27 1966 Larry Cheney Chicago Cubs 26 1914 Juan Guzmán Toronto Blue Jays 26 1993 Team Records
Home runs
Team Home runs Season Seattle Mariners 264 1997 Texas Rangers 260 2005 Toronto Blue Jays 257 2010 Baltimore Orioles 257 1996 External links
References
Major League Baseball records General Record holders • Single-game records • Single-season records • Career records • Record breakers by season • Records considered unbreakable
Batting leaders CareerBatting average (.330+) • On-base% (.400+) • Slugging% (.500+) • On-base plus slugging (.900+) • OPS/OPS+ • 3,000 hit club • Hits (2,000+) • Doubles (400+) • Triples (100+) • Home runs (career) • Home runs (top 300) • 500 home run club • RBIs (1,000+) • Total bases (4,000+) • Walks drawn (top 100) • Strikeouts (Top 16 / 1,400+) • Hit records • Home run records • Doubles records • Triples records • RBI records • Consecutive games played • 2,500 games played • 10,000 at-bats
Single seasonTriples (20+) • Home runs (by year) • 50 home run club • RBI (by year) • Batting average (by year) • Single-season home run record
Baserunning leaders CareerRuns (1,000+) • Stolen bases • Stolen base records • Runs records
Single seasonPitching leaders CareerWins • 300 win club • Games started • Games finished • Innings pitched • Strikeouts (top 100) • 3,000 strikeout club • 300 save club • Shutouts • ERA (top 200) • WHIP (top 100) • Walks allowed (top 100) • Hit batsmen (top 100) • Wins records
Single seasonWins (by year) • Saves (by year) • Shutouts (by year) • Strikeouts (by year) • Earned run average (by year)
Managing records Single-game records Four home runs • Hitting for the cycle • No-hitter • Perfect game • Strikeouts • Unassisted triple play • Three strikeouts on nine pitches
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