Most Times in Top 10 of League Pitching Statistics
The span of a player's career is in italics.
1. | Ruth • 1914-1935 | 17 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 17 | |
3. | Aaron • 1954-1976 | 16 |
Bonds • 1986-2007 | 16 | |
5. | Cobb • 1905-1928 | 15 |
Mays • 1948-1973 | 15 | |
Speaker • 1907-1928 | 15 | |
8. | Hornsby • 1915-1937 | 14 |
Wagner • 1897-1917 | 14 | |
10. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 13 |
Musial • 1941-1963 | 13 | |
Ott • 1926-1947 | 13 | |
Schmidt • 1972-1989 | 13 | |
Williams • 1939-1960 | 13 |
1. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 17 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 17 | |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 15 |
Clemens • 1984-2007 | 15 | |
5. | Seaver • 1967-1986 | 14 |
6. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 13 |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 13 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 13 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 13 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 16 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 14 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 14 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 14 | |
5. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
6. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 12 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 12 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 12 | |
10. | Ford • 1950-1967 | 11 |
Foster • 1923-1937 | 11 | |
Keefe • 1880-1893 | 11 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 11 | |
Mussina • 1991-2008 | 11 | |
Perry • 1962-1983 | 11 |
1. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 18 |
2. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 17 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 17 | |
4. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 14 |
5. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 13 |
Brown • 1931-1945 | 13 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 13 | |
Plank • 1901-1917 | 13 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 13 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 13 |
1. | Plank • 1901-1917 | 13 |
2. | Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 12 | |
4. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 11 |
Mathews • 1871-1887 | 11 | |
Young • 1890-1911 | 11 | |
7. | Byrd • 1933-1948 | 10 |
Glavine • 1987-2008 | 10 | |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 10 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 10 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 19 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 16 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 15 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 15 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 15 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 15 | |
7. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 14 |
Sutton • 1966-1988 | 14 | |
9. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 13 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 13 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 13 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 18 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 16 |
3. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 15 |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 15 | |
5. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 14 |
6. | Foster • 1923-1937 | 12 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 12 | |
8. | Keefe • 1880-1893 | 11 |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 11 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 11 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 11 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 21 |
2. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 17 |
3. | Galvin • 1875-1892 | 15 |
Mussina • 1991-2008 | 15 | |
5. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 14 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 14 | |
Lyons • 1923-1946 | 14 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 14 | |
9. | Byrd • 1933-1948 | 13 |
Kaat • 1959-1983 | 13 | |
Quinn • 1909-1933 | 13 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 13 | |
Sutton • 1966-1988 | 13 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 20 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 18 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 18 | |
4. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 16 |
5. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 14 |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 14 | |
7. | Gibson • 1959-1975 | 13 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 13 | |
9. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 12 |
Plank • 1901-1917 | 12 | |
Scherzer • 2008-2024 | 12 | |
Sutton • 1966-1988 | 12 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 16 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 12 | |
Tekulve • 1974-1989 | 12 | |
5. | Byrd • 1933-1948 | 11 |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 11 | |
7. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 10 |
Fingers • 1968-1985 | 10 | |
Galvin • 1875-1892 | 10 | |
Lyle • 1967-1982 | 10 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 10 | |
Smith • 1932-1948 | 10 | |
Trent • 1927-1939 | 10 | |
Wilhelm • 1952-1972 | 10 |
1. | Rivera • 1995-2013 | 16 |
2. | Hoffman • 1993-2010 | 15 |
3. | Fingers • 1968-1985 | 14 |
Smith • 1980-1997 | 14 | |
Wilhelm • 1952-1972 | 14 | |
6. | Franco • 1984-2005 | 12 |
Jansen • 2010-2024 | 12 | |
Kimbrel • 2010-2024 | 12 | |
9. | Eckersley • 1975-1998 | 11 |
Face • 1953-1969 | 11 | |
Gossage • 1972-1994 | 11 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 11 | |
Murphy • 1932-1947 | 11 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 11 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 19 |
2. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 17 |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 17 | |
4. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 15 |
5. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 14 |
6. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 13 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 13 | |
8. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 12 |
Glavine • 1987-2008 | 12 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 12 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 12 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 12 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 12 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 20 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 18 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 18 | |
4. | Young • 1890-1911 | 17 |
5. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 16 |
6. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 15 |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 15 | |
8. | Paige • 1927-1965 | 13 |
Ruffing • 1924-1947 | 13 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 13 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 13 | |
Sutton • 1966-1988 | 13 |
1. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 19 |
2. | Young • 1890-1911 | 18 |
3. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 15 |
4. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 14 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 14 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 14 | |
7. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 13 |
Glavine • 1987-2008 | 13 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 13 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 13 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 19 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 17 |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 17 | |
4. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 16 |
5. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 15 |
Carlton • 1965-1988 | 15 | |
7. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 14 |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 14 | |
9. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 13 |
Lyons • 1923-1946 | 13 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 13 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 13 |
1. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 17 |
2. | Young • 1890-1911 | 14 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 13 |
Foster • 1923-1937 | 13 | |
Galvin • 1875-1892 | 13 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 13 | |
Ryan • 1966-1993 | 13 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 13 | |
9. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 12 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 12 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 | |
Ruffing • 1924-1947 | 12 |
1. | Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 14 |
2. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 12 |
3. | Niekro • 1964-1987 | 11 |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 11 | |
Tanana • 1973-1993 | 11 | |
6. | Hunter • 1965-1979 | 10 |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 10 | |
Powell • 1897-1912 | 10 | |
Shawkey • 1913-1927 | 10 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 10 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 19 |
2. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 12 |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 12 | |
4. | Finley • 1986-2002 | 11 |
Mullin • 1902-1915 | 11 | |
Zito • 2000-2015 | 11 | |
7. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 10 |
Bush • 1912-1928 | 10 | |
Reynolds • 1942-1954 | 10 | |
Valenzuela • 1980-1997 | 10 | |
Welch • 1880-1892 | 10 |
1. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 17 |
2. | Young • 1890-1911 | 15 |
3. | Wynn • 1939-1963 | 14 |
4. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 13 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 13 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 13 | |
7. | Buehrle • 2000-2015 | 12 |
Byrd • 1933-1948 | 12 | |
Hernández • 1996-2012 | 12 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 12 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 12 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 20 |
2. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 17 |
3. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 16 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 16 | |
Sutton • 1966-1988 | 16 | |
6. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 15 |
Clemens • 1984-2007 | 15 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 15 | |
Mussina • 1991-2008 | 15 | |
10. | Bunning • 1955-1971 | 13 |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 | |
Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 13 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 13 | |
Plank • 1901-1917 | 13 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 13 |
1. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 14 |
Ryan • 1966-1993 | 14 | |
3. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 13 |
4. | John • 1963-1989 | 12 |
Keefe • 1880-1893 | 12 | |
6. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 11 |
Rixey • 1912-1933 | 11 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 11 | |
9. | Brown • 1986-2005 | 10 |
Byrd • 1933-1948 | 10 | |
Galvin • 1875-1892 | 10 | |
Gibson • 1959-1975 | 10 | |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 10 |
1. | Powell • 1897-1912 | 10 |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 10 | |
Stanley • 1928-1948 | 10 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 10 | |
5. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 9 |
Brown • 1932-1948 | 9 | |
Cooper • 1912-1926 | 9 | |
Cornelius • 1929-1946 | 9 | |
Derringer • 1931-1945 | 9 | |
Friend • 1951-1966 | 9 | |
Galvin • 1875-1892 | 9 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 9 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 9 | |
Osteen • 1957-1975 | 9 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 9 |
1. | Newsom • 1929-1953 | 11 |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 11 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 11 | |
4. | Byrd • 1933-1948 | 10 |
Derringer • 1931-1945 | 10 | |
Galvin • 1875-1892 | 10 | |
Mullin • 1902-1915 | 10 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 10 | |
9. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 9 |
Cornelius • 1929-1946 | 9 | |
Dauss • 1912-1926 | 9 | |
Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 9 | |
Lolich • 1963-1979 | 9 | |
Mathews • 1871-1887 | 9 | |
Meadows • 1915-1929 | 9 | |
Morris • 1977-1994 | 9 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 9 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 14 |
2. | Ames • 1903-1919 | 12 |
Grimes • 1916-1934 | 12 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 | |
Morris • 1977-1994 | 12 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 12 | |
7. | Hough • 1970-1994 | 11 |
8. | Brewer • 1925-1948 | 10 |
Cone • 1986-2003 | 10 | |
Hernández • 2005-2019 | 10 | |
Niekro • 1967-1988 | 10 | |
Rixey • 1912-1933 | 10 |
1. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 15 |
Hough • 1970-1994 | 15 | |
3. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 14 |
4. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 13 |
Whitehill • 1923-1939 | 13 | |
6. | Bunning • 1955-1971 | 12 |
Drysdale • 1956-1969 | 12 | |
Wakefield • 1992-2011 | 12 | |
9. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 11 |
Morton • 2008-2024 | 11 | |
Tanana • 1973-1993 | 11 |
1. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 17 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 17 | |
3. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 15 |
4. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 14 |
5. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 13 |
6. | Glavine • 1987-2008 | 12 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 12 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 12 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 12 |
1. | Wilhelm • 1952-1972 | 15 |
2. | Rivera • 1995-2013 | 14 |
3. | Smith • 1980-1997 | 13 |
4. | Face • 1953-1969 | 12 |
Fingers • 1968-1985 | 12 | |
Jansen • 2010-2024 | 12 | |
7. | Hoffman • 1993-2010 | 11 |
Kimbrel • 2010-2024 | 11 | |
9. | Hernández • 1991-2007 | 10 |
Lyle • 1967-1982 | 10 | |
Papelbon • 2005-2016 | 10 | |
Perranoski • 1961-1973 | 10 | |
Reardon • 1979-1994 | 10 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 17 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 15 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 14 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 14 | |
5. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 13 | |
7. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 12 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 12 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 12 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 12 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 12 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 20 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 17 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 17 | |
Ryan • 1966-1993 | 17 | |
5. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 15 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 15 | |
7. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 14 |
8. | Derringer • 1931-1945 | 13 |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 13 | |
Plank • 1901-1917 | 13 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 17 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 16 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 15 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 15 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 15 | |
6. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
7. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 12 |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 12 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 12 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 12 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 17 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 16 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 15 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 15 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 15 | |
6. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
7. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 12 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 12 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 12 |
1. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 16 |
2. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 15 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 14 |
4. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
5. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 12 | |
7. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 11 |
Ford • 1950-1967 | 11 | |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 11 | |
10. | Cooper • 1912-1926 | 10 |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 10 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 10 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 10 | |
Palmer • 1965-1984 | 10 | |
Schilling • 1988-2007 | 10 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 10 |
1. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 16 |
2. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
3. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 12 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 | |
Rivera • 1995-2013 | 12 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 12 | |
7. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 11 |
8. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 10 |
Palmer • 1965-1984 | 10 | |
10. | Halladay • 1998-2013 | 9 |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 9 | |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 9 | |
Pierce • 1945-1964 | 9 |
1. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 14 |
Clemens • 1984-2007 | 14 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 14 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 14 | |
5. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
6. | Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 12 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 12 | |
Perry • 1962-1983 | 12 | |
9. | Martinez • 1992-2009 | 11 |
Ryan • 1966-1993 | 11 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 11 |
1. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 12 |
2. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 11 |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 11 | |
4. | Ford • 1950-1967 | 10 |
Sutton • 1966-1988 | 10 | |
6. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 9 |
Palmer • 1965-1984 | 9 | |
Rivera • 1995-2013 | 9 | |
Root • 1923-1941 | 9 | |
10. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 8 |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 8 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 8 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 8 | |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 8 | |
McGraw • 1965-1984 | 8 | |
Pierce • 1945-1964 | 8 | |
Ruffing • 1924-1947 | 8 | |
Verlander • 2005-2024 | 8 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 8 |
1. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 16 |
2. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 15 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 14 |
4. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
5. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 12 | |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 12 | |
8. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 11 |
Ford • 1950-1967 | 11 | |
10. | Cooper • 1912-1926 | 10 |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 10 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 10 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 10 | |
Palmer • 1965-1984 | 10 | |
Schilling • 1988-2007 | 10 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 10 |
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