Single-Season Leaders & Records for Fielding Independent Pitching
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| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Satchel Paige+ (39) | 1.188 | 1946 | 35.0 | R |
| 2. | Christy Mathewson+ (27) | 1.287 | 1908 | 390.2 | R |
| 3. | Walter Johnson+ (22) | 1.379 | 1910 | 370.0 | R |
| 4. | Pedro Martínez+ (27) | 1.395 | 1999 | 213.1 | R |
| 5. | Satchel Paige+ (37) | 1.404 | 1944 | 98.1 | R |
| 6. | Ed Walsh+ (27) | 1.418 | 1908 | 464.0 | R |
| 7. | Rube Waddell+ (31) | 1.506 | 1908 | 285.2 | L |
| 8. | Cy Young+ (41) | 1.522 | 1908 | 299.0 | R |
| 9. | Rube Waddell+ (30) | 1.569 | 1907 | 284.2 | L |
| 10. | Charles Bender+ (25) | 1.581 | 1909 | 250.0 | R |
| 11. | Rube Waddell+ (27) | 1.589 | 1904 | 383.0 | L |
| 12. | Walter Johnson+ (20) | 1.602 | 1908 | 256.1 | R |
| 13. | Christy Mathewson+ (28) | 1.621 | 1909 | 275.1 | R |
| Ed Walsh+ (29) | 1.621 | 1910 | 369.2 | R | |
| 15. | Corbin Burnes (26) | 1.631 | 2021 | 167.0 | R |
| 16. | Addie Joss+ (28) | 1.676 | 1908 | 325.0 | R |
| 17. | Dwight Gooden (19) | 1.685 | 1984 | 218.0 | R |
| Satchel Paige+ (35) | 1.685 | 1942 | 76.1 | R | |
| 19. | Cy Young+ (38) | 1.688 | 1905 | 320.2 | R |
| 20. | Charles Bender+ (23) | 1.724 | 1907 | 219.1 | R |
| 21. | Eddie Plank+ (32) | 1.725 | 1908 | 244.2 | L |
| 22. | Orval Overall (28) | 1.750 | 1909 | 285.0 | R |
| 23. | Luis Tiant (38) | 1.758 | 1945 | 46.2 | L |
| 24. | Satchel Paige+ (38) | 1.766 | 1945 | 53.1 | R |
| 25. | Bob Gibson+ (32) | 1.774 | 1968 | 304.2 | R |
| 26. | Bill Donovan (31) | 1.775 | 1908 | 242.2 | R |
| 27. | Mordecai Brown+ (32) | 1.776 | 1909 | 342.2 | R |
| 28. | Christy Mathewson+ (26) | 1.780 | 1907 | 315.0 | R |
| 29. | Doc White (28) | 1.799 | 1907 | 291.0 | L |
| 30. | Johnny Markham (32) | 1.808 | 1941 | 36.0 | R |
| 31. | Charles Bender+ (26) | 1.810 | 1910 | 250.0 | R |
| 32. | Clayton Kershaw (26) | 1.811 | 2014 | 198.1 | L |
| 33. | Ed Walsh+ (28) | 1.818 | 1909 | 230.1 | R |
| 34. | Walter Johnson+ (28) | 1.821 | 1916 | 369.2 | R |
| 35. | Grover Alexander+ (28) | 1.822 | 1915 | 376.1 | R |
| 36. | Cy Young+ (37) | 1.832 | 1904 | 380.0 | R |
| 37. | Grover Alexander+ (30) | 1.844 | 1917 | 388.0 | R |
| 38. | Sandy Koufax+ (27) | 1.852 | 1963 | 311.0 | L |
| 39. | Orval Overall (27) | 1.857 | 1908 | 225.0 | R |
| 40. | Heinie Berger (27) | 1.861 | 1909 | 247.0 | R |
| 41. | Charlie Smith (27) | 1.863 | 1907 | 258.2 | R |
| 42. | Booker McDaniel (30) | 1.866 | 1944 | 75.2 | R |
| 43. | Rube Waddell+ (32) | 1.868 | 1909 | 220.1 | L |
| 44. | Rube Waddell+ (26) | 1.870 | 1903 | 324.0 | L |
| 45. | Mordecai Brown+ (31) | 1.874 | 1908 | 312.1 | R |
| Russ Ford (27) | 1.874 | 1910 | 299.2 | R | |
| Cy Young+ (39) | 1.874 | 1906 | 287.2 | R | |
| 48. | Rube Waddell+ (28) | 1.885 | 1905 | 328.2 | L |
| 49. | Satchel Paige+ (26) | 1.887 | 1933 | 78.2 | R |
| Ed Walsh+ (25) | 1.887 | 1906 | 278.1 | R | |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| 51. | Rube Vickers (29) | 1.893 | 1908 | 317.0 | R |
| 52. | Tim Keefe+ (31) | 1.896 | 1888 | 434.1 | R |
| 53. | Walter Johnson+ (25) | 1.898 | 1913 | 346.0 | R |
| 54. | Harry Krause (20) | 1.907 | 1909 | 213.0 | L |
| Frank Smith (29) | 1.907 | 1909 | 365.0 | R | |
| 56. | Walter Johnson+ (27) | 1.910 | 1915 | 336.2 | R |
| 57. | Alvin Gipson (29) | 1.917 | 1943 | 73.2 | R |
| 58. | Sandy Koufax+ (29) | 1.927 | 1965 | 335.2 | L |
| 59. | Tom Seaver+ (26) | 1.931 | 1971 | 286.1 | R |
| 60. | Cy Young+ (40) | 1.944 | 1907 | 343.1 | R |
| 61. | Charles Bender+ (20) | 1.948 | 1904 | 203.2 | R |
| 62. | Tom Hughes (29) | 1.949 | 1908 | 276.1 | R |
| 63. | Dutch Leonard (22) | 1.952 | 1914 | 224.2 | L |
| 64. | Rube Marquard+ (29) | 1.955 | 1916 | 205.0 | L |
| 65. | Christy Mathewson+ (29) | 1.956 | 1910 | 318.1 | R |
| 66. | Booker McDaniel (29) | 1.958 | 1943 | 78.0 | R |
| 67. | Tommy Bond (20) | 1.961 | 1876 | 408.0 | R |
| 68. | Hilton Smith+ (33) | 1.963 | 1940 | 64.1 | R |
| 69. | Mordecai Brown+ (30) | 1.965 | 1907 | 233.0 | R |
| 70. | Satchel Paige+ (27) | 1.969 | 1934 | 145.2 | R |
| 71. | Ed Walsh+ (26) | 1.972 | 1907 | 422.1 | R |
| 72. | Jonas Gaines (26) | 1.980 | 1941 | 67.2 | L |
| 73. | Walter Johnson+ (29) | 1.983 | 1917 | 326.0 | R |
| 74. | Jacob deGrom (30) | 1.985 | 2018 | 217.0 | R |
| 75. | Lady Baldwin (26) | 1.989 | 1885 | 179.1 | L |
| 76. | Ray Collins (23) | 1.991 | 1910 | 244.2 | L |
| Clayton Kershaw (27) | 1.991 | 2015 | 232.2 | L | |
| 78. | Hilton Smith+ (34) | 1.996 | 1941 | 92.1 | R |
| 79. | Eddie Plank+ (39) | 1.999 | 1915 | 268.1 | L |
| 80. | Porter Moss (34) | 2.002 | 1944 | 48.1 | R |
| 81. | Matt Harvey (24) | 2.005 | 2013 | 178.1 | R |
| 82. | Reb Russell (27) | 2.006 | 1916 | 264.1 | L |
| 83. | Steve Carlton+ (27) | 2.009 | 1972 | 346.1 | L |
| 84. | Charles Bender+ (22) | 2.011 | 1906 | 238.1 | R |
| 85. | Angel García (23) | 2.012 | 1946 | 33.0 | L |
| 86. | Walter Johnson+ (26) | 2.017 | 1914 | 371.2 | R |
| 87. | Eddie Cicotte (34) | 2.020 | 1918 | 266.0 | R |
| 88. | Johnny Markham (33) | 2.026 | 1942 | 60.0 | R |
| 89. | Walter Johnson+ (24) | 2.027 | 1912 | 369.0 | R |
| 90. | Christy Mathewson+ (24) | 2.034 | 1905 | 338.2 | R |
| 91. | Walter Johnson+ (30) | 2.035 | 1918 | 326.0 | R |
| Deacon Phillippe (32) | 2.035 | 1904 | 166.2 | R | |
| 93. | Luis Tiant (27) | 2.040 | 1968 | 258.1 | R |
| 94. | Smoky Joe Wood (20) | 2.045 | 1910 | 196.2 | R |
| 95. | Glenn Liebhardt (25) | 2.048 | 1908 | 262.0 | R |
| 96. | Fred Goldsmith (24) | 2.057 | 1880 | 210.1 | R |
| 97. | Hugh Daily (36) | 2.062 | 1884 | 500.2 | R |
| Eddie Plank+ (33) | 2.062 | 1909 | 265.1 | L | |
| 99. | Bob Moose (20) | 2.063 | 1968 | 170.2 | R |
| 100. | Doc White (30) | 2.065 | 1909 | 177.2 | L |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| 101. | Shane Bieber (25) | 2.066 | 2020 | 77.1 | R |
| 102. | Bill Burns (28) | 2.071 | 1908 | 164.0 | L |
| Sandy Koufax+ (30) | 2.071 | 1966 | 323.0 | L | |
| 104. | Walter Johnson+ (31) | 2.075 | 1919 | 290.1 | R |
| 105. | Sandy Koufax+ (28) | 2.076 | 1964 | 223.0 | L |
| 106. | Frank Smith (28) | 2.077 | 1908 | 297.2 | R |
| 107. | Patricio Scantlebury (27) | 2.079 | 1945 | 51.1 | L |
| 108. | Mordecai Brown+ (29) | 2.080 | 1906 | 277.1 | R |
| Satchel Paige+ (36) | 2.080 | 1943 | 119.1 | R | |
| 110. | Randy Johnson+ (31) | 2.081 | 1995 | 214.1 | L |
| Sam McDowell (22) | 2.081 | 1965 | 273.0 | L | |
| 112. | Jack Coombs (27) | 2.082 | 1910 | 353.0 | R |
| Jim Devlin (27) | 2.082 | 1876 | 622.0 | R | |
| Don Sutton+ (23) | 2.082 | 1968 | 207.2 | R | |
| 115. | Roosevelt Davis (39) | 2.085 | 1944 | 60.0 | R |
| Chris Sale (35) | 2.085 | 2024 | 177.2 | L | |
| 117. | Addie Joss+ (27) | 2.086 | 1907 | 338.2 | R |
| 118. | Satchel Paige+ (21) | 2.087 | 1928 | 132.0 | R |
| 119. | Red Ames (26) | 2.090 | 1909 | 244.0 | R |
| Jacob Misiorowski (24) | 2.090 | 2026 | 111.0 | R | |
| Hippo Vaughn (29) | 2.090 | 1917 | 295.2 | L | |
| 122. | John Ward+ (20) | 2.095 | 1880 | 595.0 | R |
| 123. | Addie Joss+ (29) | 2.097 | 1909 | 242.2 | R |
| 124. | Bobby Mitchell (22) | 2.099 | 1878 | 80.0 | L |
| 125. | Rube Waddell+ (29) | 2.100 | 1906 | 272.2 | L |
| 126. | Eddie Cicotte (33) | 2.103 | 1917 | 346.2 | R |
| 127. | Cy Falkenberg (34) | 2.106 | 1914 | 377.1 | R |
| Bill McGunnigle (24) | 2.106 | 1879 | 120.0 | R | |
| 129. | Ed Karger (24) | 2.107 | 1907 | 314.0 | L |
| Deacon Phillippe (34) | 2.107 | 1906 | 218.2 | R | |
| Bob Veale (29) | 2.107 | 1965 | 266.0 | L | |
| 132. | Grover Alexander+ (32) | 2.109 | 1919 | 235.0 | R |
| Jack Chesbro+ (30) | 2.109 | 1904 | 454.2 | R | |
| Jack Powell (33) | 2.109 | 1908 | 256.0 | R | |
| 135. | Bill Gullickson (22) | 2.111 | 1981 | 157.1 | R |
| 136. | Tom Hughes (31) | 2.113 | 1915 | 280.1 | R |
| 137. | Tom Hughes (28) | 2.114 | 1907 | 211.0 | R |
| 138. | Dave Righetti (22) | 2.116 | 1981 | 105.1 | L |
| 139. | Smoky Joe Wood (19) | 2.117 | 1909 | 160.2 | R |
| 140. | Howie Camnitz (27) | 2.118 | 1909 | 283.0 | R |
| George Mullin (27) | 2.118 | 1908 | 290.2 | R | |
| 142. | Grover Alexander+ (29) | 2.121 | 1916 | 389.0 | R |
| 143. | Jim McCormick (23) | 2.123 | 1880 | 657.2 | R |
| 144. | Dwight Gooden (20) | 2.127 | 1985 | 276.2 | R |
| 145. | Randy Johnson+ (37) | 2.128 | 2001 | 249.2 | L |
| 146. | Leon Day+ (25) | 2.129 | 1942 | 94.0 | R |
| 147. | Will White (23) | 2.130 | 1878 | 468.0 | R |
| 148. | Smoky Joe Wood (21) | 2.132 | 1911 | 275.2 | R |
| 149. | Addie Joss+ (24) | 2.133 | 1904 | 192.1 | R |
| 150. | Bill Byrd (36) | 2.134 | 1944 | 78.0 | R |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| 151. | Babe Adams (37) | 2.135 | 1919 | 263.1 | R |
| 152. | Jack Pfiester (29) | 2.139 | 1907 | 195.0 | L |
| 153. | George Bradley (23) | 2.141 | 1876 | 573.0 | R |
| 154. | Joe Lake (28) | 2.143 | 1909 | 215.1 | R |
| 155. | Nick Altrock (29) | 2.149 | 1906 | 287.2 | L |
| Deacon Phillippe (30) | 2.149 | 1902 | 272.0 | R | |
| Dick Rudolph (28) | 2.149 | 1916 | 312.0 | R | |
| 158. | Sandy Koufax+ (26) | 2.150 | 1962 | 184.1 | L |
| Bobby Mathews (30) | 2.150 | 1882 | 285.0 | R | |
| 160. | Phil Douglas (25) | 2.154 | 1915 | 188.1 | R |
| 161. | Walter Johnson+ (21) | 2.156 | 1909 | 296.1 | R |
| 162. | Fred Anderson (31) | 2.157 | 1917 | 162.0 | R |
| Mike Scott (31) | 2.157 | 1986 | 275.1 | R | |
| Don Sutton+ (26) | 2.157 | 1971 | 265.1 | R | |
| 165. | Tommy Bond (22) | 2.161 | 1878 | 532.2 | R |
| 166. | Jack Powell (34) | 2.163 | 1909 | 239.0 | R |
| 167. | Fred Glade (28) | 2.166 | 1904 | 289.0 | R |
| Bobby Mathews (33) | 2.166 | 1885 | 422.1 | R | |
| 169. | Eddie Plank+ (38) | 2.167 | 1914 | 185.1 | L |
| Jack Powell (31) | 2.167 | 1906 | 244.0 | R | |
| 171. | Mordecai Brown+ (33) | 2.168 | 1910 | 295.1 | R |
| Hal Newhouser+ (25) | 2.168 | 1946 | 292.2 | L | |
| Ed Walsh+ (30) | 2.168 | 1911 | 368.2 | R | |
| 174. | Orval Overall (26) | 2.169 | 1907 | 268.1 | R |
| 175. | Pedro Martínez+ (28) | 2.171 | 2000 | 217.0 | R |
| 176. | Art Nehf (24) | 2.172 | 1917 | 233.1 | L |
| Doc White (29) | 2.172 | 1908 | 296.0 | L | |
| 178. | Harry Howell (29) | 2.173 | 1906 | 276.2 | R |
| Cy Young+ (43) | 2.173 | 1910 | 163.1 | R | |
| 180. | Roger Clemens (25) | 2.174 | 1988 | 264.0 | R |
| 181. | Al Demaree (31) | 2.176 | 1916 | 285.0 | R |
| 182. | Roger Clemens (27) | 2.177 | 1990 | 228.1 | R |
| Roosevelt Davis (38) | 2.177 | 1943 | 61.1 | R | |
| 184. | Terry Larkin (22) | 2.178 | 1878 | 506.0 | R |
| 185. | Jack Chesbro+ (33) | 2.180 | 1907 | 206.0 | R |
| Dave Davenport (25) | 2.180 | 1915 | 392.2 | R | |
| Manuel Godínez (24) | 2.180 | 1946 | 34.1 | R | |
| 188. | Red Donahue (31) | 2.181 | 1904 | 277.0 | R |
| Luis Tiant (40) | 2.181 | 1947 | 79.2 | L | |
| 190. | Christy Mathewson+ (23) | 2.182 | 1904 | 367.2 | R |
| 191. | Hilton Smith+ (36) | 2.183 | 1943 | 60.0 | R |
| 192. | Dylan Cease (30) | 2.184 | 2026 | 98.1 | R |
| 193. | Hilton Smith+ (31) | 2.186 | 1938 | 121.2 | R |
| 194. | Candy Cummings+ (27) | 2.187 | 1876 | 216.0 | R |
| Bob Ewing (33) | 2.187 | 1906 | 287.2 | R | |
| 196. | Jack Pfiester (30) | 2.188 | 1908 | 252.0 | L |
| 197. | Ron Guidry (27) | 2.190 | 1978 | 273.2 | L |
| 198. | Deacon Phillippe (33) | 2.191 | 1905 | 279.0 | R |
| 199. | Bill Byrd (37) | 2.194 | 1945 | 130.2 | R |
| 200. | Eddie Plank+ (31) | 2.195 | 1907 | 343.2 | L |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| 201. | Eddie Cicotte (24) | 2.197 | 1908 | 207.1 | R |
| 202. | Vida Blue (21) | 2.198 | 1971 | 312.0 | L |
| 203. | Roy Halladay+ (34) | 2.199 | 2011 | 233.2 | R |
| 204. | Dean Chance (27) | 2.200 | 1968 | 292.0 | R |
| 205. | Doc Ayers (24) | 2.201 | 1915 | 211.1 | R |
| 206. | Bob Ewing (34) | 2.204 | 1907 | 332.2 | R |
| 207. | George Bradley (27) | 2.205 | 1880 | 196.0 | R |
| J.R. Richard (29) | 2.205 | 1979 | 292.1 | R | |
| 209. | Heinie Berger (26) | 2.206 | 1908 | 199.1 | R |
| 210. | Jesse Barnes (24) | 2.208 | 1917 | 295.0 | R |
| Doc White (27) | 2.208 | 1906 | 219.1 | L | |
| 212. | Pedro Martínez+ (31) | 2.211 | 2003 | 186.2 | R |
| 213. | Jack Pfiester (28) | 2.212 | 1906 | 250.2 | L |
| 214. | Jimmie Newberry (27) | 2.213 | 1946 | 24.0 | R |
| Jeff Tesreau (27) | 2.213 | 1915 | 306.0 | R | |
| 216. | George Winter (30) | 2.214 | 1908 | 204.0 | R |
| 217. | Eppa Rixey+ (26) | 2.216 | 1917 | 281.1 | L |
| Tom Seaver+ (23) | 2.216 | 1968 | 278.0 | R | |
| Bill Singer (23) | 2.216 | 1967 | 204.1 | R | |
| 220. | Kid Nichols+ (34) | 2.217 | 1904 | 317.0 | R |
| 221. | Barney Morris (35) | 2.218 | 1945 | 41.2 | R |
| 222. | John Ward+ (19) | 2.219 | 1879 | 587.0 | R |
| 223. | Cy Falkenberg (29) | 2.223 | 1909 | 165.0 | R |
| 224. | Harry Howell (31) | 2.224 | 1908 | 324.1 | R |
| 225. | Yu Darvish (33) | 2.230 | 2020 | 76.0 | R |
| Joe Lake (29) | 2.230 | 1910 | 261.1 | R | |
| 227. | Kevin Brown (33) | 2.232 | 1998 | 257.0 | R |
| Larry Corcoran (20) | 2.232 | 1880 | 536.1 | R | |
| 229. | Jack Quinn (30) | 2.233 | 1914 | 342.2 | R |
| 230. | Booker McDaniel (31) | 2.237 | 1945 | 152.2 | R |
| 231. | Bill Bernhard (33) | 2.238 | 1904 | 320.2 | R |
| Don Sutton+ (27) | 2.238 | 1972 | 272.2 | R | |
| 233. | Lee Richmond (23) | 2.239 | 1880 | 590.2 | L |
| Ben Sanders (23) | 2.239 | 1888 | 275.1 | R | |
| 235. | Pedro Martínez+ (30) | 2.240 | 2002 | 199.1 | R |
| Eddie Plank+ (37) | 2.240 | 1913 | 242.2 | L | |
| 237. | Dick Rudolph (29) | 2.241 | 1917 | 242.2 | R |
| 238. | Eddie Plank+ (34) | 2.242 | 1910 | 250.1 | L |
| Nap Rucker (23) | 2.242 | 1908 | 333.1 | L | |
| 240. | Mike Cuellar (31) | 2.244 | 1968 | 170.2 | L |
| Addie Joss+ (26) | 2.244 | 1906 | 282.0 | R | |
| Lew Moren (24) | 2.244 | 1908 | 154.0 | R | |
| 243. | Dutch Leonard (25) | 2.245 | 1917 | 294.1 | L |
| 244. | Tim Keefe+ (23) | 2.246 | 1880 | 105.0 | R |
| Smoky Joe Wood (22) | 2.246 | 1912 | 344.0 | R | |
| 246. | Sam McDowell (25) | 2.247 | 1968 | 269.0 | L |
| 247. | Jimmy Dygert (23) | 2.248 | 1908 | 238.2 | R |
| Earl Moore (26) | 2.248 | 1904 | 227.2 | R | |
| Eddie Plank+ (28) | 2.248 | 1904 | 357.1 | L | |
| Hippo Vaughn (30) | 2.248 | 1918 | 290.1 | L | |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| 251. | Roger Clemens (34) | 2.249 | 1997 | 264.0 | R |
| 252. | Carlos Rodón (29) | 2.252 | 2022 | 178.0 | L |
| 253. | Al Orth (33) | 2.253 | 1906 | 338.2 | R |
| 254. | Hilton Smith+ (32) | 2.254 | 1939 | 105.1 | R |
| 255. | Nick Altrock (30) | 2.255 | 1907 | 213.2 | L |
| Allen Bryant (23) | 2.255 | 1941 | 25.1 | L | |
| Tully Sparks (32) | 2.255 | 1907 | 265.0 | R | |
| 258. | Jesse Tannehill (27) | 2.256 | 1902 | 231.0 | L |
| Hooks Wiltse (26) | 2.256 | 1906 | 249.1 | L | |
| 260. | Charlie Buffinton (27) | 2.257 | 1888 | 400.1 | R |
| 261. | Greg Maddux+ (29) | 2.259 | 1995 | 209.2 | R |
| 262. | Grover Alexander+ (27) | 2.260 | 1914 | 355.0 | R |
| 263. | Bill Byrd (40) | 2.263 | 1948 | 123.1 | R |
| 264. | Guy Morton (25) | 2.264 | 1918 | 214.2 | R |
| John Ward+ (18) | 2.264 | 1878 | 334.0 | R | |
| 266. | Jacob deGrom (32) | 2.265 | 2020 | 68.0 | R |
| 267. | Doc Ayers (23) | 2.267 | 1914 | 265.1 | R |
| 268. | Sonny Siebert (28) | 2.268 | 1965 | 188.2 | R |
| Hippo Vaughn (28) | 2.268 | 1916 | 294.0 | L | |
| 270. | Howie Camnitz (25) | 2.269 | 1907 | 180.0 | R |
| Satchel Paige+ (23) | 2.269 | 1930 | 73.2 | R | |
| 272. | Ford Smith (29) | 2.271 | 1948 | 55.2 | R |
| 273. | Mike Cuellar (29) | 2.272 | 1966 | 227.1 | L |
| Gaylord Perry+ (27) | 2.272 | 1966 | 255.2 | R | |
| Pat Ragan (32) | 2.272 | 1916 | 182.0 | R | |
| Sam Weaver (22) | 2.272 | 1878 | 383.0 | R | |
| Doc White (31) | 2.272 | 1910 | 236.2 | L | |
| 278. | Guy Hecker (26) | 2.274 | 1882 | 104.0 | R |
| 279. | Ed Siever (32) | 2.275 | 1907 | 274.2 | L |
| 280. | Tully Sparks (33) | 2.276 | 1908 | 263.1 | R |
| 281. | Eddie Plank+ (29) | 2.279 | 1905 | 346.2 | L |
| 282. | Rube Waddell+ (25) | 2.280 | 1902 | 276.1 | L |
| 283. | Bob Black (21) | 2.282 | 1884 | 123.0 | R |
| 284. | Howie Camnitz (28) | 2.283 | 1910 | 260.0 | R |
| Reb Russell (28) | 2.283 | 1917 | 189.1 | L | |
| 286. | Ted Radcliffe (38) | 2.285 | 1941 | 28.2 | R |
| Nap Rucker (24) | 2.285 | 1909 | 309.1 | L | |
| Nolan Ryan+ (34) | 2.285 | 1981 | 149.0 | R | |
| 289. | Don Newcombe (19) | 2.286 | 1945 | 73.1 | R |
| Roy Patterson (27) | 2.286 | 1904 | 165.0 | R | |
| Noah Syndergaard (23) | 2.286 | 2016 | 183.2 | R | |
| 292. | Bob Gibson+ (34) | 2.288 | 1970 | 294.0 | R |
| Claude Hendrix (25) | 2.288 | 1914 | 362.0 | R | |
| Vic Willis+ (32) | 2.288 | 1908 | 304.2 | R | |
| 295. | Hooks Wiltse (28) | 2.289 | 1908 | 330.0 | L |
| 296. | Sam McDowell (26) | 2.291 | 1969 | 285.0 | L |
| Jim Whitney (25) | 2.291 | 1883 | 514.0 | R | |
| 298. | Gaylord Perry+ (29) | 2.292 | 1968 | 290.2 | R |
| 299. | Wilbur Cooper (26) | 2.293 | 1918 | 273.1 | L |
| Bert Gallia (23) | 2.293 | 1915 | 259.2 | R | |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| George Mullin (28) | 2.293 | 1909 | 303.2 | R | |
| Jim Whitney (24) | 2.293 | 1882 | 420.0 | R | |
| 303. | Ed Summers (23) | 2.294 | 1908 | 301.0 | R |
| 304. | Willie Mitchell (25) | 2.295 | 1915 | 236.0 | L |
| Bugs Raymond (26) | 2.295 | 1908 | 324.1 | R | |
| Bill Singer (24) | 2.295 | 1968 | 256.1 | R | |
| 307. | Bob Gibson+ (33) | 2.296 | 1969 | 314.0 | R |
| 308. | Jack Chesbro+ (32) | 2.297 | 1906 | 325.0 | R |
| Frank Corridon (26) | 2.297 | 1907 | 274.0 | R | |
| 310. | Frank Arellanes (27) | 2.299 | 1909 | 230.2 | R |
| Slim Sallee (33) | 2.299 | 1918 | 132.0 | L | |
| 312. | Randy Johnson+ (40) | 2.300 | 2004 | 245.2 | L |
| 313. | José Fernández (23) | 2.301 | 2016 | 182.1 | R |
| Chris Short (26) | 2.301 | 1964 | 220.2 | L | |
| 315. | Eddie Cicotte (31) | 2.302 | 1915 | 223.1 | R |
| Ed Summers (24) | 2.302 | 1909 | 281.2 | R | |
| 317. | Charlie Geggus (22) | 2.304 | 1884 | 177.1 | |
| 318. | Phil Douglas (29) | 2.305 | 1919 | 213.0 | R |
| Leniel Hooker (26) | 2.305 | 1945 | 60.0 | R | |
| Jim McCormick (21) | 2.305 | 1878 | 117.0 | R | |
| Hilton Smith+ (35) | 2.305 | 1942 | 85.0 | R | |
| 322. | Jimmy Dygert (22) | 2.306 | 1907 | 261.2 | R |
| Deacon Phillippe (35) | 2.306 | 1907 | 214.0 | R | |
| 324. | Bob Ewing (35) | 2.309 | 1908 | 293.2 | R |
| Rube Marquard+ (30) | 2.309 | 1917 | 232.2 | L | |
| 326. | Verdell Mathis (31) | 2.310 | 1945 | 34.0 | L |
| 327. | Charles Bender+ (29) | 2.312 | 1913 | 236.2 | R |
| George McQuillan (23) | 2.312 | 1908 | 359.2 | R | |
| 329. | Red Ames (23) | 2.314 | 1906 | 203.1 | R |
| 330. | Noodles Hahn (25) | 2.315 | 1904 | 297.2 | L |
| Dick Rudolph (27) | 2.315 | 1915 | 341.1 | R | |
| Ledell Titcomb (21) | 2.315 | 1888 | 197.0 | L | |
| 333. | Jesse Tannehill (29) | 2.316 | 1904 | 281.2 | L |
| 334. | Reb Russell (26) | 2.317 | 1915 | 229.1 | L |
| Dale Williams (20) | 2.317 | 1876 | 83.0 | R | |
| 336. | Bob Bruce (31) | 2.318 | 1964 | 202.1 | R |
| 337. | Eppa Rixey+ (25) | 2.319 | 1916 | 287.0 | L |
| Charlie Sweeney (21) | 2.319 | 1884 | 492.0 | R | |
| 339. | Bert Blyleven+ (22) | 2.320 | 1973 | 325.0 | R |
| 340. | Ben Tincup (21) | 2.321 | 1914 | 155.0 | R |
| 341. | Ford Smith (22) | 2.323 | 1941 | 33.0 | R |
| 342. | Lefty Tyler (28) | 2.324 | 1918 | 269.1 | L |
| 343. | Pud Galvin+ (23) | 2.325 | 1880 | 458.2 | R |
| Jake Weimer (30) | 2.325 | 1904 | 307.0 | L | |
| 345. | Steve Carlton+ (36) | 2.326 | 1981 | 190.0 | L |
| 346. | Harry Salisbury (27) | 2.328 | 1882 | 335.0 | |
| Hippo Vaughn (22) | 2.328 | 1910 | 221.2 | L | |
| 348. | Nap Rucker (22) | 2.329 | 1907 | 275.1 | L |
| 349. | Zack Greinke (25) | 2.330 | 2009 | 229.1 | R |
| 350. | Ferdie Schupp (26) | 2.332 | 1917 | 272.0 | L |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| Bob Veale (33) | 2.332 | 1969 | 225.2 | L | |
| Don Wilson (23) | 2.332 | 1968 | 208.2 | R | |
| 353. | Leon Cadore (25) | 2.334 | 1917 | 264.0 | R |
| Nick Cullop (28) | 2.334 | 1916 | 167.0 | L | |
| 355. | Cy Young+ (42) | 2.336 | 1909 | 294.1 | R |
| George Zettlein (31) | 2.336 | 1876 | 234.0 | R | |
| 357. | The Only Nolan (22) | 2.337 | 1878 | 347.0 | R |
| Barney Pelty (28) | 2.337 | 1909 | 199.1 | R | |
| 359. | Joe Benz (28) | 2.338 | 1914 | 283.1 | R |
| Christy Mathewson+ (22) | 2.338 | 1903 | 366.1 | R | |
| Guy Morton (22) | 2.338 | 1915 | 240.0 | R | |
| 362. | Bob Gibson+ (31) | 2.339 | 1967 | 175.1 | R |
| Ted Radcliffe (36) | 2.339 | 1939 | 80.2 | R | |
| 364. | Lefty Boone (23) | 2.341 | 1943 | 45.1 | L |
| 365. | Ray Sadecki (27) | 2.342 | 1968 | 253.2 | L |
| 366. | Tim Lincecum (25) | 2.343 | 2009 | 225.1 | R |
| Gary Peters (26) | 2.343 | 1963 | 243.0 | L | |
| 368. | Eddie Plank+ (30) | 2.344 | 1906 | 211.2 | L |
| George Winter (29) | 2.344 | 1907 | 256.2 | R | |
| 370. | Red Ames (22) | 2.346 | 1905 | 262.2 | R |
| Andy Messersmith (26) | 2.346 | 1972 | 169.2 | R | |
| 372. | Cy Falkenberg (27) | 2.347 | 1907 | 233.2 | R |
| Corey Kluber (28) | 2.347 | 2014 | 235.2 | R | |
| 374. | Jake Arrieta (29) | 2.348 | 2015 | 229.0 | R |
| Jonas Gaines (32) | 2.348 | 1947 | 66.0 | L | |
| Tom Seaver+ (30) | 2.348 | 1975 | 280.1 | R | |
| Don Sutton+ (36) | 2.348 | 1981 | 158.2 | R | |
| 378. | Billy Campbell (34) | 2.349 | 1908 | 221.1 | L |
| Bobby Mitchell (21) | 2.349 | 1877 | 100.0 | L | |
| 380. | Bill Ricks (25) | 2.350 | 1945 | 72.2 | R |
| 381. | Tricky Nichols (27) | 2.352 | 1878 | 98.0 | R |
| Lefty Williams (23) | 2.352 | 1916 | 224.1 | L | |
| Vic Willis+ (30) | 2.352 | 1906 | 322.0 | R | |
| 384. | Tommy Bond (24) | 2.354 | 1880 | 493.0 | R |
| Jack Chesbro+ (34) | 2.354 | 1908 | 288.2 | R | |
| John Donaldson (29) | 2.354 | 1920 | 84.2 | L | |
| 387. | Cy Young+ (36) | 2.355 | 1903 | 341.2 | R |
| 388. | Wilbur Cooper (25) | 2.356 | 1917 | 297.2 | L |
| Denny Driscoll (26) | 2.356 | 1882 | 201.0 | L | |
| 390. | Phil Douglas (28) | 2.359 | 1918 | 156.2 | R |
| Bob Feller+ (27) | 2.359 | 1946 | 371.1 | R | |
| 392. | Dutch Leonard (24) | 2.360 | 1916 | 274.0 | L |
| 393. | Dick Rudolph (30) | 2.361 | 1918 | 154.0 | R |
| Hippo Vaughn (31) | 2.361 | 1919 | 306.2 | L | |
| 395. | Dock Ellis (27) | 2.362 | 1972 | 163.1 | R |
| Paul Skenes (23) | 2.362 | 2025 | 187.2 | R | |
| 397. | Bill Bernhard (35) | 2.364 | 1906 | 255.1 | R |
| Claude Hendrix (29) | 2.364 | 1918 | 233.0 | R | |
| Juan Marichal+ (30) | 2.364 | 1968 | 325.2 | R | |
| Joe McGinnity+ (36) | 2.364 | 1907 | 310.1 | R | |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| Bob Ojeda (30) | 2.364 | 1988 | 190.1 | L | |
| Jack Pfiester (31) | 2.364 | 1909 | 196.2 | L | |
| 403. | Eddie Cicotte (30) | 2.366 | 1914 | 269.1 | R |
| 404. | Jim LaMarque (26) | 2.368 | 1947 | 122.0 | L |
| 405. | Frank Miller (31) | 2.369 | 1917 | 224.0 | R |
| Earl Moore (25) | 2.369 | 1903 | 247.2 | R | |
| Al Orth (34) | 2.369 | 1907 | 248.2 | R | |
| Charlie Smith (28) | 2.369 | 1908 | 183.0 | R | |
| 409. | George McQuillan (24) | 2.370 | 1909 | 247.2 | R |
| 410. | Howie Camnitz (26) | 2.371 | 1908 | 236.2 | R |
| Jim Maloney (23) | 2.371 | 1963 | 250.1 | R | |
| Reb Russell (25) | 2.371 | 1914 | 167.1 | L | |
| 413. | Bert Blyleven+ (23) | 2.372 | 1974 | 281.0 | R |
| Tom Hughes (32) | 2.372 | 1916 | 161.0 | R | |
| Jim Whitney (26) | 2.372 | 1884 | 336.0 | R | |
| 416. | Addie Joss+ (25) | 2.378 | 1905 | 286.0 | R |
| 417. | Kevin Gausman (31) | 2.379 | 2022 | 174.2 | R |
| Harry Howell (27) | 2.379 | 1904 | 299.2 | R | |
| Silver King (20) | 2.379 | 1888 | 584.2 | R | |
| 420. | Fergie Jenkins+ (28) | 2.380 | 1971 | 325.0 | R |
| 421. | Phil Douglas (27) | 2.381 | 1917 | 293.1 | R |
| Al Spalding+ (25) | 2.381 | 1876 | 528.2 | R | |
| 423. | Bill Byrd (35) | 2.382 | 1943 | 134.1 | R |
| Joe Nuxhall (34) | 2.382 | 1963 | 217.1 | L | |
| 425. | James Burke | 2.383 | 1884 | 322.0 | |
| 426. | Terris McDuffie (32) | 2.384 | 1941 | 132.0 | R |
| 427. | Charlie Chech (30) | 2.385 | 1908 | 165.2 | R |
| Willie Hutchinson (26) | 2.385 | 1941 | 26.0 | R | |
| 429. | Clayton Kershaw (25) | 2.387 | 2013 | 236.0 | L |
| Mike Paul (27) | 2.387 | 1972 | 161.2 | L | |
| 431. | Louis Drucke (21) | 2.388 | 1910 | 215.1 | R |
| Pedro Martínez+ (25) | 2.388 | 1997 | 241.1 | R | |
| Ed Reulbach (24) | 2.388 | 1907 | 192.0 | R | |
| 434. | Dory Dean (23) | 2.389 | 1876 | 262.2 | R |
| 435. | Hooks Wiltse (27) | 2.390 | 1907 | 190.1 | L |
| 436. | Juan Marichal+ (31) | 2.392 | 1969 | 299.2 | R |
| 437. | Dean Chance (23) | 2.393 | 1964 | 278.1 | R |
| Curry Foley (23) | 2.393 | 1879 | 161.2 | L | |
| Greg Maddux+ (28) | 2.393 | 1994 | 202.0 | R | |
| 440. | Aníbal Sánchez (29) | 2.394 | 2013 | 182.0 | R |
| 441. | Curt Schilling (35) | 2.395 | 2002 | 259.1 | R |
| 442. | Old Hoss Radbourn+ (27) | 2.397 | 1882 | 466.0 | R |
| 443. | Babe Adams (31) | 2.398 | 1913 | 313.2 | R |
| Bill Dinneen (28) | 2.398 | 1904 | 335.2 | R | |
| 445. | Frank Corridon (27) | 2.399 | 1908 | 208.1 | R |
| Cherokee Fisher (31) | 2.399 | 1876 | 229.1 | R | |
| Frank Smith (24) | 2.399 | 1904 | 203.1 | R | |
| 448. | Foghorn Bradley (20) | 2.400 | 1876 | 173.1 | R |
| 449. | Shohei Ohtani (27) | 2.401 | 2022 | 166.0 | R |
| Jim Shaw (24) | 2.401 | 1918 | 241.1 | R | |
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Fielding Independent Pitching | Year | IP | Throws |
| Johnny Wright (26) | 2.401 | 1943 | 189.0 | R | |
| 452. | Frank Bradley (20) | 2.402 | 1938 | 60.1 | R |
| 453. | Ed Cushman (33) | 2.403 | 1885 | 278.0 | L |
| Hod Eller (24) | 2.403 | 1919 | 248.1 | R | |
| Jake Thielman (28) | 2.403 | 1907 | 166.0 | R | |
| Hooks Wiltse (29) | 2.403 | 1909 | 269.1 | L | |
| 457. | Hal Carlson (25) | 2.405 | 1917 | 161.1 | R |
| Turk Farrell (29) | 2.405 | 1963 | 202.1 | R | |
| 459. | Booker McDaniel (28) | 2.406 | 1942 | 64.2 | R |
| Ed Morris (21) | 2.406 | 1884 | 429.2 | L | |
| Vic Willis+ (31) | 2.406 | 1907 | 292.2 | R | |
| 462. | Fred Glade (31) | 2.408 | 1907 | 202.0 | R |
| 463. | Irv Young (30) | 2.410 | 1908 | 174.2 | L |
| 464. | Bill Donovan (30) | 2.412 | 1907 | 271.0 | R |
| 465. | Steve Carlton+ (37) | 2.413 | 1982 | 295.2 | L |
| Wheezer Dell (30) | 2.413 | 1916 | 155.0 | R | |
| Harry Salisbury (24) | 2.413 | 1879 | 89.0 | ||
| 468. | Andy Coakley (22) | 2.415 | 1905 | 255.0 | R |
| Hod Eller (23) | 2.415 | 1918 | 217.2 | R | |
| Josh Johnson (26) | 2.415 | 2010 | 183.2 | R | |
| George Mullin (26) | 2.415 | 1907 | 357.1 | R | |
| Bob Steele (23) | 2.415 | 1917 | 221.2 | L | |
| 473. | Al Downing (22) | 2.416 | 1963 | 175.2 | L |
| Jon Matlack (24) | 2.416 | 1974 | 265.1 | L | |
| 475. | Ed Klepfer (29) | 2.417 | 1917 | 213.0 | R |
| 476. | Max Manning (28) | 2.419 | 1947 | 130.0 | R |
| Jack Powell (32) | 2.419 | 1907 | 255.2 | R | |
| Ron Reed (32) | 2.419 | 1975 | 250.1 | R | |
| Doc White (23) | 2.419 | 1902 | 306.0 | L | |
| 480. | Steve Carlton+ (35) | 2.420 | 1980 | 304.0 | L |
| 481. | Mario Soto (25) | 2.422 | 1982 | 257.2 | R |
| 482. | Bill Bailey (21) | 2.423 | 1909 | 199.0 | L |
| 483. | Fred Toney (28) | 2.424 | 1917 | 339.2 | R |
| Lefty Tyler (26) | 2.424 | 1916 | 249.1 | L | |
| 485. | Harry Howell (28) | 2.425 | 1905 | 323.0 | R |
| Deacon Phillippe (31) | 2.425 | 1903 | 289.1 | R | |
| Frank Thompson (28) | 2.425 | 1947 | 96.0 | L | |
| 488. | Red Faber+ (26) | 2.426 | 1915 | 299.2 | R |
| Greg Maddux+ (31) | 2.426 | 1997 | 232.2 | R | |
| Jimmie Newberry (28) | 2.426 | 1947 | 29.2 | R | |
| Irvin Wilhelm (31) | 2.426 | 1908 | 332.0 | R | |
| 492. | Burleigh Grimes+ (24) | 2.427 | 1918 | 270.0 | R |
| Frank Pearson (25) | 2.427 | 1945 | 40.2 | R | |
| 494. | Gentry Jessup (29) | 2.428 | 1944 | 93.1 | R |
| 495. | George Derby (23) | 2.429 | 1881 | 494.2 | R |
| 496. | Bobby Mathews (24) | 2.431 | 1876 | 516.0 | R |
| Dupee Shaw (25) | 2.431 | 1884 | 543.1 | L | |
| 498. | Bill Byrd (33) | 2.432 | 1941 | 101.0 | R |
| Steve Carlton+ (23) | 2.432 | 1968 | 232.0 | L | |
| Bill Foster+ (28) | 2.432 | 1932 | 116.1 | L |
