Most Times in Top 3 of League Pitching Statistics
The span of a player's career is in italics.
1. | Bonds • 1986-2007 | 13 |
Ruth • 1914-1935 | 13 | |
3. | Mays • 1948-1973 | 12 |
4. | Hornsby • 1915-1937 | 11 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 11 | |
6. | Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 10 |
Williams • 1939-1960 | 10 | |
8. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 9 |
Rodriguez • 1994-2016 | 9 | |
Schmidt • 1972-1989 | 9 | |
Wagner • 1897-1917 | 9 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 12 |
2. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 11 |
3. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 10 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 10 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 10 | |
6. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 9 |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 9 | |
8. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 8 |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 8 | |
10. | Halladay • 1998-2013 | 7 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 7 |
1. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 10 |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 10 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 10 | |
4. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 8 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 8 | |
6. | Brown • 1903-1916 | 7 |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 7 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 7 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 7 | |
Young • 1890-1911 | 7 |
1. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 14 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 11 |
3. | Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 9 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 9 | |
5. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 8 |
Lemon • 1941-1958 | 8 | |
7. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 7 |
Byrd • 1933-1948 | 7 | |
Carlton • 1965-1988 | 7 | |
Clemens • 1984-2007 | 7 | |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 7 | |
Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 7 | |
Keefe • 1880-1893 | 7 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 7 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 7 |
1. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 7 |
Ford • 1950-1967 | 7 | |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 7 | |
4. | Brown • 1903-1916 | 5 |
Brown • 1931-1945 | 5 | |
Carlton • 1965-1988 | 5 | |
Halladay • 1998-2013 | 5 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 5 | |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 5 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 5 | |
Radbourn • 1880-1891 | 5 | |
Sabathia • 2001-2019 | 5 | |
Spalding • 1871-1878 | 5 | |
Young • 1890-1911 | 5 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 14 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 11 |
3. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 9 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 9 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 9 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 9 | |
7. | Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 8 |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 8 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 8 | |
10. | Adams • 1906-1926 | 7 |
Alexander • 1911-1930 | 7 | |
Brown • 1903-1916 | 7 | |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 7 | |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 7 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 7 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 16 |
2. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 11 |
3. | Martinez • 1992-2009 | 10 |
4. | Keefe • 1880-1893 | 8 |
Koufax • 1955-1966 | 8 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 8 | |
7. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 7 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 7 | |
Rusie • 1889-1901 | 7 | |
10. | Feller • 1936-1956 | 6 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 6 | |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 6 | |
Vance • 1915-1935 | 6 | |
Verlander • 2005-2024 | 6 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 17 |
2. | Galvin • 1875-1892 | 14 |
3. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 13 |
4. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 10 |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 10 | |
6. | Adams • 1906-1926 | 9 |
Byrd • 1933-1948 | 9 | |
Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 9 | |
Leonard • 1933-1953 | 9 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 9 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 19 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 12 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 | |
4. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 11 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 11 | |
Vance • 1915-1935 | 11 | |
7. | Scherzer • 2008-2024 | 10 |
8. | Waddell • 1897-1910 | 9 |
9. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 8 |
Koufax • 1955-1966 | 8 | |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 8 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 8 | |
McDowell • 1961-1975 | 8 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 8 |
1. | McGinnity • 1899-1908 | 8 |
Smith • 1932-1948 | 8 | |
Young • 1890-1911 | 8 | |
4. | Fingers • 1968-1985 | 7 |
Marberry • 1923-1936 | 7 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 7 | |
7. | Quantrill • 1992-2005 | 6 |
Rusie • 1889-1901 | 6 | |
Tekulve • 1974-1989 | 6 | |
Wilhelm • 1952-1972 | 6 |
1. | Fingers • 1968-1985 | 9 |
Hoffman • 1993-2010 | 9 | |
Murphy • 1932-1947 | 9 | |
Rivera • 1995-2013 | 9 | |
Smith • 1980-1997 | 9 | |
6. | Walsh • 1904-1917 | 8 |
7. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 7 |
Face • 1953-1969 | 7 | |
Jansen • 2010-2024 | 7 | |
McGinnity • 1899-1908 | 7 |
1. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 14 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 10 |
3. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 9 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 9 | |
5. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 8 |
Carlton • 1965-1988 | 8 | |
Verlander • 2005-2024 | 8 | |
8. | Feller • 1936-1956 | 7 |
Halladay • 1998-2013 | 7 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 7 | |
Perry • 1962-1983 | 7 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 7 | |
Smith • 1932-1948 | 7 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 7 | |
Young • 1890-1911 | 7 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 16 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 15 |
3. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 13 |
4. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 12 |
5. | Vance • 1915-1935 | 10 |
6. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 9 |
Bunning • 1955-1971 | 9 | |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 9 | |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 9 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 9 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 9 | |
Scherzer • 2008-2024 | 9 |
1. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 11 |
2. | Drysdale • 1956-1969 | 8 |
Feller • 1936-1956 | 8 | |
Glavine • 1987-2008 | 8 | |
Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 8 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 8 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 8 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 8 | |
9. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 7 |
Brown • 1931-1945 | 7 | |
Lemon • 1941-1958 | 7 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 7 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 7 | |
Verlander • 2005-2024 | 7 |
1. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 16 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 12 | |
4. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 11 |
5. | Schilling • 1988-2007 | 9 |
6. | Carlton • 1965-1988 | 8 |
Halladay • 1998-2013 | 8 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 8 | |
9. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 7 |
Gibson • 1959-1975 | 7 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 7 | |
Lemon • 1941-1958 | 7 | |
Morris • 1977-1994 | 7 | |
Perry • 1962-1983 | 7 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 7 | |
Wainwright • 2005-2023 | 7 |
1. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 12 |
2. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 10 |
Young • 1890-1911 | 10 | |
4. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 9 |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 9 | |
6. | Galvin • 1875-1892 | 8 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 8 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 8 | |
9. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 7 |
Clemens • 1984-2007 | 7 | |
Drysdale • 1956-1969 | 7 | |
Feller • 1936-1956 | 7 | |
Foster • 1923-1937 | 7 |
1. | Roberts • 1948-1966 | 10 |
2. | Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 9 |
3. | Browning • 1984-1995 | 6 |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 6 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 6 | |
Powell • 1897-1912 | 6 | |
Stivetts • 1889-1899 | 6 | |
8. | Arroyo • 2000-2017 | 5 |
Clarkson • 1882-1894 | 5 | |
Force • 1921-1929 | 5 | |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 5 | |
Hunter • 1965-1979 | 5 | |
McDonald • 1925-1940 | 5 | |
Shields • 2006-2018 | 5 | |
Sutton • 1966-1988 | 5 | |
Tanana • 1973-1993 | 5 | |
White • 1877-1886 | 5 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 13 |
2. | Feller • 1936-1956 | 6 |
Higbe • 1937-1950 | 6 | |
Lemon • 1941-1958 | 6 | |
Mullin • 1902-1915 | 6 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 6 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 6 | |
Reynolds • 1942-1954 | 6 | |
Ring • 1917-1928 | 6 | |
Rusie • 1889-1901 | 6 | |
Torrez • 1967-1984 | 6 | |
Witt • 1986-2001 | 6 |
1. | Roberts • 1948-1966 | 9 |
2. | Buehrle • 2000-2015 | 8 |
Hernández • 1996-2012 | 8 | |
Smith • 1932-1948 | 8 | |
Young • 1890-1911 | 8 | |
6. | Brown • 1931-1945 | 7 |
Galvin • 1875-1892 | 7 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 7 | |
Mullin • 1902-1915 | 7 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 7 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 16 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 15 |
3. | Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 12 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 12 | |
5. | Roberts • 1948-1966 | 11 |
6. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 10 |
7. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 9 |
Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 9 | |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 9 | |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 9 | |
Mussina • 1991-2008 | 9 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 9 | |
Vance • 1915-1935 | 9 |
1. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 9 |
2. | Brown • 1986-2005 | 7 |
Clemens • 1984-2007 | 7 | |
Rixey • 1912-1933 | 7 | |
5. | Keefe • 1880-1893 | 6 |
6. | Jessup • 1940-1948 | 5 |
Ryan • 1966-1993 | 5 | |
8. | Bell • 1923-1937 | 4 |
Candiotti • 1983-1999 | 4 | |
Falkenberg • 1903-1917 | 4 | |
Garcia • 1948-1961 | 4 | |
Glavine • 1987-2008 | 4 | |
Gomez • 1930-1943 | 4 | |
Gooden • 1984-2000 | 4 | |
Hudson • 1999-2015 | 4 | |
Jackson • 1983-1997 | 4 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 4 | |
John • 1963-1989 | 4 | |
Keuchel • 2012-2024 | 4 | |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 4 | |
Morton • 2008-2024 | 4 | |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 4 | |
Perry • 1962-1983 | 4 | |
Schmitz • 1941-1956 | 4 | |
Tannehill • 1894-1911 | 4 | |
Terry • 1884-1897 | 4 | |
Webb • 2003-2009 | 4 |
1. | Stanley • 1928-1948 | 8 |
2. | Friend • 1951-1966 | 7 |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 7 | |
4. | Gaston • 1924-1934 | 6 |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 6 | |
6. | Corbin • 2012-2024 | 5 |
Dickson • 1939-1959 | 5 | |
Holland • 1920-1941 | 5 | |
McHenry • 1930-1948 | 5 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 5 | |
Raffensberger • 1939-1954 | 5 |
1. | Roberts • 1948-1966 | 7 |
2. | Jenkins • 1965-1983 | 6 |
McHenry • 1930-1948 | 6 | |
Moore • 1982-1995 | 6 | |
5. | Lolich • 1963-1979 | 5 |
Mullin • 1902-1915 | 5 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 5 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 5 | |
Ramos • 1955-1970 | 5 | |
Walters • 1931-1950 | 5 | |
Whitehill • 1923-1939 | 5 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 5 |
1. | Ryan • 1966-1993 | 11 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 9 |
Morris • 1977-1994 | 9 | |
4. | Cheney • 1911-1919 | 8 |
5. | Hallahan • 1925-1938 | 7 |
Leonard • 1933-1953 | 7 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 7 | |
8. | Ames • 1903-1919 | 6 |
Burnett • 1999-2015 | 6 | |
Maloney • 1960-1971 | 6 | |
Niekro • 1967-1988 | 6 | |
Smoltz • 1988-2009 | 6 |
1. | Morton • 2008-2024 | 10 |
2. | Bunning • 1955-1971 | 9 |
Drysdale • 1956-1969 | 9 | |
4. | Stieb • 1979-1998 | 8 |
Whitehill • 1923-1939 | 8 | |
6. | Ehmke • 1915-1930 | 7 |
Hough • 1970-1994 | 7 | |
Wakefield • 1992-2011 | 7 | |
9. | Blyleven • 1970-1992 | 6 |
Brown • 1986-2005 | 6 | |
Martínez • 1976-1998 | 6 | |
Plank • 1901-1917 | 6 | |
Weyhing • 1887-1901 | 6 | |
Yokely • 1926-1944 | 6 |
1. | Spahn • 1942-1965 | 12 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 9 |
3. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 8 |
Brown • 1931-1945 | 8 | |
Carlton • 1965-1988 | 8 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 8 | |
Newsom • 1929-1953 | 8 | |
Niekro • 1964-1987 | 8 | |
9. | Feller • 1936-1956 | 7 |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 7 | |
Wynn • 1939-1963 | 7 |
1. | Murphy • 1932-1947 | 8 |
2. | Face • 1953-1969 | 7 |
Fingers • 1968-1985 | 7 | |
Lyle • 1967-1982 | 7 | |
Marshall • 1967-1981 | 7 | |
Nen • 1993-2002 | 7 | |
Rivera • 1995-2013 | 7 | |
Smith • 1980-1997 | 7 | |
9. | Jansen • 2010-2024 | 6 |
Marberry • 1923-1936 | 6 | |
Perranoski • 1961-1973 | 6 | |
Quisenberry • 1979-1990 | 6 |
1. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 11 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 10 |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 10 | |
Young • 1890-1911 | 10 | |
5. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 8 |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 8 | |
7. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 7 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 7 | |
9. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 6 |
Brown • 1903-1916 | 6 | |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 6 | |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 6 | |
Martinez • 1992-2009 | 6 | |
Newhouser • 1939-1955 | 6 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 15 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 13 |
3. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 12 |
Grove • 1925-1941 | 12 | |
5. | Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 11 |
6. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 9 |
Paige • 1927-1965 | 9 | |
Ryan • 1966-1993 | 9 | |
Vance • 1915-1935 | 9 | |
10. | Adams • 1906-1926 | 7 |
Bender • 1903-1925 | 7 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 7 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 7 | |
Waddell • 1897-1910 | 7 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 14 |
2. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 12 |
3. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 10 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 10 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 10 | |
6. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 9 |
7. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 8 |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 8 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 8 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 8 |
1. | Young • 1890-1911 | 14 |
2. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 12 |
3. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 10 |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 10 | |
Mathewson • 1900-1916 | 10 | |
6. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 9 |
7. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 8 |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 8 | |
Nichols • 1890-1906 | 8 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 8 |
1. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 12 |
2. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 10 |
3. | Johnson • 1988-2009 | 8 |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 8 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 8 | |
Palmer • 1965-1984 | 8 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 8 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 8 | |
9. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 7 |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 7 |
1. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 13 |
2. | Johnson • 1907-1927 | 9 |
3. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 7 |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 7 | |
Maddux • 1986-2008 | 7 | |
6. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 6 |
Ford • 1950-1967 | 6 | |
Palmer • 1965-1984 | 6 | |
Roberts • 1948-1966 | 6 | |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 6 | |
Verlander • 2005-2024 | 6 |
1. | Clemens • 1984-2007 | 11 |
2. | Grove • 1925-1941 | 10 |
Spahn • 1942-1965 | 10 | |
4. | Alexander • 1911-1930 | 9 |
Johnson • 1988-2009 | 9 | |
Johnson • 1907-1927 | 9 | |
7. | Maddux • 1986-2008 | 8 |
8. | Halladay • 1998-2013 | 7 |
Hubbell • 1928-1943 | 7 | |
Kershaw • 2008-2024 | 7 | |
Palmer • 1965-1984 | 7 | |
Seaver • 1967-1986 | 7 |
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