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Topic: RSS FeedSingle-season pitching records for pre-existing A.L. teams: - only clubs with minimum 10 years major league existence - American League - Illustration - Statistical Data Included
Baseball Digest, July, 2002
SINGLE-SEASON PITCHING RECORDS FOR PRE-EXISTING A.L. TEAMS (ONLY CLUBS WITH MINIMUM 10 YEARS MAJOR LEAGUE EXISTENCE) KANSAS CITY A'S (1955-1967) Wins Year Bud Daley 16 1959 Bud Daley 16 1960 Ray Herbert 14 1960 Ed Rakow 14 1962 Lew Krausse 14 1966 ERA Year Catfish Hunter 2.80 1967 Low Krausse 2.98 1966 Virgil Trucks 3.03 1957 Moe Drabowsky 3.05 1963 Bud Daley 3.17 1959 Strikeouts Year Catfish Hunter 196 1967 Jim Nash 186 1967 Orlando Pena 184 1964 Ed Rakow 159 1962 Diego Segui 155 1964 Shutouts Year Catfish Hunter 5 1967 Alex Kellner 3 1963 Ned Garver 3 1958 Ralph Terry 3 1958 Orlando Pena 3 1963 Saves Year Jack Aker 32 1966 John Wyatt 21 1963 John Wyatt 20 1964 Tom Gorman 18 1955 John Wyatt 18 1965 PHILADELPHIA A's (1901-1954) Wins Year Jack Coombs 31 1910 Left Grove 31 1931 Jack Coombs 28 1911 Lefty Grove 28 1930 Eddie Rommel 27 1922 ERA Year Jack Coombs 1.30 1910 Harry Krause 1.39 1909 Rube Waddell 1.48 1905 Cy Morgan 1.55 1910 Chief Bender 1.58 1910 Strikeouts Year Rube Waddell 349 1904 Rube Waddell 302 1903 Rube Waddell 287 1905 Rube Waddell 232 1907 Jack Coombs 224 1910 Shutouts Year Jack Coombs 13 1910 Rube Waddell 8 1904 Rube Waddell 8 1906 Eddie Plank 8 1907 Bullet Joe Bush 8 1916 Saves Year Chief Bender 12 1913 Joe Berry 12 1944 Russ Christopher 12 1947 Carl Scheib 10 1951 Lefty Grove 9 1927 Lefty Grove 9 1930 ST. LOUIS BROWNS (1902-1953) Wins Year Urban Shocker 27 1921 Urban Shocker 24 1922 Red Donahue 22 1902 Jack Powell 22 1902 Willie Sudhoff 21 1903 General Crowder 21 1928 ERA Year Barney Pelty 1.59 1906 Jack Powell 1.77 1906 Rube Waddell 1.89 1908 Harry Howell 1.89 1908 Harry Howell 1.94 1907 Allen Sothoron 1.94 1918 Strikeouts Year Rube Waddell 232 1908 Bobo Newsom 226 1938 Harry Howell 198 1905 Jack Powell 169 1903 Fred Glade 156 1904 Shutouts Year Fred Glade 6 1904 Harry Howell 6 1906 Jack Powell 6 1908 Willie Sudhoff 5 1903 Barney Pelty 5 1907 Rube Waddell 5 1908 Jack Powell 5 1908 Barney Pelty 5 1909 Rube Waddell 5 1909 Earl Hamilton 5 1914 Urban Shocker 5 1919 Urban Shocker 5 1920 Dixie Davis 5 1924 Saves Year George Caster 12 1944 Satchel Paige 11 1953 Satchel Paige 10 1952 George Caster 8 1943 Hub Pruett 7 1922 Chad Kinsey 7 1931 Jack Knott 7 1935 Marlin Stuart 7 1953 WASHINGTON SENATORS (1901-1960) Wins Year Walter Johnson 36 1913 Walter Johnson 32 1912 Walter Johnson 28 1914 Walter Johnson 27 1915 General Crowder 26 1932 ERA Year Walter Johnson 1.14 1913 Walter Johnson 1.39 1912 Walter Johnson 1.49 1919 Walter Johnson 1.55 1915 Walter Johnson 1.65 1908 Strikeouts Year Walter Johnson 313 1910 Walter Johnson 303 1912 Walter Johnson 243 1913 Walter Johnson 228 1916 Walter Johnson 225 1914 Shutouts Year Walter Johnson 11 1913 Walter Johnson 9 1914 Bob Porterfield 9 1953 Walter Johnson 8 1910 Walter Johnson 8 1917 Walter Johnson 8 1918 Saves Year Firpo Marberry 22 1926 Dick Hyde 18 1958 Firpo Marberry 15 1924 Firpo Marberry 15 1925 Mickey Harris 15 1950 WASHINGTON SENATORS (1961-1971) Wins Year Dick Bosman 16 1970 Claude Osteen 15 1964 Pete Richert 15 1965 Pete Richert 14 1966 Dick Bosman 14 1969 ERA Year Dick Bosman 2.19 1969 Dick Donovan 2.40 1961 Pete Richert 2.60 1965 Camilo Pascual 2.69 1968 Tom Cheney 2.71 1963 Strikeouts Year Pete Richert 195 1966 Joe Coleman 162 1969 Pete Richert 161 1965 Joe Coleman 152 1970 Tom Cheney 147 1962 Saves Year Darold Knowles 27 1970 Ron Kline 25 1965 Ron Kline 23 1966 Ron Kline 17 1963 Denny Higgins 16 1969 NOTE: The save did not become on official statistic until 1969. Totals prior to that year are unofficial. Source for save totals from 1901 through 1968 is the The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball
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