Return Of The Single Game Pitching Leaders

It’s now been eight years (to the day!) and well over 250 games since we last looked at the single game leaders in pitching categories for all the games I have identified and attended in person dating back to 1984.  There are some new names of the list that weren’t there when we first looked in 2012 and again in 2015 and 2018.  Keep in mind that, for pitchers, leading a category can be a bad thing in some cases.

Innings Pitched

Name Total Date
59 tied with 9 Most recently on 9/3/2022

Hits

Name Total Date
Homer Bailey 15 7/26/2008
Jose Lima 13 5/2/2000
Glendon Rusch 13 5/12/2003
Carlos Silva 13 4/23/2006
Mark Buehrle 13 7/2/2006
Carlos Zambrano 13 8/14/2007
Tommy Hanson 13 6/22/2010
Gavin Floyd 13 9/9/2010
Edwin Jackson 13 9/11/2010
Roy Oswalt 13 7/3/2012
Brad Keller 13 8/2/2022

Runs

Name Total Date
Mark Buehrle 11 7/2/2006
Jeff Suppan 11 4/30/2008
Roy Oswalt 11 7/3/2012
Jose Lima 10 5/2/2000
Clay Hensley 10 4/16/2007
Mitch Spence 10 6/26/2026

Earned Runs

Name Total Date
Mark Buehrle 10 7/2/2006
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2026 All Star Break Pitching Leaders

Now that the All-Star Game is behind us and we await tomorrow’s start of the second half of the season, with both the White Sox and the Cubs in contention for the post-season, let’s take a look at the first half leaders on the defensive side of the ball for the 24 games I’ve attended so far this season, beginning with everyone’s favorite pitching stat:

Wins

Name Total
Edward Cabrera 2
Anthony Kay 2
Davis Martin 2
18 tied with 1

Losses

Name Total
Sean Burke 2
22 tied with 1

ERA (> 6 IP)

Name Total
Kyle Harrison 0.00
Shota Imanaga  0.00
Grant Taylor 0.00
Holby Milner 0.00
Sean Newcomb 0.00

Strikeouts

Name Total
Sean Burke 22
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2025 Final Pitching Leaders

On Tuesday. we looked at the leaders in the 39 games I attended this year on the offensive side of the ball.  With the League Championship Series in full swing, it’s time to finish up our look back at the 2025 season with the pitching leaders, starting with everyone’s favorite pitching statistic:

Wins

Name Total
Davis Martin 5
Adrian Houser 3
Mike Vasil 2
Cam Booser 2
Sean Burke 2
Daniel Palencia 2
Matthew Boyd 2
Tanner Bibee 2

Losses

Name Total
Jordan Leasure 3
Sean Burke 2
Aaron Civale 2
Yoendrys Gómez 2
30 tied with 1

ERA (> 6 IP)

Name Total
Cade Horton 0.00
Bryce Elder 0.00
Brad Keller 0.00
Garrett Crochet 1.23
Daniel Palencia 1.35

Strikeouts

Name Total
Davis Martin 37
Sean Burke 34
Mike Vasil 24
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2022 Final Pitching Leaders

Yesterday, we looked at the leaders in the 33 games I attended this year on the offensive side of the ball.  With the newly expanded Wild Card round in full swing today, it’s time to wrap up our look back at the 2022 season with the pitching leaders, starting with everyone’s favorite pitching statistic:

Wins

Name Total
Reynaldo Lopez 3
Liam Hendriks 2
Lucas Giolito 2
Dylan Cease 2
24 tied with  1

Losses

Name Total
Michael Kopech 2
Johnny Cueto 2
Davis Martin 2
26 tied with  1

ERA (> 6 IP)

Name Total
Clayton Kershaw 0.00
Reynaldo Lopez 0.59
Marcus Stroman 0.79
Dylan Cease 1.00
Jimmy Lambert 1.13
Nestor Cortes Jr. 1.13

Strikeouts

Name Total
Lucas Giolito 32
Michael Kopech 26
Liam Hendriks 22
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