Through the 2010 season ...
27 seasons: Nolan Ryan
26 seasons: Tommy John
25 seasons: Jim Kaat, Charlie Hough
24 seasons: Phil Niekro, Steve Carlton, Dennis Eckersley, Jesse Orosco, Roger Clemens, Jamie Moyer
1) Wes Farrell - 382) Bob Lemon - 373) Red Ruffing - 364) Earl Wilson and Warren Spahn - 35These five pitchers are the only five in MLB history to have 30+ career home runs.Among active pitchers, Carlos Zambrano has the most with 20 career home runs.Mike Hampton is second with 16 career homeruns. Livan Hernandez is third with 9 career homeruns.
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Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies has been hit by 17 pitches in 2009, and as for the career record, Jason Kendall has been hit 241 times in his career, by 190 different pitchers.
Cy Young, who pitched between 1890-1911, holds the MLB record for career wins by a pitcher with 511. He also holds the MLB record for career losses by a pitcher with 316.
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Among pitchers, Whitey Ford has the most Yankees records with five.
He was one of the best pitchers in MLB history.
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Hideo Nomo has 123 career MLB wins. Chan Ho Park has 124. Byun-hyun Kim has 54. Tomo Ohka has 51. Daisuke Matsuzaka comes close, with 49. There may be others -- Asian pitchers in American MLB are no longer unusual.
There are very few sidearm submarine pitchers in the MLB but to name a few there is Mike Myers, Cla Meredith, Chad Bradford, and Mike Koplove.
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Click on the 'Scoreless Innings Leaders' link on this page to see a list of MLB career leaders of scoreless innings pitched.