Baseball Almanac - Pitcher Chance Records

Pitcher Chance Records

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine chance records for pitchers. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the possible chance record variations.

"I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar." - Bob Lemon

Chance Records Pitchers
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Charles Nagy	61	1997
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	NL	Jim Hearn Paul Minner Robin Roberts	67	1955 1953 1953
Most In A Career	AL	Walter Johnson	1,606
Most In A Career	NL	Christy Mathewson	1,761
Most In A Game	AL	Nick Altrock Ed Walsh	13	08-06-1904 04-19-1907
Most In A Game	NL	Rip Sewell	12	06-06-1941
Most In A Game Extra Innings	AL	Ed Walsh	15	07-16-1907 (13 Innings)
Most In A Game Extra Innings	NL	Leon Cadore	13	05-01-1920 (26 Innings)
Most In A Season	AL	Ed Walsh	262	1907
Most In A Season	NL	John Clarkson	206	1889
Most Chances Highest Fielding Average In A Season	AL	Walter Johnson	1.000	1913 (103 Ch)
Most Chances Highest Fielding Average In A Season	NL	Randy Jones	1.000	1976 (112 Ch)
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Bob Lemon	8
Most Seasons Leading The League	NL	Greg Maddux	10

Christy Mathewson has come closest to Clarkson's single season record, but even he only had one-hundred sixty-eight chances accepted in 1908!

Ed Walsh of Chicago set the major league record for most chances accepted in two consecutive games on April 13 and April 19, 1907, with twenty!

On July 17, 1918, Milt Watson of Philadelphia played in a twenty-inning game without a chance accepted by the pitcher setting the major league record for longest game without a chance accepted by a pitcher!

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