Major League Baseball Records Since 1900. Individual Batting (Career) Batting Average Ty Cobb .367 Rogers Hornsby .358 Joe Jackson .356 Tris Speaker .345 Billy Hamilton .344 Ted Williams .344 Harry Heilmann .342 Babe Ruth .342 Willie Keeler .341 Bill Terry .341 Runs Batted In Hank Aaron 2,297 Babe Ruth 2,213 Barry Bonds 1,996 * Lou Gehrig 1,995 Stan Musial 1,951 Ty Cobb 1,938 Jimmie Foxx 1,922 Eddie Murray 1,917 Willie Mays 1,903 Mel Ott 1,860 Home Runs Barry Bonds 762 * Hank Aaron 755 Babe Ruth 714 Willie Mays 660 Sammy Sosa 609 * Ken Griffey, Jr. 593 * Frank Robinson 586 Mark McGwire 583 Harmon Killebrew 573 Rafael Palmeiro 569 Strikeouts Reggie Jackson 2,597 Sammy Sosa 2,306 * Jim Thome 2,043 * Andres Galarraga 2,003 Jose Canseco 1,942 Willie Stargell 1,936 Mike Schmidt 1,883 Fred McGriff 1,882 Tony Perez 1,867 Dave Kingman 1,816 Hits Pete Rose 4,256 Ty Cobb 4,191 Hank Aaron 3,771 Stan Musial 3,630 Tris Speaker 3,514 Carl Yastrzemski 3,419 Honus Wagner 3,415 Paul Molitor 3,319 Eddie Collins 3,315 Willie Mays 3,283 Stolen Bases Rickey Henderson 1,406 Lou Brock 938 Billy Hamilton 912 Ty Cobb 892 Tim Raines 808 Vince Coleman 752 Eddie Collins 745 Max Carey 738 Honus Wagner 722 Joe Morgan 689 Consecutive-Game Hitting Streak Joe DiMaggio (1941) 56 Consecutive Games Played Cal Ripken, Jr. (19821998) . 2,632 * As of 2007 season. . Individual Batting (Single Season) Batting Average Nap Lajoie, 1901 .426 Rogers Hornsby, 1924 .424 George Sisler, 1922 .420 Ty Cobb, 1911 .420 Ty Cobb, 1912 .409 Joe Jackson, 1911 .408 George Sisler, 1920 .407 Ted Williams, 1941 .406 Rogers Hornsby, 1925 .403 Harry Heilmann, 1923 .403 Runs Batted In Hack Wilson, 1930 191 Lou Gehrig, 1931 184 Hank Greenberg, 1937 183 Jimmie Foxx, 1938 175 Lou Gehrig, 1927 175 Lou Gehrig, 1930 174 Babe Ruth, 1921 171 Hank Greenberg, 1935 170 Chuck Klein, 1930 170 Jimmie Foxx, 1932 169 Home Runs Barry Bonds, 2001 73 Mark McGwire, 1998 70 Sammy Sosa, 1998 66 Mark McGwire, 1999 65 Sammy Sosa, 2001 64 Sammy Sosa, 1999 63 Roger Maris, 1961 61 Babe Ruth, 1927 60 Babe Ruth, 1921 59 Mark McGwire, 1997 58 Hank Greenberg, 1938 58 Jimmie Foxx, 1932 58 Stolen Bases Rickey Henderson, 1982 130 Lou Brock, 1974 118 Vince Coleman, 1985 110 Vince Coleman, 1987 109 Rickey Henderson, 1983 108 Vince Coleman, 1986 107 Maury Wills, 1962 104 Rickey Henderson, 1980 100 Ron LeFlore, 1980 97 Ty Cobb, 1915 96 Omar Moreno, 1980 96 Hits Ichiro Suzuki, 2004 262 George Sisler, 1920 257 Bill Terry, 1930 254 Lefty O'Doul, 1929 254 Al Simmons, 1925 253 Rogers Hornsby, 1922 250 Chuck Klein, 1930 250 Ty Cobb, 1911 248 George Sisler, 1922 246 Ichiro Suzuki, 2001 242 . Individual Pitching (Career) W ins Cy Young 511 Walter Johnson 417 Christy Mathewson 373 Grover Alexander 373 Warren Spahn 363 Roger Clemens 354 * Greg Maddux 347 * Steve Carlton 329 Eddie Plank 326 Nolan Ryan 324 Don Sutton 324 Strikeouts Nolan Ryan 5,714 Roger Clemens 4,672 * Randy Johnson 4,616 * Steve Carlton 4,136 Bert Blyleven 3,701 Tom Seaver 3,640 Don Sutton 3,574 Gaylord Perry 3,534 Walter Johnson 3,509 Phil Niekro 3,342 Earned Run Average Ed Walsh 1.82 Addie Joss 1.89 Jack Pfiester 2.02 Joe Wood 2.03 Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown 2.06 Christy Mathewson 2.13 Rube Waddell 2.16 Walter Johnson 2.17 Orval Overall 2.23 Jack Weimer 2.23 Saves Trevor Hoffman Lee Smith Mariano Rivera 524 * 478 443 * John Franco 424 Dennis Eckersley 390 Jeff Reardon 367 Billy Wagner 358 * Randy Myers 347 Rollie Fingers 341 John Wetteland 330 Shutouts Walter Johnson 110 Grover Alexander 90 Christy Mathewson 79 Cy Young 76 Eddie Plank 69 Warren Spahn 63 Nolan Ryan 61 Tom Seaver 61 Bert Blyleven 60 Don Sutton 58 No-Hitters Nolan Ryan 7 Sandy Koufax 4 Larry Corcoran 3 Bob Feller 3 Cy Young 3 *At the end of the 2007 season. . Individual Pitching (Single Season) W ins Jack Chesbro, 1904 41 Ed Walsh, 1908 40 Christy Mathewson, 1908 37 Walter Johnson, 1913 36 Joe McGinnity, 1904 35 Smokey Joe Wood, 1912 34 Grover Alexander, 1916 33 Walter Johnson, 1912 33 Cy Young, 1901 33 Cy Young, 1902 32 Strikeouts Nolan Ryan, 1973 383 Sandy Koufax, 1965 382 Randy Johnson, 2001 372 Nolan Ryan, 1974 367 Rube Waddell, 1904 349 Bob Feller, 1946 348 Randy Johnson, 2000 347 Nolan Ryan, 1977 341 Randy Johnson, 2002 334 Earned Run Average Dutch Leonard, 1914 0.96 Three Finger Brown, 1906 1.04 Bob Gibson, 1968 1.12 Walter Johnson, 1913 1.14 Christy Mathewson, 1909 1.14 Jack Pfiester, 1907 1.15 Addie Joss, 1908 1.16 Carl Lundgren, 1907 1.17 Grover Alexander, 1915 1.22 Cy Young, 1908 1.26 Saves Bobby Thigpen, 1990 57 Eric Gagne, 2003 55 John Smoltz, 2002 55 Trevor Hoffman, 1998 53 Randy Myers, 1993 53 Mariano Rivera, 2004 53 Eric Gagne, 2002 52 Rod Beck, 1998 51 Dennis Eckersley, 1992 51 Mariano Rivera, 2001 50 Shutouts Grover Alexander, 1916 16 Bob Gibson, 1968 13 Jack Coombs, 1910 13 Grover Alexander, 1915 12 Christy Mathewson, 1908 12 Dean Chance, 1964 11 Sandy Koufax, 1963 11 Walter Johnson, 1913 11 Ed Walsh, 1908 11 Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. 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