MLB Single Season Records

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[edit] Batting Records (since 1900)

Home Runs

Barry Bonds San Francisco Giants 73 2001
Mark McGwire St. Louis Cardinals 70 1998
Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 66 1998

Hits

Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners 262 2004
George Sisler St. Louis Browns 257 1920
Bill Terry New York Giants 254 1930
Lefty O'Doul Philadelphia Phillies 254 1929

Batting Average

Nap Lajoie Philadelphia Athletics .426 1901
Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals .424 1924
George Sisler St. Louis Browns .420 1922

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Hack Wilson Chicago Cubs 191 1930
Lou Gehrig New York Yankees 184 1931
Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers 183 1937

Runs

Babe Ruth New York Yankees 177 1921
Lou Gehrig New York Yankees 167 1936
Babe Ruth New York Yankees 163 1928
Lou Gehrig New York Yankees 163 1931 
Pitching Records (since 1900) =

Wins

Jack Chesbro New York Highlanders 41 1904
Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 40 1908
Christy Mathewson New York Giants 37 1908

(Charlie (Old Hoss) Radbourn holds all time record with 60 wins for the Providence Grays of the NL in 1884.)

Earned Run Average (ERA)

Dutch Leonard Boston Red Sox 1.01 1914
Three Finger Brown Chicago Cubs 1.04 1906
Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals 1.12 1968

Strikeouts

Nolan Ryan California Angels 383 1973
Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 382 1965
Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks 372 2001

Saves

Bobby Thigpen Chicago White Sox 57 1990
John Smoltz Atlanta Braves 55 2002
Éric Gagné Los Angeles Dodgers 55 2003


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