List of Major League Baseball single-season records

Records are for post-1900 only and need to be verified by a reference source, preferably the Elias Book of Baseball Records.

Batting records

Home runs

Player	Team	Home runs	Season
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	73	2001
Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	70	1998
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	66	1998
Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	65	1999
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	64	2001
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	63	1999
Roger Maris	New York Yankees	61	1961
Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	60	1927

Hits

Player	Team	Hits	Season
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

Player	Team	Average	Season
Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	.440	1894
Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Athletics	.426	1901
Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	.424	1924
George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	.420	1922
Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	.420	1911

Runs batted in

Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP

Player	Team	RBIs	Season
Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	191	1930
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	184	1931
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	183	1937
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	175	1938
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	175	1927

Hitting streak

Player	Team	Streak	Season
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	56	1941
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	44	1978
Bill Dahlen	Chicago Colts	42	1894
George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	41	1922
Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	40	1911

Runs scored

Player	Team	Runs	Season
Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	179	1921
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	167	1936
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	163	1931
Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	163	1928
Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	158	1930

Doubles

Player	Team	Doubles	Season
Earl Webb	Boston Red Sox	67	1931
George Burns	Cleveland Indians	64	1926
Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	64	1936
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	63	1934
Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	62	1932

Triples

Player	Team	Triples	Season
Chief Wilson	Pittsburgh Pirates	36	1912
Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	26	1914
Kiki Cuyler	Pittsburgh Pirates	26	1925
Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	26	1912

At bats

Player	Team	At bats	Season
Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	716	2007
Willie Wilson	Kansas City Royals	705	1980
Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	704	2004
Juan Samuel	Philadelphia Phillies	701	1984
Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies	699	1975
Juan Pierre	Chicago Cubs	699	2006

Stolen bases

Player	Team	Stolen bases	Season
Rickey Henderson	Oakland Athletics	130	1982
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	118	1974
Vince Coleman	St. Louis Cardinals	110	1985
Vince Coleman	St. Louis Cardinals	109	1987
Rickey Henderson	Oakland Athletics	108	1983

Pitching records

Wins

All-time

Player	Team	Wins	Season
Jack Chesbro	New York Yankees	41	1904
Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	40	1908
Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	37	1908
Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	36	1913
Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	35	1904

Live-ball era (post-1920)

Player	Team	Wins	Season
Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	31	1931
Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	31	1968
Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	30	1934
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	29	1944
Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Dodgers	28	1924
Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	28	1930
Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	28	1935
Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	28	1952

Earned run average

Player	Team	ERA	Season
Dutch Leonard	Boston Red Sox	0.96	1914
Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	1.04	1906
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	1.12	1968

Strikeouts

Player	Team	Strikeouts	Season
Nolan Ryan	California Angels	383	1973
Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	382	1965
Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	372	2001
Nolan Ryan	California Angels	367	1974
Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	364	1999

Shutouts

Player	Team	Shutouts	Season
Jack Coombs	Philadelphia Athletics	13	1910
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	13	1968
Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	12	1915

Saves

Player	Team	Saves	Season
Francisco Rodríguez	Los Angeles Angels	62	2008
Bobby Thigpen	Chicago White Sox	57	1990
John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	55	2002
Éric Gagné	Los Angeles Dodgers	55	2003

Balks

Player	Team	Balks	Season
Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics	16	1988
John Dopson	Boston Red Sox	15	1989
Bob Welch	Oakland Athletics	13	1988
John Candelaria	New York Yankees	12	1988
Juan Guzmán	Texas Rangers	12	1988

Wild pitches

Player	Team	Wild pitches	Season
Red Ames	New York Giants	30	1905
Tony Cloninger	Atlanta Braves	27	1966
Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	26	1914
Juan Guzmán	Toronto Blue Jays	26	1993

Team records

Hits

Team	Hits	Season
Philadelphia Phillies	1,783	1930

Home runs

Team	Home runs	Season
Seattle Mariners	264	1997
Texas Rangers	260	2005
Toronto Blue Jays	257	2010
Baltimore Orioles	257	1996

Runs batted in

Team	Runs Batted In	Season
New York Yankees	997	1936

Runs scored

Team	Runs Scored	Season
New York Yankees	1,067	1931

External links

References

Major League Baseball records

Baseball statistics (types of records)

General

Batting
leaders

Career	Batting average On-base percentage Times on base Slugging percentage OPS Hits 3,000 club Progressive Singles Doubles Triples Home runs 500 club Progressive Extra base hits RBIs Total bases Walks Intentional HBP Strikeouts Games played At-bats Plate appearances

Annual	Batting average Doubles Triples Home runs RBI

Season	Batting average Triples Home run Progressive

Game	Home runs Hitting for the cycle Grand slams RBIs Hits

Misc	Consecutive games OPS Hits Home runs Doubles Triples RBIs

Baserunning
leaders

Career	Runs Stolen bases

Annual	Runs Stolen bases

Game	Runs

Misc	Stolen bases Runs

Pitching
leaders

Career	Wins 300 club Losses Games started Games finished Innings pitched Strikeouts 3,000 club Saves Shutouts ERA WHIP Walks Hit batsmen

Annual	Wins Saves Shutouts Strikeouts ERA

Game	No-hitter Perfect game List of perfect games Strikeouts Game Inning Three on nine pitches

Misc	Wins

Fielding
leaders

Career	Putouts C 1B 2B SS 3B OF P Errors Assists

Annual	Putouts Errors

Managing
records

Wins and winning percentage

Multiple stat
records

Records

World record

People

Sporting records

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Speed	Air Transcontinental Land speed record Railed Production car Special motorcycle Production motorcycle Wheel-driven British Water speed record Underwater Sailing Sound barrier Speed of light

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Other	Spaceflight records FAI records

Man-made objects

Tallest structures
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Physical phenomena

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