All-Time Pirate Pitching Leaders

Last Updated 20 July 2003

Information is from the 1995 Record and Information Guide (Media Guide).
The links will lead you to short biographies on the Other Pirate Greats Page or Pirate Hall of Fame Page.

Index: | Games | Innings Pitched | Wins | Strikeouts | Shutouts | Complete Games | Saves |

Games

  1.  ElRoy Face         802
  2.  Kent Tekulve       722
  3.  Bob Friend         568
  4.  Vernon Law         483
  5.  Babe Adams         483
  6.  Wilbur Cooper      469
  7.  Dave Giusti        410
  8.  Sam Leever         388
  9.  Rip Sewell         385
 10.  John Candelaria    345

Innings Pitched

  1.  Bob Friend         3481.0
  2.  Wilbur Cooper      3201.0
  3.  Babe Adams         2991.0
  4.  Vernon Law         2673.0
  5.  Sam Leever         2645.0
  6.  Deacon Phillippe   2283.0
  7.  Rip Sewell         2108.0
  8.  Remey Kremer       1955.0
  9.  John Candelaria    1873.2
 10.  Bob Veale          1869.0

Wins

  1.  Wilbur Cooper           202
  2.  Sam Leever              195
  3.  Babe Adams              194
  4.  Bob Friend              191
  5.  Deacon Phillippe        165
  6.  Vernon Law              162
  7.  Rip Sewell              143
  8.  Remy Kremer             143
  9.  John Candelaria         124
 10.  Bob Veale               116
 10. Jesse Tannehill          116

Strikeouts

  1.  Bob Friend              1682
  2.  Bob Veale               1652
  3.  Wilbur Cooper           1191
  4.  John Candelaria         1159
  5.  Vernon Law              1092
  6.  Babe Adams              1036
  7.  Steve Blass              896
  8.  Dock Ellis               869
  9.  Deacon Phillippe         853
 10.  Rick Rhoden              852

Shutouts

            
  1.  Babe Adams              47
  2.  Sam Leever              39
  3.  Bob Friend              35
  4.  Wilbur Cooper           34
  5.  Lefty Leifield          29
  6.  Vernon Law              28
  7.  Deacon Phillippe        25
  8.  Vic Willis              23
  9.  Rip Sewell              20
 10.  Bob Veale               20

Complete Games

  1.  Wibur Cooper            263
  2.  Sam Leever              241
  3.  Deacon Phillippe        209
  4.  Babe Adams              206
  5.  Pud Galvin              167
  6.  Frank Killen            164
  7.  Bob Friend              161
  8.  Jesse Tannehill         148
  9.  Rip Sewell              137
 10. Remy Kremer              134

Saves

  
  1.  ElRoy Face              188*
  2.  Kent Tekulve            158
  3.  Mike Williams           140 (still active, through 2003 mid-season trade)
  4.  Dave Giusti             133
  5.  Stan Belinda             61
  6.  Bill Landrum             58
  7.  Jim Gott                 50
  8.  Rich Loiselle	       48  
  9.  Don Robinson             43
 10.  Ramon Hernandez          39
 11.  Grant Jackson            36
*: Saves were not recognized as an official statistic until 1969, so ElRoy Face is omitted from some franchise All-time saves lists.
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