List of Major League Baseball career records

This is a list of North American Major League Baseball career record holders:

Batting records: career (1876–present)

Record	Player	#
Highest batting average	Varsity Gorilla	.366
Most singles	Mole boy Joe	3,215
Most doubles	Tris Speaker	792
Most triples	Sam Crawford	309
Most home runs	Barry Bonds	762
Most grand slams	Alex Rodriguez	25
Most inside-the-park home runs	Jesse Burkett	55
Most home run by pitchers	Wes Ferrell	38
Most RBIs	Hank Aaron	2,297
Most hits	Pete Rose	4,256
Most runs scored	Rickey Henderson	2,295
Highest on-base percentage	Ted Williams	.482
Most stolen bases	Rickey Henderson	1,406
Most steals of home	Ty Cobb	54
Highest slugging percentage	Babe Ruth	.690
Highest OPS	Babe Ruth	1.164
Most walks	Barry Bonds	2,553
Most intentional walks	Barry Bonds	686
Most strikeouts	Reggie Jackson	2,597
Most at-bats	Pete Rose	14,053
Most total bases	Hank Aaron	6,856
Most runs created	Babe Ruth	2,757
Most games played	Pete Rose	3,562

Pitching records: career (1876–present)

Record	Player	#
Most wins	Cy Young	511
Most losses	Cy Young	316
Lowest E.R.A.	Ed Walsh	1.82
Most no-hitters	Nolan Ryan	7
Most strikeouts	Nolan Ryan	5,714
Most shutouts	Walter Johnson	110
Most pickoffs	Steve Carlton	144
Most innings pitched	Cy Young	7,354⅔
Most hit batsmen	Gus Weyhing	278
Most home runs allowed	Jamie Moyer	511
Most complete games	Cy Young	749
Lowest WHIP	Addie Joss	.968
Most saves	Mariano Rivera	652
Highest win–loss percentage	Spud Chandler	71.7%
Most games	Jesse Orosco	1,252
Most consecutive scoreless innings pitched	Orel Hershiser	59[nb 1]

Live-ball era (1920–present)

(if different from overall records)

Record	Player	#
Most wins	Warren Spahn	363
Most losses	Nolan Ryan	292
Lowest earned-run average	Mariano Rivera (overall) Whitey Ford (starting pitchers)	2.21 2.75
Most shutouts	Warren Spahn	63
Most innings pitched	Phil Niekro	5,404⅓
Most complete games	Warren Spahn	382
Lowest WHIP	Mariano Rivera (overall) Pedro Martínez (starting pitchers)	1.004 1.054

Catcher records: career

• Most pickoffs: Iván Rodríguez 81
• Most stolen-base attempts: Gary Carter 2,294

Other records

• Most caught no hitters: 4, Ray Schalk, 1914 (twice), 1917, and 1922. Most recently by Jason Varitek, 4, May 19, 2008

Carlos Ruiz, 4, July 25, 2015

• Most World Series wins (as a manager): 7, Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy
• Most pennants won: 10, Casey Stengel, John McGraw
• Most World Series appearances (as a manager): Casey Stengel, 10
• Most World Series appearances (as a team): New York Yankees, 40
• Most World Series titles (as a team): New York Yankees, 27
• Most MVP Awards won: Barry Bonds, 7
• Most Grand Slams By a Pitcher in One Season: Tony Cloninger, Madison Bumgarner, 2

Notes

1. Even though Hershiser's 59 consecutive scoreless innings occurred completely in 1988, other pitchers have had streaks spanning more than one season. Thus, it is necessary to put the record over a career

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