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Most Innings Pitched by a Team in a Season (MLB)

The best single seasons by any MLB team, 1871–2026. Innings pitched

The 1964 New York Yankees hold the MLB team record for innings pitched in a season, with 1506.2. Next best is the 1969 Minnesota Twins, at 1497.2.

MLB team record New York Yankees 1964 season, 164 games
1506.2 Innings Pitched 9.0 clear of 1969 Minnesota Twins
# Team Season G IP
1 New York Yankees 1964 164 1506.2
2 Minnesota Twins 1969 162 1497.2
3 Arizona Diamondbacks 2013 162 1495.0
4 Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 163 1493.1
5 Los Angeles Dodgers 1973 162 1491.0
6 Chicago White Sox 1967 162 1490.1
6 Cincinnati Reds 1968 163 1490.1
8 Detroit Tigers 1968 164 1489.2
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 162 1489.2
10 Oakland Athletics 1988 162 1489.1
11 San Diego Padres 1996 162 1489.0
12 Los Angeles Dodgers 1962 165 1488.2
13 Los Angeles Dodgers 1982 162 1488.1
14 New York Mets 1985 162 1488.0
15 Cleveland Indians 1964 164 1487.2
15 Pittsburgh Pirates 1989 164 1487.2
17 Pittsburgh Pirates 1968 163 1487.0
18 St. Louis Cardinals 1979 163 1486.2
19 San Diego Padres 2007 163 1484.2
20 New York Mets 1986 162 1484.0
21 Los Angeles Dodgers 1964 164 1483.2
22 New York Mets 1968 163 1483.1
23 Baltimore Orioles 2012 162 1483.0
24 New York Mets 1979 163 1482.2
24 Houston Astros 1980 163 1482.2
24 Montreal Expos 1988 163 1482.2
24 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2014 162 1482.2
28 Boston Red Sox 2017 162 1482.1
29 Chicago White Sox 1965 162 1481.2
29 Pittsburgh Pirates 1977 162 1481.2
31 California Angels 1971 162 1481.0
31 Montreal Expos 1977 162 1481.0
33 New York Yankees 1967 163 1480.2
33 Oakland Athletics 1969 162 1480.2
35 Montreal Expos 1975 162 1480.0
35 Philadelphia Phillies 1980 162 1480.0
35 St. Louis Cardinals 1992 162 1480.0
38 Pittsburgh Pirates 1992 162 1479.2
38 Atlanta Braves 2011 162 1479.2
40 St. Louis Cardinals 1968 162 1479.1
40 Houston Astros 1989 162 1479.1
42 Pittsburgh Pirates 1965 163 1479.0
42 Chicago Cubs 1980 162 1479.0
42 Texas Rangers 1991 162 1479.0
45 Baltimore Orioles 1970 162 1478.2
46 Chicago White Sox 1991 162 1478.0
47 Minnesota Twins 1964 163 1477.2
47 Baltimore Orioles 1965 162 1477.2
47 Cleveland Indians 1967 162 1477.2
50 California Angels 1976 162 1477.1
50 Chicago Cubs 1998 163 1477.1
52 San Francisco Giants 1998 163 1477.0
52 Philadelphia Phillies 2011 162 1477.0
54 San Francisco Giants 1966 161 1476.2
54 New York Mets 2013 162 1476.2
56 San Francisco Giants 1964 162 1476.1
56 Seattle Mariners 1982 162 1476.1
56 Chicago Cubs 2018 163 1476.1
59 Los Angeles Dodgers 1965 162 1476.0
59 San Diego Padres 1982 162 1476.0
59 Toronto Blue Jays 1986 163 1476.0
59 Minnesota Twins 2004 162 1476.0
59 Los Angeles Dodgers 2018 163 1476.0
64 St. Louis Cardinals 1970 162 1475.2
64 Chicago White Sox 2005 162 1475.2
66 Chicago White Sox 1966 163 1475.1
66 Los Angeles Dodgers 1977 162 1475.1
68 Atlanta Braves 1968 163 1474.2
68 Atlanta Braves 1971 162 1474.2
68 Houston Astros 1988 162 1474.2
71 San Francisco Giants 1967 162 1474.1
71 Atlanta Braves 1974 163 1474.1
71 Tampa Bay Rays 2019 162 1474.1
74 Baltimore Orioles 1974 162 1474.0
74 California Angels 1983 162 1474.0
76 Baltimore Orioles 1969 162 1473.2
76 San Francisco Giants 1969 162 1473.2
76 Cincinnati Reds 2013 162 1473.2
79 Washington Senators 1967 161 1473.1
79 St. Louis Cardinals 1974 161 1473.1
79 Montreal Expos 1990 162 1473.1
79 Los Angeles Dodgers 2009 162 1473.1
83 Los Angeles Dodgers 1967 162 1473.0
83 Cincinnati Reds 1973 162 1473.0
85 Boston Red Sox 1978 163 1472.2
85 Los Angeles Dodgers 1980 163 1472.2
85 Los Angeles Dodgers 1993 162 1472.2
85 Philadelphia Phillies 1993 162 1472.2
89 Kansas City Royals 1976 162 1472.1
89 Texas Rangers 1977 162 1472.1
91 Chicago Cubs 1965 164 1472.0
91 Texas Rangers 1976 162 1472.0
91 Colorado Rockies 2007 163 1472.0
94 Milwaukee Braves 1963 163 1471.2
94 New York Yankees 1970 163 1471.2
94 Kansas City Royals 1974 162 1471.2
94 Oakland Athletics 1980 162 1471.2
98 Baltimore Orioles 1961 163 1471.1
98 Houston Astros 1971 162 1471.1
98 Chicago Cubs 1976 162 1471.1

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.