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MLB Postseason Single-Season Innings Pitched Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

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The MLB Postseason single-season innings pitched record is 52.2, set by Madison Bumgarner in 2014. It has stood for 12 years. The mark has been raised 2 times since 1903.

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Record Holders

3 marks since 1903
Year Player IP Stood for
2014 Madison Bumgarner Madison Bumgarner 52.2 still standing
1926 Willie Foster Willie Foster 51.0 88 years
1903 Deacon Phillippe Deacon Phillippe 44.0 23 years

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

126 seasons
Year Leader IP
2026 Drew Rasmussen 28.2
2025 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 37.1
2024 Gerrit Cole 29.0
2023 Nathan Eovaldi 36.2
2022 Zack Wheeler 35.2
2021 Max Fried 27.2
2020 Clayton Kershaw 30.2
2019 Gerrit Cole 36.2
2018 Clayton Kershaw 30.0
2017 Justin Verlander 36.2
2016 Jon Lester 35.2
2015 Edinson Volquez 28.2
2014 Madison Bumgarner 52.2 new record
2013 Adam Wainwright 35.0
2012 Matt Cain 30.0
2011 Chris Carpenter 36.0
2010 Tim Lincecum 37.0
2009 Cliff Lee 40.1
2008 Cole Hamels 35.0
2007 Josh Beckett 30.0
2006 Chris Carpenter 32.1
2005 Jose Contreras 32.0
2004 Pedro Martinez 27.0
2003 Josh Beckett 42.2
2002 Jarrod Washburn 28.2
2001 Curt Schilling 48.1
2000 Andy Pettitte 31.2
1999 Orlando Hernandez 30.0
1998 Kevin Brown 39.1
1997 Kevin Brown 33.0
1996 John Smoltz 38.0
1995 Greg Maddux 38.0
1993 Curt Schilling 31.1
1992 John Smoltz 33.2
1991 Jack Morris 36.1
1990 Dave Stewart 29.0
1989 Dave Stewart 32.0
1988 Orel Hershiser 42.2
1987 Frank Viola 31.1
1986 Bruce Hurst 38.0
1985 Charlie Leibrandt 31.2
1984 Jack Morris 25.0
1983 Scott McGregor 23.2
1982 Pete Vuckovich 28.1
1981 Fernando Valenzuela 40.2
1980 Steve Carlton 27.1
1979 Scott McGregor 26.0
1978 Tommy John 23.2
1977 Mike Torrez 29.0
1976 Catfish Hunter 20.2
1975 Luis Tiant 34.0
1974 Don Sutton 30.0
1973 Tom Seaver 31.2
1972 Catfish Hunter 31.1
1971 Jim Palmer 26.0
1970 Jim Palmer 24.2
1969 Dave McNally 27.0
1968 Mickey Lolich 27.0
1968 Bob Gibson 27.0
1967 Bob Gibson 27.0
1966 Dave McNally 11.1
1965 Sandy Koufax 24.0
1964 Bob Gibson 27.0
1963 Sandy Koufax 18.0
1962 Ralph Terry 25.0
1961 Whitey Ford 14.0
1960 Vern Law 18.1
1959 Bob Shaw 14.0
1958 Warren Spahn 28.2
1957 Lew Burdette 27.0
1956 Sal Maglie 17.0
1955 Johnny Podres 18.0
1954 Bob Lemon 13.1
1953 Carl Erskine 14.0
1952 Joe Black 21.1
1951 Eddie Lopat 18.0
1950 Jim Konstanty 15.0
1949 Vic Raschi 14.2
1948 Jim LaMarque 24.2
1947 Eugene Smith 16.2
1946 Rufus Lewis 22.0
1945 Hal Newhouser 20.2
1944 Roy Welmaker 18.0
1944 Denny Galehouse 18.0
1943 Johnny Wright 31.0
1942 Johnny Beazley 18.0
1941 Whit Wyatt 18.0
1940 Bobo Newsom 26.0
1939 Bill Byrd 29.2
1938 Red Ruffing 18.0
1937 Willie Cornelius 28.2
1936 Carl Hubbell 16.0
1935 Roosevelt Davis 23.2
1934 Dizzy Dean 26.0
1933 Carl Hubbell 20.0
1932 Willie Foster 18.0
1931 Lefty Grove 26.0
1930 Nelson Dean 25.0
1930 George Earnshaw 25.0
1929 George Earnshaw 13.2
1928 Willie Foster 35.0
1927 Willie Foster 42.0
1926 Willie Foster 51.0 new record
1925 William Bell 32.2
1924 Nip Winters 38.2
1923 Herb Pennock 17.1
1922 Art Nehf 16.0
1921 Waite Hoyt 27.0
1920 Stan Coveleski 27.0
1919 Eddie Cicotte 21.2
1918 Hippo Vaughn 27.0
1917 Red Faber 27.0
1916 Ernie Shore 17.2
1915 Rube Foster 18.0
1914 Dick Rudolph 18.0
1913 Eddie Plank 19.0
1913 Christy Mathewson 19.0
1912 Christy Mathewson 28.2
1911 Christy Mathewson 27.0
1910 Jack Coombs 27.0
1909 George Mullin 32.0
1908 Orval Overall 18.1
1907 Bill Donovan 21.0
1906 Mordecai Brown 19.2
1905 Christy Mathewson 27.0
1903 Deacon Phillippe 44.0 new record