Editing Batters faced (section)

==Major league records==

The major league record for batters faced in a career belongs to [[Cy Young]], who faced 29,565 batters between 1890 and 1911.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/wUdDr |title=Pitching Season & Career Finder: Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2020, (requiring BFP>=20000), sorted by greatest Batters Faced |work=Stathead |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref> [[Will White]] of the Cincinnati Reds holds the single season record; he faced 2,906 batters in 1879.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/ThIZ2 |title=Pitching Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, From 1871 to 2020, (requiring BFP>=2500), sorted by greatest Batters Faced |work=Stathead |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref> The last pitcher to face 1,500 or more batters in a single season was [[Wilbur Wood]] of the [[1973 Chicago White Sox]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/rRrBt |title=Pitching Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, From 1900 to 2020, (requiring BFP>=1500), sorted by most recent date |work=Stathead |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>

On May 1, 1920, [[Leon Cadore]] of the [[Brooklyn Robins]] faced 96 Boston Braves batters, an MLB single game record dating back to at least 1901.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stathead.com/tiny/lzML6 | title=Pitching Game Finder: In years 1901 to 2020, (requiring BF>=85), sorted by greatest BF | work=Stathead | accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref> Oakland's [[Steve McCatty]] is the last pitcher to face 50 or more batters in a game. McCatty pitched to 51 batters in a 14-inning [[complete game]] loss to the Seattle Mariners on August 10, 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/D7DUH |title=Pitching Game Finder: In years 1976 to 2020, (requiring BF>=50), sorted by greatest BF |work=Stathead |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>

[[Mike Myers (baseball)|Mike Myers]] made 314 appearances in which he faced just one opposing batter per game, also a record.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stathead.com/tiny/d2QK6 | title=Pitching Game Finder: In years 1901 to 2020, (requiring BF=1), sorted by greatest number of games in all seasons matching the selected criteria | work=Stathead | accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref>