Editing Innings pitched (section)

==Records==
===All-time leaders===
[[File:Pud Galvin 1888.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Pud Galvin accrued over 6000 innings pitched during his major-league career.]]
{{Further|List of Major League Baseball career innings pitched leaders}}
{| class="wikitable" 
! Rank || Player || Innings pitched
|-
| 1 || [[Cy Young]] || 7,356
|-
| 2 || [[Pud Galvin]] || {{frac|6,003|1|3}}
|-
| 3 || [[Walter Johnson]] || {{frac|5,914|1|3}}
|-
| 4 || [[Phil Niekro]] || 5,404
|-
| 5 || [[Nolan Ryan]] || 5,386
|-
| 6 || [[Gaylord Perry]] || 5,350
|-
| 7 || [[Don Sutton]] || {{frac|5,282|1|3}}
|-
| 8 || [[Warren Spahn]]* || {{frac|5,243|2|3}}
|-
| 9 || [[Steve Carlton]]* || {{frac|5,217|2|3}}
|-
| 10 || [[Grover Cleveland Alexander]] || 5,190
|-
| 11 || [[Kid Nichols]] || {{frac|5,067|1|3}}
|-
| 12 || [[Tim Keefe]] || {{frac|5,049|2|3}}
|-
| 13 || [[Greg Maddux]] || {{frac|5,008|1|3}}
|-
| 14 || [[Bert Blyleven]] || 4,970
|-
| 15 || [[Bobby Mathews]] || 4,956
|-
| 16 || [[Roger Clemens]] || {{frac|4,916|2|3}}
|-
| 17 || [[Mickey Welch]] || 4,802
|-
| 18 || [[Christy Mathewson]] || {{frac|4,788|2|3}}
|-
| 19 || [[Tom Seaver]] || 4,783
|-
| 20 || [[Tommy John]]* || {{frac|4,710|1|3}}
|-
| colspan="3" | * Pitched left-handed<br />Active players in '''bold'''<br />''Through 2016 season''
|}

===Single-season leaders===
[[File:Ed Walsh pitching.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Ed Walsh holds the major-league record for innings pitched in a single season.]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank || Player || Year || Team || Innings pitched
|-
| 1 || [[Ed Walsh]] || [[1908 Major League Baseball season|1908]] || [[Chicago White Sox]] || 464
|-
| 2 || [[Jack Chesbro]] || [[1904 Major League Baseball season|1904]] || [[New York Yankees|New York Highlanders]] || {{frac|454|2|3}}
|-
| 3 || [[Joe McGinnity]] || [[1903 Major League Baseball season|1903]] || [[History of the New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] || 434
|-
| 4 || Ed Walsh || [[1907 Major League Baseball season|1907]] || Chicago White Sox || {{frac|422|1|3}}
|-
| 5 || [[Vic Willis]] || [[1902 Major League Baseball season|1902]] || [[Boston Beaneaters]] || 410
|-
| 6 || Joe McGinnity || [[1904 Major League Baseball season|1904]] || New York Giants || 408
|-
| 7 || Ed Walsh || [[1912 Major League Baseball season|1912]] || Chicago White Sox || 393
|-
| 8 || [[Dave Davenport]] || [[1915 Major League Baseball season|1915]] || [[St. Louis Terriers]] || {{frac|392|2|3}}
|-
| 9 || [[Christy Mathewson]] || [[1908 Major League Baseball season|1908]] || New York Giants || {{frac|390|2|3}}
|-
| 10 || [[Jack Powell (pitcher, born 1874)|Jack Powell]] || [[1904 Major League Baseball season|1904]] || New York Highlanders || {{frac|390|1|3}}
|-
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/BndTc|title=Pitching Season Finder (Single seasons, IP>=390)|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=July 28, 2017}}</ref>