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The following is a list of the top 15 single seasons by pitchers in Yankee history. You might notice that only three come from the post-expansion era (1969-present) -
| Player | PitchW | Year | Age | W | L | IP | H | BB | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Guidry | 6.81 | 1978 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 273.2 | 187 | 72 | 248 | 1.74 | 208 |
| Lefty Gomez | 6.69 | 1937 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 278.1 | 233 | 93 | 194 | 2.33 | 191 |
| Lefty Gomez | 6.06 | 1934 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 281.2 | 223 | 96 | 158 | 2.33 | 176 |
| Spud Chandler | 5.06 | 1943 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 253.0 | 197 | 54 | 134 | 1.64 | 198 |
| Jack Chesbro | 5.06 | 1904 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 454.2 | 338 | 88 | 239 | 1.82 | 148 |
| Catfish Hunter | 4.63 | 1975 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 328.0 | 248 | 83 | 177 | 2.58 | 144 |
| Whitey Ford | 4.48 | 1964 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 244.2 | 212 | 57 | 172 | 2.13 | 170 |
| Spud Chandler | 4.45 | 1946 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 257.1 | 200 | 90 | 138 | 2.10 | 166 |
| Herb Pennock | 4.43 | 1924 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 286.1 | 302 | 64 | 101 | 2.83 | 147 |
| Bob Shawkey | 4.35 | 1920 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 267.2 | 246 | 85 | 126 | 2.45 | 156 |
| Andy Pettitte | 4.33 | 1997 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 240.1 | 233 | 65 | 166 | 2.88 | 156 |
| Russ Ford | 4.19 | 1910 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 299.2 | 194 | 70 | 209 | 1.65 | 160 |
| Red Ruffing | 4.13 | 1937 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 256.1 | 242 | 68 | 131 | 2.98 | 149 |
| Whitey Ford | 4.08 | 1958 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 219.1 | 174 | 62 | 145 | 2.01 | 177 |
| Carl Mays | 4.08 | 1921 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 336.2 | 332 | 76 | 70 | 3.05 | 139 |
Unsurprisingly, Guidry's insane 1978 is at the top of the list. He also set the Yankee record for strikeouts in a season and a game that year (18 against the Angels on July 17th).
Whitey Ford, Spud Chandler and Lefty Gomez are the only pitchers with more than one season.
Andy Pettitte vied for the Cy Young Award in 1996, finishing second, but you rarely hear about his best year: 1997.
Look how many innings and wins Jack Chesbro totaled in 1904... yeah, crazy.
The youngest pitchers on the list were both 25: Pettitte and Gomez, while the oldest was Chandler, at 38.
[Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used, Generated 12/27/2010.]
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