best batting average for a pitcher with minimum 120 innings pitched in a season since 1960

Since 1960, 15 players are tied for the best batting average with 120.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Ryne Nelson in 2025, John Means in 2019 and Kyle Gibson in 2018.

	NAME	AVG	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ryne Nelson R. Nelson	1.000	154.0	2025	AZ	33	7	3	.700	23	3.39	132	0	0	1	124	58	62	17	41	4	4	0	619	1	7.71	2.40	3.22	0.99	21.3	6.6	1.07	.252	3.62	80	3.73	93	7.25	4.8
2	John Means J. Means	1.000	155.0	2019	BAL	31	12	11	.522	27	3.60	121	0	0	0	138	62	68	23	38	5	1	0	637	5	7.03	2.21	3.18	1.34	19.0	6.0	1.14	.256	3.95	77	4.40	91	8.01	7.4
3	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1.000	196.2	2018	MIN	32	10	13	.435	32	3.62	179	0	0	0	177	79	88	23	79	4	0	2	826	8	8.19	3.62	2.27	1.05	21.7	9.6	1.30	.285	4.03	84	4.12	97	8.10	2.3
4	Derek Holland D. Holland	1.000	135.0	2017	CWS	29	7	14	.333	26	6.20	104	0	0	0	156	93	106	31	75	8	0	2	626	7	6.93	5.00	1.39	2.07	16.6	12.0	1.71	.306	7.07	145	6.44	145	10.40	-29.8
5	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1.000	183.2	2015	CLE	30	14	12	.538	30	3.63	216	3	1	0	154	74	75	18	43	5	0	2	730	5	10.58	2.11	5.02	0.88	29.6	5.9	1.07	.304	3.68	89	2.83	70	7.55	24.5
6	Josh Tomlin J. Tomlin	1.000	165.1	2011	CLE	26	12	7	.632	26	4.25	89	0	0	0	157	78	80	24	21	3	0	2	662	3	4.84	1.14	4.24	1.31	13.4	3.2	1.08	.253	4.35	108	4.26	108	8.55	-5.9
7	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	1.000	173.2	2010	BOS	28	17	7	.708	28	2.33	120	1	1	0	142	45	55	9	67	5	0	1	711	7	6.22	3.47	1.79	0.47	16.9	9.4	1.20	.261	2.85	54	3.61	87	7.36	10
8	Bruce Chen B. Chen	1.000	140.1	2010	KCR	33	12	7	.632	23	4.17	98	1	1	1	136	65	68	17	57	3	4	4	608	3	6.29	3.66	1.72	1.09	16.1	9.4	1.38	.275	4.36	100	4.53	110	8.72	-6.5
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1.000	200.2	2008	SEA	31	9	11	.450	31	3.45	175	2	0	0	198	77	85	17	80	8	0	7	857	8	7.85	3.59	2.19	0.76	20.4	9.3	1.39	.314	3.81	83	3.80	90	8.88	9.7
10	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	1.000	202.2	2006	CWS	33	11	12	.478	32	4.84	184	1	0	0	206	109	116	23	56	15	0	2	872	7	8.17	2.49	3.29	1.02	21.1	6.4	1.29	.308	5.15	102	3.85	81	9.15	19.5
11	Esteban Yan E. Yan	1.000	137.2	2000	TBD	43	7	8	.467	20	6.21	111	0	0	0	158	95	98	26	42	11	8	0	618	7	7.26	2.75	2.64	1.70	18.0	6.8	1.45	.308	6.41	125	5.12	106	10.33	-4.6
12	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	1.000	201.0	1998	OAK	33	11	16	.407	33	4.84	98	3	0	0	222	108	124	30	63	9	0	2	878	14	4.39	2.82	1.56	1.34	11.2	7.2	1.42	.283	5.55	105	5.17	114	9.94	-14.8
13	Tony Saunders T. Saunders	1.000	192.1	1998	TBD	31	6	15	.286	31	4.12	172	2	0	0	191	88	95	15	111	7	0	1	855	2	8.05	5.19	1.55	0.70	20.1	13.0	1.57	.320	4.45	88	4.20	92	8.94	7.9
14	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.000	242.2	1996	BOS	34	10	13	.435	34	3.63	257	6	2	0	216	98	106	19	106	4	0	2	1,032	8	9.53	3.93	2.42	0.70	24.9	10.3	1.33	.305	3.93	71	3.42	70	8.01	39.1
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1.000	256.1	1973	OAK	36	21	5	.808	36	3.34	124	11	3	0	222	95	105	39	69	1	0	1	1,040	2	4.35	2.42	1.80	1.37	11.9	6.6	1.14	.227	3.69	93	4.39	123	7.79	-25.6
16	Trent Thornton T. Thornton	.667	154.1	2019	TOR	32	6	9	.400	29	4.84	149	0	0	0	156	83	87	24	61	5	0	0	677	5	8.69	3.56	2.44	1.40	22.0	9.0	1.41	.301	5.07	106	4.58	99	9.10	0.6
17	Erasmo Ramírez E. Ramírez	.667	131.1	2017	TOT	37	5	6	.455	19	4.39	109	0	0	1	123	64	70	22	31	2	4	2	539	1	7.47	2.12	3.52	1.51	20.2	5.8	1.17	.269	4.80	105	4.42	103	8.43	-2.3
18	Mike Pelfrey M. Pelfrey	.667	164.2	2015	MIN	30	6	11	.353	30	4.26	86	0	0	0	198	78	86	11	45	12	0	1	714	5	4.70	2.46	1.91	0.60	12.0	6.3	1.48	.334	4.70	104	3.99	98	10.82	1.6
19	Tyler Chatwood T. Chatwood	.667	142.0	2011	LAA	27	6	11	.353	25	4.75	74	0	0	0	166	75	81	14	71	6	0	4	633	3	4.69	4.50	1.04	0.89	11.7	11.2	1.67	.325	5.13	121	4.88	123	10.52	-15
20	CC Sabathia	.667	241.0	2007	CLE	34	19	7	.731	34	3.21	209	4	1	0	238	86	94	20	37	8	0	1	975	1	7.80	1.38	5.65	0.75	21.4	3.8	1.14	.311	3.51	73	3.13	72	8.89	32.9
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	.667	180.0	2002	NYY	29	13	6	.684	29	4.35	192	0	0	0	172	87	94	18	63	7	0	6	768	14	9.60	3.15	3.05	0.90	25.0	8.2	1.31	.316	4.70	99	3.29	75	8.60	21.5
22	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	.667	210.2	2002	TEX	33	13	8	.619	33	3.84	107	2	1	0	212	90	101	21	70	6	0	1	892	5	4.57	2.99	1.53	0.90	12.0	7.8	1.34	.278	4.31	81	4.32	96	9.06	4.2
23	Freddy Garcia F. Garcia	.667	124.1	2000	SEA	21	9	5	.643	20	3.91	79	0	0	0	112	54	62	16	64	2	0	4	538	4	5.72	4.63	1.23	1.16	14.7	11.9	1.42	.255	4.49	83	5.12	108	8.11	-5.7
24	Zack Britton Z. Britton	.625	154.1	2011	BAL	28	11	11	.500	28	4.61	97	0	0	0	162	79	93	12	62	1	0	3	666	7	5.66	3.62	1.56	0.70	14.6	9.3	1.45	.304	5.42	110	4.00	95	9.45	3.6
25	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	.625	120.2	1998	TOT	23	4	3	.571	22	4.18	60	0	0	0	138	56	62	21	39	8	0	2	524	1	4.48	2.91	1.54	1.57	11.5	7.4	1.47	.295	4.62	91	5.57	125	10.29	-14.4