fewest home runs allowed by starting pitcher in a single season since 1970 with at least 100 innings pitched

Since 1970, Michael LaCoss and Dave Righetti are tied for allowing the fewest home runs by a starting pitcher with 100.0+ innings pitched in a season, with 1 HR.

NAME HR IP SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA SO CG SHO SV H ER R BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Michael LaCoss
M. LaCoss
1
102.2
1989
SFG SFG
18
7
5
.583
18
3.86
59
1
0
0
109
44
49
37
5
0
1
446
0
5.17
3.24
1.59
0.09
13.2
8.3
1.42
.314
4.30
9.56
2 Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
1
105.1
1981
NYY NYY
15
8
4
.667
15
2.05
89
2
0
0
75
24
25
38
0
0
0
422
1
7.60
3.25
2.34
0.09
21.1
9.0
1.07
.252
2.14
6.41
3 Henderson Alvarez III
H. Alvarez III
2
102.2
2013
MIA MIA
17
5
6
.455
17
3.59
57
1
1
0
90
41
42
27
7
0
1
418
4
5.00
2.37
2.11
0.18
13.6
6.5
1.14
.271
3.68
7.89
4 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
2
149.0
1981
HOU HOU
21
11
5
.688
21
1.69
140
5
3
0
99
28
34
68
1
0
1
605
16
8.46
4.11
2.06
0.12
23.1
11.2
1.12
.246
2.05
5.98
5 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
2
113.2
1980
HOU HOU
17
10
4
.714
17
1.90
119
4
4
0
65
24
31
40
0
0
1
438
2
9.42
3.17
2.98
0.16
27.2
9.1
0.92
.227
2.45
5.15
6 Andy Hassler
A. Hassler
2
108.2
1976
TOT
18
5
9
.357
18
3.56
47
4
1
0
105
43
52
45
0
0
0
458
4
3.89
3.73
1.04
0.17
10.3
9.8
1.38
.283
4.31
8.70
7 Roy Halladay
R. Halladay
3
103.0
2001
TOR TOR
16
5
3
.625
16
2.71
95
1
1
0
91
31
35
22
1
0
0
417
3
8.30
1.92
4.32
0.26
22.8
5.3
1.10
.297
3.06
7.95
8 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
3
112.0
1991
LAD LAD
21
7
2
.778
21
3.46
73
0
0
0
112
43
43
32
5
0
6
473
2
5.87
2.57
2.28
0.24
15.4
6.8
1.29
.303
3.46
9.00
9 Zane Smith
Z. Smith
3
108.1
1985
ATL ATL
18
6
6
.500
18
3.16
64
2
2
0
95
38
43
60
3
0
3
462
2
5.32
4.98
1.07
0.25
13.9
13.0
1.43
.277
3.57
7.89
10 Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
3
157.1
1981
MON MON
22
7
9
.438
22
2.80
115
3
2
0
142
49
54
34
4
0
4
640
4
6.58
1.94
3.38
0.17
18.0
5.3
1.12
.287
3.09
8.12
11 Bruce Berenyi
B. Berenyi
3
124.1
1981
CIN CIN
20
9
6
.600
20
3.18
106
5
3
0
93
44
50
76
0
0
0
534
7
7.67
5.50
1.39
0.22
19.9
14.2
1.36
.258
3.62
6.73
12 Lary Sorensen
L. Sorensen
3
140.1
1981
STL STL
23
7
7
.500
23
3.27
52
3
1
0
149
51
59
26
1
0
2
579
1
3.33
1.67
2.00
0.19
9.0
4.5
1.25
.294
3.78
9.56
13 Burt Hooton
B. Hooton
3
142.1
1981
LAD LAD
23
11
6
.647
23
2.28
74
5
4
0
124
36
42
33
2
0
2
571
3
4.68
2.09
2.24
0.19
13.0
5.8
1.10
.264
2.66
7.84
14 Paul Hartzell
P. Hartzell
3
109.0
1976
CAL CAL
15
7
2
.778
15
2.64
33
7
2
0
104
32
42
28
7
0
3
455
1
2.72
2.31
1.18
0.25
7.3
6.2
1.21
.263
3.47
8.59
15 Pat Darcy
P. Darcy
3
123.2
1975
CIN CIN
22
9
5
.643
22
3.71
45
1
0
0
127
51
52
59
0
0
9
543
2
3.27
4.29
0.76
0.22
8.3
10.9
1.50
.284
3.78
9.24
16 Bill Singer
B. Singer
3
108.2
1974
CAL CAL
14
7
4
.636
14
2.98
77
8
0
0
102
36
48
43
1
0
0
462
4
6.38
3.56
1.79
0.25
16.7
9.3
1.33
.293
3.98
8.45
17 Rick Reuschel
R. Reuschel
3
121.2
1972
CHC CHC
18
9
8
.529
18
2.81
82
5
4
0
119
38
42
28
2
0
6
496
1
6.07
2.07
2.93
0.22
16.5
5.6
1.21
.304
3.11
8.80
18 Tony Cloninger
T. Cloninger
3
123.2
1970
CIN CIN
18
8
6
.571
18
3.20
44
0
0
0
109
44
50
62
3
0
4
523
4
3.20
4.51
0.71
0.22
8.4
11.9
1.38
.258
3.64
7.93
19 Rich Hill
R. Hill
4
110.1
2016
TOT
20
12
5
.706
20
2.12
129
0
0
0
77
26
29
33
8
0
0
439
0
10.52
2.69
3.91
0.33
29.4
7.5
1.00
.275
2.37
6.28
20 Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
4
125.0
2014
DET DET
21
8
5
.615
21
3.46
102
0
0
0
107
48
55
30
3
0
1
510
5
7.34
2.16
3.40
0.29
20.0
5.9
1.10
.278
3.96
7.70
21 Clay Buchholz
C. Buchholz
4
108.1
2013
BOS BOS
16
12
1
.923
16
1.74
96
1
1
0
75
21
23
36
1
0
0
416
1
7.98
2.99
2.67
0.33
23.1
8.7
1.02
.254
1.91
6.23
22 Darryl Kile
D. Kile
4
122.0
1995
HOU HOU
21
4
12
.250
21
4.87
105
0
0
0
108
66
76
69
12
0
1
546
11
7.75
5.09
1.52
0.30
19.2
12.6
1.45
.292
5.61
7.97
23 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
4
202.0
1994
ATL ATL
25
16
6
.727
25
1.56
156
10
3
0
150
35
44
31
6
0
3
774
3
6.95
1.38
5.03
0.18
20.2
4.0
0.90
.253
1.96
6.68
24 Cal Eldred
C. Eldred
4
100.1
1992
MIL MIL
14
11
2
.846
14
1.79
62
2
1
0
76
20
21
23
2
0
0
394
3
5.56
2.06
2.70
0.36
15.7
5.8
0.99
.238
1.88
6.82
25 Larry McWilliams
L. McWilliams
4
119.1
1989
TOT
21
4
12
.250
21
3.54
54
3
1
0
118
47
58
43
4
0
4
513
5
4.07
3.24
1.26
0.30
10.5
8.4
1.35
.279
4.37
8.90
StatMuse has game-level data for home runs allowed and innings pitched going back to the 1901 season.
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