LEFTHANDED BASEBALL

The Best Lefthanded Batters and Lefthanded Pitchers in Baseball

For the most career strikeouts...

3 of the top 20 are lefthanded.

#1 Randy Johnson with 4875 strikeouts
#4 Steve Carlton with 4136
#18 Mickey Lolich with 2832

All-Time Best Lefthanded Pitchers

Other Great Lefthanded Pitchers

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For the most career games won...

3 of the top 20 are lefthanded.

# 6 Warren Spahn with 363 wins
#11 Steve Carlton with 329
#13 Eddie Plank with 326

Lefthanded Pitchers are well represented in Major League Baseball

among the top 20 career leaders in most statistical categories.

For the most career innings pitched...

3 of top 20 are lefthanded.

# 8 Warren Spahn with 5243
# 9 Steve Carlton with 5217
#20 Tommy John with 4710

For the most career games started...

7 of the top 20 are lefthanded.

# 6 Steve Carlton with 709
#8 Tommy John with 700
#12 Tom Glavine with 682
#14 Warren Spahn with 665
#16 Jaime Moyer with 638
#17 Jim Kaat with 625
#18 Frank Tanana with 616

For the lowest career earned run average...

5 of the top 20 are lefthanded.

#4 Jack Pfiester with a 2.02 ERA
#11 Rube Waddell with 2.16
#14 Jack Wiemer with 2.23
#17 Babe Ruth with 2.28
#20 Reb Russell with 2.33

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​​All-Time Best Lefthanded Pitchers

LEFTHANDED BASEBALL

All-Time Best Lefthanded Pitchers