Using the ad hoc query function (play index) at baseball-reference.com:
For single seasons, From 1901 to 2017, Played 75% of games at P, (requiring OPS+>=100 and At least 50 plate appearances), sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+
238 pitcher seasons found. Here are the tops with OPS+ at least 150:
Rk | Player | PA | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | |||||
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1 | Babe Ruth | 188 | 103 | 1915 | 20 | BOS | AL | 42 | 92 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .376 | .576 | .952 | *1H | |||
2 | Carl Scheib | 177 | 56 | 1951 | 24 | PHA | AL | 48 | 53 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .396 | .418 | .623 | 1.041 | *1/H | ||
3 | Bob Lemon | 177 | 64 | 1947 | 26 | CLE | AL | 47 | 56 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .387 | .607 | .994 | *1/H89 | ||
4 | Jack Bentley | 167 | 94 | 1923 | 28 | NYG | NL | 52 | 89 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .427 | .446 | .573 | 1.019 | *1H | |||
5 | Don Newcombe | 163 | 125 | 1955 | 29 | BRO | NL | 57 | 117 | 18 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .359 | .395 | .632 | 1.028 | *1H |
6 | Jimmy Zinn | 163 | 51 | 1929 | 34 | CLE | AL | 20 | 42 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .447 | .595 | 1.042 | *1/H | |||
7 | Walter Johnson | 163 | 107 | 1925 | 37 | WSH | AL | 36 | 97 | 12 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .433 | .455 | .577 | 1.033 | *1/H | |||
8 | Doc Crandall | 163 | 81 | 1910 | 22 | NYG | NL | 45 | 73 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .342 | .385 | .521 | .905 | *1/6 | ||||
9 | Babe Ruth | 162 | 142 | 1917 | 22 | BOS | AL | 52 | 123 | 14 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .325 | .385 | .472 | .857 | *1H | ||||
10 | Don Larsen | 158 | 57 | 1958 | 28 | NYY | AL | 28 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .306 | .364 | .571 | .935 | *1/H |
11 | Clarence Mitchell | 158 | 52 | 1919 | 28 | BRO | NL | 34 | 49 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .367 | .415 | .449 | .864 | *1H | ||||
12 | Brickyard Kennedy | 156 | 62 | 1903 | 35 | PIT | NL | 23 | 58 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .362 | .383 | .534 | .918 | *1 | ||||
13 | Micah Owings | 152 | 64 | 2007 | 24 | ARI | NL | 35 | 60 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .349 | .683 | 1.033 | *1/H |
14 | Wes Ferrell | 152 | 128 | 1931 | 23 | CLE | AL | 48 | 116 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .319 | .373 | .621 | .994 | *1/H | |||
15 | Red Ruffing | 150 | 117 | 1930 | 25 | TOT | AL | 58 | 110 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .402 | .582 | .984 | *1H |
Five of the 15 are post World War II (after 1945). The most recent and the only one since Larsen in 1958: Micah Owings 2007, who in 219 plate appearances (PA) through 2012 had career OPS+ 105.
Brickyard Kennedy in 1903 is the only one with zero home runs (HR) among the top 15 in OPS+ for a season. Wes Ferrell hit 9 HR, the record for pitchers; Newcombe hit 7 HR; four HR for Ruth, Ruffing, Larsen, Owings.
Top 14 pitchers in hitting HR in a season, at least six:
Rk | Player | PA | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR ▼ | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | |||||
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1 | Wes Ferrell | 152 | 128 | 1931 | 23 | CLE | AL | 48 | 116 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .319 | .373 | .621 | .994 | *1/H | |||
2 | Don Newcombe | 163 | 125 | 1955 | 29 | BRO | NL | 57 | 117 | 18 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .359 | .395 | .632 | 1.028 | *1H |
3 | Brooks Kieschnick | 149 | 76 | 2003 | 31 | MIL | NL | 70 | 70 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .355 | .614 | .970 | *1H/D7 |
4 | Wes Ferrell | 141 | 179 | 1935 | 27 | BOS | AL | 75 | 150 | 25 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .347 | .427 | .533 | .960 | *1H | |||
5 | Don Drysdale | 140 | 138 | 1965 | 28 | LAD | NL | 58 | 130 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .331 | .508 | .839 | *1H |
6 | Bob Lemon | 134 | 123 | 1949 | 28 | CLE | AL | 46 | 108 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .331 | .556 | .886 | *1/H | ||
7 | Earl Wilson | 120 | 113 | 1966 | 31 | TOT | AL | 45 | 96 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .299 | .500 | .799 | *1/H |
8 | Earl Wilson | 118 | 92 | 1968 | 33 | DET | AL | 40 | 88 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .253 | .489 | .741 | *1/H |
9 | Don Drysdale | 114 | 72 | 1958 | 21 | LAD | NL | 47 | 66 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .261 | .591 | .852 | *1/H |
10 | Mike Hampton | 105 | 86 | 2001 | 28 | COL | NL | 43 | 79 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .291 | .309 | .582 | .891 | *1H |
11 | Jim Tobin | 126 | 132 | 1942 | 29 | BSN | NL | 47 | 114 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .246 | .344 | .421 | .765 | *1H | |||
12 | Sonny Siebert | 121 | 90 | 1971 | 34 | BOS | AL | 32 | 79 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .289 | .532 | .821 | *1 |
13 | Jack Harshman | 113 | 101 | 1958 | 30 | BAL | AL | 47 | 82 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .330 | .427 | .757 | *1H/8 |
14 | Bob Lemon | 113 | 151 | 1950 | 29 | CLE | AL | 72 | 136 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .340 | .485 | .825 | *1H |
Only Tobin is before 1946.
Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2017, Played 75% of games at P, (requiring OPS+>=80 and PA>=250), sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+
Rk | Player | PA | From | To | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | Tm | |||||
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1 | George Mullin | 100 | 1685 | 1902 | 1915 | 21-34 | 615 | 1531 | 163 | 401 | 70 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 122 | 226 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 0 | .262 | .319 | .344 | .663 | *1/H98743 | DET-WSH-IND-NEW | |||
2 | Snake Wiltse | 97 | 309 | 1901 | 1903 | 29-31 | 86 | 284 | 43 | 79 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .278 | .326 | .398 | .724 | /*139847 | PIT-BLA-PHA-NYY | ||||
3 | Ken Brett | 95 | 373 | 1967 | 1981 | 18-32 | 386 | 347 | 39 | 91 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .291 | .406 | .698 | *1/H | BOS-MIL-PHI-PIT-NYY-CAL-CHW-LAD-MIN-KCR |
4 | Oscar Judd | 91 | 356 | 1941 | 1948 | 33-40 | 206 | 317 | 36 | 83 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 37 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .322 | .356 | .678 | *1/H | BOS-PHI | ||
5 | George Cunningham | 91 | 252 | 1916 | 1921 | 21-26 | 164 | 210 | 27 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 36 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .224 | .337 | .295 | .633 | *1/H98 | DET | |||
6 | Schoolboy Rowe | 88 | 1023 | 1933 | 1949 | 23-39 | 492 | 909 | 114 | 239 | 36 | 9 | 18 | 153 | 86 | 157 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .263 | .328 | .382 | .710 | *1H | DET-BRO-PHI | ||
7 | Tim Lollar | 87 | 255 | 1980 | 1986 | 24-30 | 204 | 231 | 27 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .286 | .377 | .662 | *1/H | NYY-SDP-CHW-BOS |
8 | Claude Hendrix | 86 | 991 | 1911 | 1920 | 22-31 | 421 | 922 | 118 | 222 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 97 | 39 | 168 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 1 | .241 | .275 | .366 | .640 | *1/H79 | PIT-CHI-CHC | |||
9 | Don Newcombe | 85 | 988 | 1949 | 1960 | 23-34 | 452 | 878 | 94 | 238 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 108 | 87 | 1 | 147 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .271 | .338 | .367 | .705 | *1H | BRO-LAD-CIN-CLE |
10 | Jack Scott | 84 | 736 | 1916 | 1929 | 24-37 | 408 | 680 | 67 | 187 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 39 | 76 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .275 | .319 | .354 | .673 | *1/H9 | PIT-BSN-CIN-NYG-PHI | |||
11 | Carl Mays | 82 | 1196 | 1915 | 1929 | 23-37 | 502 | 1085 | 113 | 291 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 111 | 66 | 116 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 1 | .268 | .313 | .350 | .663 | *1/H | BOS-NYY-CIN-NYG | |||
12 | Don Larsen | 81 | 652 | 1953 | 1967 | 23-37 | 480 | 596 | 65 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 72 | 43 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | .242 | .291 | .371 | .662 | *1/H7 | SLB-BAL-NYY-KCA-CHW-SFG-HOU-CHC |
Finally, most career HR. In order to include Wes Ferrell (season and career record holder), the percent of career games at pitcher was reduced from 75% to 66%.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferrewe01-field.shtml
Wes Ferrell pinch hit (PH) 162 times and in 1933 played left field in 13 games but hit no HR as LF. In five games he hit two HR. In 1931 when Ferrell hit the pitcher's record of 9 HR, Ferrell hit all 9 HR as a pitcher. Ferrell hit only one PH HR and it was a three run walk-off in 1935; his next HR was the next day and it was also a walk-off game winner. His only other walk-off was the second of two in a 1934 game. He also hit one IPHR. His HR log as a batter:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=ferrewe01&t=b
Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2017, Played 66% of games at P, (requiring HR>=20), sorted by greatest Home Runs
Rk | Player | HR | PA | From | To | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | Tm | |||||
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1 | Wes Ferrell | 38 | 1344 | 100 | 1927 | 1941 | 19-33 | 548 | 1176 | 175 | 329 | 57 | 12 | 208 | 129 | 185 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .280 | .351 | .446 | .797 | *1H/7 | CLE-BOS-WSH-NYY-BRO-BSN | ||
2 | Bob Lemon | 37 | 1326 | 82 | 1941 | 1958 | 20-37 | 615 | 1183 | 148 | 274 | 54 | 9 | 147 | 93 | 0 | 241 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .232 | .288 | .386 | .674 | *1H/859 | CLE |
3 | Red Ruffing | 36 | 2084 | 81 | 1924 | 1947 | 19-42 | 882 | 1937 | 207 | 521 | 98 | 13 | 273 | 97 | 266 | 6 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .269 | .306 | .389 | .695 | *1H/79 | BOS-NYY-CHW | ||
4 | Earl Wilson | 35 | 837 | 76 | 1959 | 1970 | 24-35 | 405 | 740 | 95 | 144 | 12 | 6 | 111 | 67 | 0 | 271 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .265 | .369 | .634 | *1/H | BOS-DET-SDP |
5 | Warren Spahn | 35 | 2056 | 43 | 1942 | 1965 | 21-44 | 783 | 1872 | 141 | 363 | 57 | 6 | 189 | 94 | 0 | 487 | 7 | 68 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .194 | .234 | .287 | .520 | *1/H | BSN-MLN-NYM-SFG |
6 | Don Drysdale | 29 | 1309 | 45 | 1956 | 1969 | 19-32 | 547 | 1169 | 96 | 218 | 26 | 7 | 113 | 60 | 0 | 370 | 5 | 69 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 2 | .186 | .228 | .295 | .523 | *1/H | BRO-LAD |
7 | Carlos Zambrano | 24 | 744 | 62 | 2001 | 2012 | 20-31 | 384 | 693 | 75 | 165 | 26 | 3 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .248 | .388 | .636 | *1/H | CHC-MIA |
8 | Bob Gibson | 24 | 1489 | 50 | 1959 | 1975 | 23-39 | 597 | 1328 | 132 | 274 | 44 | 5 | 144 | 63 | 0 | 415 | 8 | 72 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 10 | .206 | .243 | .301 | .545 | *1/H | STL |
9 | Walter Johnson | 24 | 2525 | 76 | 1907 | 1927 | 19-39 | 936 | 2324 | 241 | 547 | 94 | 41 | 255 | 110 | 419 | 13 | 70 | 13 | 4 | .235 | .274 | .342 | .616 | *1H/897 | WSH | |||
10 | Jack Harshman | 21 | 521 | 73 | 1948 | 1960 | 20-32 | 258 | 424 | 46 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 72 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .294 | .344 | .638 | *1/H38 | NYG-CHW-BOS-CLE-BAL |
11 | Dizzy Trout | 20 | 1047 | 56 | 1939 | 1957 | 24-42 | 535 | 961 | 99 | 205 | 28 | 7 | 110 | 59 | 0 | 226 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | .213 | .260 | .319 | .579 | *1/H | BOS-DET-BAL |
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