Curt Schilling: best season ERA+ 159; number 178 1946-2020.

For Single Seasons, From 1946 to 2020, (requiring IP>=162 and ERA+>=159), sorted by greatest Adjusted ERA+:

191 seasons, including duplicates by individuals. Data from https://stathead.com/baseball/

Top 22, all >= 200:

Rk	Player	ERA+	SO	IP	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	W	L	W-L%	SV	H	R	ER	BB	ERA	FIP	K%	BB%	BAbip	HR	BF	AB	2B	3B	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	PO	BK	WP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Pit	Str
1	Pedro Martinez	291	284	217.0	2000	28	BOS	AL	29	29	7	4	0	18	6	.750	0	128	44	42	32	1.74	2.17	34.8%	3.9%	.237	17	817	768	18	1	0	14	2	1	11	10	3	2	0	1	.167	.213	.259	.473	18	3164	2136
2	Greg Maddux	271	156	202.0	1994	28	ATL	NL	25	25	10	3	0	16	6	.727	0	150	44	35	31	1.56	2.39	20.2%	4.0%	.256	4	774	726	22	2	3	6	6	5	21	22	6	2	1	3	.207	.243	.259	.502	34
3	Greg Maddux	260	181	209.2	1995	29	ATL	NL	28	28	10	3	0	19	2	.905	0	147	39	38	23	1.63	2.26	23.1%	2.9%	.248	8	785	748	22	0	3	4	9	1	16	26	6	2	0	1	.197	.224	.258	.482	29
4	Bob Gibson	258	268	304.2	1968	32	STL	NL	34	34	28	13	0	22	9	.710	0	198	49	38	62	1.12	1.77	23.1%	5.3%	.234	11	1161	1075	23	0	6	7	15	2	19	6	5	0	0	4	.184	.233	.236	.469	47
5	Pedro Martinez	243	313	213.1	1999	27	BOS	AL	31	29	5	1	1	23	4	.852	0	160	56	49	37	2.07	1.39	37.5%	4.4%	.325	9	835	780	38	0	1	9	3	6	11	21	10	0	0	6	.205	.248	.288	.536	35
6	Dwight Gooden	229	268	276.2	1985	20	NYM	NL	35	35	16	8	0	24	4	.857	0	198	51	47	69	1.53	2.13	25.2%	6.5%	.262	13	1065	986	23	3	4	2	6	2	21	22	10	5	2	6	.201	.254	.270	.524	52
7	Roger Clemens	226	185	211.1	2005	42	HOU	NL	32	32	1	0	0	13	8	.619	0	151	51	44	62	1.87	2.87	22.1%	7.4%	.246	11	838	761	26	3	5	3	9	3	16	8	4	2	1	3	.198	.261	.284	.544	46	3200	2036
8	Zack Greinke	222	200	222.2	2015	31	LAD	NL	32	32	1	0	0	19	3	.864	0	148	43	41	40	1.66	2.76	23.7%	4.7%	.232	14	843	790	22	3	1	5	6	2	15	7	6	2	0	7	.187	.231	.276	.507	45	3239	2078
9	Roger Clemens	222	292	264.0	1997	34	TOR	AL	34	34	9	3	0	21	7	.750	0	204	65	60	68	2.05	2.25	28.0%	6.5%	.296	9	1044	957	41	3	1	12	5	2	27	10	9	3	0	4	.213	.273	.290	.564	48
10	Pedro Martinez	219	305	241.1	1997	25	MON	NL	31	31	13	4	0	17	8	.680	0	158	65	51	67	1.90	2.39	32.2%	7.1%	.263	16	947	860	24	4	5	9	9	1	16	20	5	3	1	3	.184	.250	.277	.526	42
11	Jacob deGrom	218	269	217.0	2018	30	NYM	NL	32	32	1	0	0	10	9	.526	0	152	48	41	46	1.70	1.98	32.2%	5.5%	.283	10	835	776	27	3	3	5	3	5	13	15	8	1	0	2	.196	.244	.277	.521	50	3212	2213
12	Blake Snell	217	221	180.2	2018	25	TBR	AL	31	31	0	0	0	21	5	.808	0	112	41	38	64	1.89	2.94	31.6%	9.1%	.242	16	700	630	27	1	2	1	2	3	15	13	4	0	0	13	.178	.254	.300	.554	54	2918	1815
13	Jake Arrieta	215	236	229.0	2015	29	CHC	NL	33	33	4	3	0	22	6	.786	0	150	52	45	48	1.77	2.35	27.1%	5.5%	.247	10	870	811	32	4	2	6	4	1	15	27	6	1	0	6	.185	.236	.271	.507	44	3438	2236
14	Kevin Brown	215	159	233.0	1996	31	FLA	NL	32	32	5	3	0	17	11	.607	0	187	60	49	33	1.89	2.88	17.6%	3.6%	.261	8	906	849	22	6	2	16	4	4	26	12	9	3	1	6	.220	.262	.289	.550	52
15	Roger Clemens	211	209	228.1	1990	27	BOS	AL	31	31	7	4	0	21	6	.778	0	193	59	49	54	1.93	2.18	22.7%	5.9%	.292	7	920	847	35	5	3	7	7	5	11	14	14	2	0	8	.228	.278	.306	.584	61
16	Pedro Martinez	211	206	186.2	2003	31	BOS	AL	29	29	3	0	0	14	4	.778	0	147	52	46	47	2.22	2.21	27.5%	6.3%	.294	7	749	685	37	5	0	9	4	4	9	5	3	0	0	5	.215	.272	.314	.586	52	2837	1867
17	Ron Guidry	208	248	273.2	1978	27	NYY	AL	35	35	16	9	0	25	3	.893	0	187	61	53	72	1.74	2.19	23.5%	6.8%	.245	13	1057	969	34	5	1	1	13	2	15	9	14	2	1	7	.193	.249	.279	.528	50
18	Zack Greinke	205	242	229.1	2009	25	KCR	AL	33	33	6	3	0	16	8	.667	0	195	64	55	51	2.16	2.33	26.5%	5.6%	.307	11	915	849	47	5	0	4	8	3	17	5	9	1	0	5	.230	.276	.336	.611	62	3477	2206
19	Corey Kluber	202	265	203.2	2017	31	CLE	AL	29	29	5	3	0	18	4	.818	0	141	56	51	36	2.25	2.50	34.1%	4.6%	.268	21	777	732	31	0	2	5	3	1	7	15	5	0	0	4	.193	.235	.321	.556	44	2945	2005
20	Pedro Martinez	202	239	199.1	2002	30	BOS	AL	30	30	2	0	0	20	4	.833	0	144	62	50	40	2.26	2.24	30.4%	5.1%	.274	13	787	726	35	3	1	15	2	4	10	8	5	2	0	3	.198	.254	.309	.562	47	3096	2057
21	Dean Chance	200	207	278.1	1964	23	LAA	AL	46	35	15	11	7	20	9	.690	4	194	56	51	86	1.65	2.39	18.9%	7.9%	.239	7	1093	994	20	4	9	2	9	2	31	8	4	0	0	9	.195	.260	.244	.505	53
22	Billy Pierce	200	157	205.2	1955	28	CHW	AL	33	26	16	6	5	15	10	.600	3	162	50	45	64	1.97	2.83	18.8%	7.7%	.248	16	836	760	17	6	5	3	8	1	9	6	4	3	1	4	.213	.277	.314	.591	63

Multiples >= 200:

Martinez: 5
Clemens: 3
Maddux: 2
Greinke: 2

Curt Schilling ERA+ >= 140 sorted: 159, 157, 150, ...

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+ ▼	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2003	36	ARI	NL	8	9	.471	2.95	24	24	0	3	2	0	168.0	144	58	55	17	32	2	194	3	0	4	673	159	2.66	1.048	7.7	0.9	1.7	10.4	6.06
2001	34	ARI	NL	22	6	.786	2.98	35	35	0	6	1	0	256.2	237	86	85	37	39	0	293	1	0	4	1021	157	3.11	1.075	8.3	1.3	1.4	10.3	7.51	AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1992	25	PHI	NL	14	11	.560	2.35	42	26	10	10	4	2	226.1	165	67	59	11	59	4	147	1	0	4	895	150	2.91	0.990	6.6	0.4	2.3	5.8	2.49
2004	37	BOS	AL	21	6	.778	3.26	32	32	0	3	0	0	226.2	206	84	82	23	35	0	203	5	0	3	910	148	3.11	1.063	8.2	0.9	1.4	8.1	5.80	AS,CYA-2,MVP-11
1997	30	PHI	NL	17	11	.607	2.97	35	35	0	7	2	0	254.1	208	96	84	25	58	3	319	5	1	5	1009	143	2.62	1.046	7.4	0.9	2.1	11.3	5.50	AS,CYA-4,MVP-14
2002	35	ARI	NL	23	7	.767	3.23	36	35	0	5	1	0	259.1	218	95	93	29	33	1	316	3	0	6	1017	140	2.40	0.968	7.6	1.0	1.1	11.0	9.58	AS,CYA-2,MVP-1

Most seasons >= 159 1946-2020 162 innings: count and high:

Maddux: 8; 271
Clemens: 8; 226
Randy Johnson: 7; 195
Martinez: 6; 291
Kershaw: 5; 197

Link to view all 191 seasons: https://stathead.com/tiny/lq8KA

53 of the 191 seasons by Hall of Fame pitchers, obviously excluding Clemens. Link: https://stathead.com/tiny/nZdW9

Multiples for Hall of Fame pitchers:

Maddux: 8; 271
Randy Johnson: 7; 195
Martinez: 6; 291
Koufax: 4; 190
Marichal: 3; 169
Carlton: 3; 182
Seaver: 3; 194
2: Gibson, Sutton, Niekro, Halladay, Ford, Spahn

Non Hall of Fame pitchers with at least 3 such seasons:

Clemens: 8; 226
Kershaw: 5; 197
Verlander: 4; 179
Brown: 4; 215
Hernandez: 3; 174
Santana: 3; 182

Curt Schilling: career ERA+ 127, 12th 1946-2020; tied with Seaver and Gibson. Excellent post season. Thursday, January 28, 2021