Fewest Innings Pitched in a Season, 200+ Hits Allowed

In 2007, forty-three pitchers allowed 200 or more hits while on the mound. Eighteen of them had fewer than 200 innings pitched. David Wells had the lowest IP total, giving up 201 hits in 157 1/3 innings for San Diego and Los Angeles. He managed to avoid having the highest H/9 IP total of the forty-three, as his 11.50 was edged out by Scott Olsen (226 hits in 176 2/3 IP => 11.51 H/9 IP).

Forgetting about the H/9 IP numbers for now, I was curious to find out which pitcher gave up more than two hundred hits in the fewest innings pitched. I looked at the years 1901-2007 in order to avoid the myriad rule changes and schedule havoc of the nineteenth century. Twenty-six pitchers since 1901 have given up over 200 hits in less than 160 innings. Here they are, for your reading pleasure:

Name	Season	Hits	Innings
Jack Knight	1926	206	142.2
Dick Coffman	1935	206	143.2
Jim Walkup	1937	218	150.1
Jack Russell	1932	207	152.2
Claude Willoughby	1930	241	153.0
Dennis Martinez	1983	209	153.0
Dutch Henry	1930	211	155.0
Lefty Weinert	1923	207	156.0
Joe Mays	2005	203	156.0
Ernie Wingard	1927	213	156.1
Jeff Fassero	1999	208	156.1
Whitey Glazner	1924	210	156.2
Bill Trotter	1939	205	156.2
Clise Dudley	1929	202	156.2
Jack Bentley	1925	200	157.0
Herb Pennock	1929	205	157.1
David Wells	2007	201	157.1
Jesse Barnes	1926	204	158.0
Jake Miller	1928	203	158.0
Mark Hendrickson	2003	207	158.1
Ed Whitson	1985	201	158.2
Chubby Dean	1940	220	159.1
Jeff Weaver	2003	211	159.1
Huck Betts	1935	213	159.2
Mike Paxton	1979	210	159.2
Jaime Navarro	1999	206	159.2

Unsurprisingly, almost all of these seasons took place during the two most batter-friendly eras in baseball history: the 1920's-1930's and the late 1990's through today.

I didn't list them all, obviously, but a pitcher gave up 200+ hits in less than 200 IP 701 times since 1901. There have been 4,588 total 200+ hits allowed seasons since the AL came into existence that year.