Who was the last major league pitcher to win 20?

The most recent tie in the American League was in 2012, when Jered Weaver and David Price tied for the lead with 20 wins each, and the most recent tie in the National League was in 2011, when Ian Kennedy and Clayton Kershaw tied with 21 wins each.

What MLB pitcher has the most 20 win seasons?

Nine or more seasons with 20 wins

Pitcher Seasons
Cy Young 15
Christy Mathewson 13
Warren Spahn 13
Walter Johnson 12

What pitcher has the most wins in major league baseball?

Cy Young+
Career Leaders & Records for Wins

Rank Player (yrs, age) Wins
1. Cy Young+ (22) 511
2. Walter Johnson+ (21) 417
3. Pete Alexander+ (20) 373
Christy Mathewson+ (17) 373

Who was the youngest baseball pitcher to win 20 games?

Who was the youngest baseball pitcher to win 20 games in one major league season? In August 1985, the New York Mets pitcher, Dwight “Doc” Gooden, became the youngest pitcher to win 20 games in one Major League Baseball season.

Who has 300 wins MLB?

300 win club

  • Cy Young is the all-time leader in wins.
  • Kid Nichols was the youngest pitcher to win 300 games, achieving the feat at age 30.
  • Randy Johnson is the most recent member of the 300-win club.

What pitcher has the most wins in a single season?

Single-Season Leaders & Records for Wins

Player (age that year) Wins Year
Old Hoss Radbourn+ (29) 60 1884
John Clarkson+ (23) 53 1885
Guy Hecker (28) 52 1884
John Clarkson+ (27) 49 1889

What pitcher has the most wins in one season?

What current pitcher has the most wins?

Justin Verlander
Active Leaders & Records for Wins

Rank Player (yrs, age) Wins
1. Justin Verlander (16, 38) 226
2. Zack Greinke (18, 37) 219
3. Jon Lester (16, 37) 200
4. Max Scherzer (14, 36) 190

What is Mets longest winning streak?

Mets: 11 (five times) The Mets wound up winning the NL pennant in ’15, and they also put up 11-game win streaks during their World Series-winning campaigns in 1969 and ’86.

Can a pitcher get 20 wins in one season?

Twenty wins in a single season is a truly a magical plateau. Jim Bouton wrote in his classic book Ball Four, “If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher twenty wins, but might take five years off his life, he’d take it.”

Who was the Braves pitcher that won 20 games?

Niekro won 268 games for the Braves and reached 20 wins in three seasons. That includes this 1979 campaign, which saw Niekro top the NL with 21 victories and lead the Majors with 20 losses (which, per Elias, makes him the only pitcher since 1900 to lead his league in both categories) while finishing with a 3.39 ERA.

Who was the American League pitcher with the most wins?

During the 1974 season Nolan Ryan walked two-hundred two batters which is the most by any American League twenty game winner. Which American League pitcher had the most saves during his twenty win season? Believe it not, it was Chief Bender with thirteen in 1913.

Who is the National League 20 game winner?

– Don Sutton (one time National League twenty-game winner) In 1991, John Smiley tossed the fewest amount of innings two-hundred seven and two-thirds by a National League twenty game winner. By comparison; Will White, who holds the record for most innings pitched by a National League twenty game winner, threw six-hundred eighty in 1879.