Best Record By A Pitcher In A Season With 20 Or More W Since 1961

NAME	REC	W	SEASON	TM	W%	L	G	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
Ron Guidry	25-3	25	1978	NYY	.893	3	35	35	1.74	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
Cliff Lee	22-3	22	2008	CLE	.880	3	31	31	2.54	170	4	2	0	223.1	214	63	68	12	34	5	0	1	891	4	6.85	1.37	5.00	0.48	19.1	3.8	1.11	.301	2.74	59	2.82	67	8.62	35.4
Clayton Kershaw	21-3	21	2014	LAD	.875	3	27	27	1.77	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	51	1.81	50	6.31	40.5
Max Scherzer	21-3	21	2013	DET	.875	3	32	32	2.90	240	0	0	0	214.1	152	69	73	18	56	4	0	0	836	6	10.08	2.35	4.29	0.76	28.7	6.7	0.97	.259	3.07	72	2.74	69	6.38	29.2
Julio Urías	20-3	20	2021	LAD	.870	3	32	32	2.96	195	0	0	0	185.2	151	61	67	19	38	7	0	3	745	2	9.45	1.84	5.13	0.92	26.2	5.1	1.02	.272	3.25	73	3.12	73	7.32	23.8
Roger Clemens	20-3	20	2001	NYY	.870	3	33	33	3.51	213	0	0	0	220.1	205	86	94	19	72	5	0	1	918	14	8.70	2.94	2.96	0.78	23.2	7.8	1.26	.305	3.84	80	3.28	74	8.37	28.1
David Cone	20-3	20	1988	NYM	.870	3	35	28	2.22	213	8	4	0	231.1	178	57	67	10	80	4	0	7	936	10	8.29	3.11	2.66	0.39	22.8	8.5	1.12	.267	2.61	68	2.57	75	6.93	22.5
Whitey Ford	25-4	25	1961	NYY	.862	4	39	39	3.21	209	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8	6.65	2.93	2.27	0.73	18.0	7.9	1.18	.263	3.43	85	3.14	82	7.70	22.7
Roger Clemens	24-4	24	1986	BOS	.857	4	33	33	2.48	238	10	1	0	254.0	179	70	77	21	67	4	0	0	997	11	8.43	2.37	3.55	0.74	23.9	6.7	0.97	.237	2.73	58	2.80	69	6.34	36.3
Dwight Gooden	24-4	24	1985	NYM	.857	4	35	35	1.53	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
Pedro Martinez	23-4	23	1999	BOS	.852	4	31	29	2.07	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
Rick Porcello	22-4	22	2016	BOS	.846	4	33	33	3.15	189	3	0	0	223.0	193	78	85	23	32	13	0	0	890	3	7.63	1.29	5.91	0.93	21.2	3.6	1.01	.269	3.43	71	3.39	81	7.79	20.1
Mike Hampton	22-4	22	1999	HOU	.846	4	34	34	2.90	177	3	2	0	239.0	206	77	86	12	101	5	0	2	979	9	6.67	3.80	1.75	0.45	18.1	10.3	1.28	.284	3.24	68	3.63	84	7.76	19.4
Ian Kennedy	21-4	21	2011	ARI	.840	4	33	33	2.88	198	1	1	0	222.0	186	71	73	19	55	9	0	0	900	11	8.03	2.23	3.60	0.77	22.0	6.1	1.09	.270	2.96	73	3.21	83	7.54	16.5
Denny McLain	31-6	31	1968	DET	.838	6	41	41	1.96	280	28	6	0	336.0	241	73	86	31	63	6	0	2	1,288	3	7.50	1.69	4.44	0.83	21.7	4.9	0.90	.231	2.30	64	2.53	79	6.46	24.8
J.A. Happ	20-4	20	2016	TOR	.833	4	32	32	3.18	163	0	0	0	195.0	168	69	72	22	60	6	0	0	796	3	7.52	2.77	2.72	1.02	20.5	7.5	1.17	.268	3.32	76	3.95	93	7.75	6.3
Pedro Martinez	20-4	20	2002	BOS	.833	4	30	30	2.26	239	2	0	0	199.1	144	50	62	13	40	15	0	1	787	3	10.79	1.81	5.98	0.59	30.4	5.1	0.92	.273	2.80	50	2.23	53	6.50	45.4
Randy Johnson	20-4	20	1997	SEA	.833	4	30	29	2.28	291	5	2	0	213.0	147	54	60	20	77	10	0	2	850	4	12.30	3.25	3.78	0.85	34.2	9.1	1.05	.281	2.54	50	2.82	62	6.21	41.3
Sandy Koufax	25-5	25	1963	LAD	.833	5	40	40	1.88	306	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	1.85	62	6.19	41.9
Justin Verlander	24-5	24	2011	DET	.828	5	34	34	2.40	250	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
Randy Johnson	24-5	24	2002	ARI	.828	5	35	35	2.32	334	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
Barry Zito	23-5	23	2002	OAK	.821	5	35	35	2.75	182	1	0	0	229.1	182	70	79	24	78	9	0	2	939	2	7.14	3.06	2.33	0.94	19.4	8.3	1.13	.245	3.10	63	3.86	89	7.14	12.6
Bob Purkey	23-5	23	1962	CIN	.821	5	37	37	2.81	141	18	2	0	288.1	260	90	109	28	64	14	0	3	1,181	6	4.40	2.00	2.20	0.87	11.9	5.4	1.12	.248	3.40	71	3.71	96	8.12	5.3
Bob Welch	27-6	27	1990	OAK	.818	6	35	35	2.95	127	2	2	0	238.0	214	78	90	26	77	5	0	4	979	2	4.80	2.91	1.65	0.98	13.0	7.9	1.22	.253	3.40	79	4.19	110	8.09	-11.1
Kyle Wright	21-5	21	2022	ATL	.808	5	30	30	3.19	174	0	0	0	180.1	156	64	67	19	53	9	0	0	738	7	8.68	2.65	3.28	0.95	23.6	7.2	1.16	.284	3.34	78	3.58	91	7.79	7.4
Blake Snell
Clayton Kershaw
Chris Carpenter
Catfish Hunter
Dave McNally
Juan Marichal
Gerrit Cole
David Price
Jered Weaver
Denny Neagle
John Candelaria
Bret Saberhagen
Jake Arrieta
Curt Schilling
Tom Glavine
Doug Drabek
Ron Guidry
Steve Stone
Tom Seaver
Justin Verlander
Curt Schilling
Randy Johnson
Jack Morris
Roger Clemens
Gaylord Perry

Since 1961, Ron Guidry has the best record with 20+ pitcher wins in a season, with a record of 25-3 in 1978.

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