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Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn [5] has the most wins with 363. Only 24 pitchers have accumulated 300 or more wins in their careers. [6] Roger Clemens [7] is the only pitcher with 300 wins or more not elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dennis McLain, 1968 American League wins leader, with 31; this was the last time a pitcher has won thirty. Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league with the most wins each season. In baseball, wins are a statistic used to evaluate pitchers.
The following is a listing of pitching win and winning percentage records in Major League Baseball. All teams are considered to be members of the American or National Leagues, unless noted. Players denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted. An (r) denotes a player's rookie season.
In Major League Baseball, the winning pitcher is defined as the pitcher who last pitched prior to the half-inning when the winning team took the lead for the last time. [1] There are two exceptions to this rule. The first is that a starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win (four innings for a game that lasts five innings on ...
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
The award is named after Warren Spahn, who holds the MLB record in wins for a left-handed pitcher with 363. [1] The Warren Spahn Award was created in 1999 by Richard Hendricks, the founder of the Territorial Capital Sports Museum, formerly Oklahoma Sports Museum , to honor Spahn, who resided in Oklahoma. [ 2 ]
As of July 30, 2024, there have been 23 pitchers who have beaten all 30 teams.Only 16 teams have had a pitcher accomplish the feat while on their roster, with the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees the only franchises to have three such pitchers: Randy Johnson, Barry Zito, and Tim Hudson for the Giants, and Kevin Brown, Javier Vázquez, and Gerrit Cole for the Yankees.
The last pitcher to start at least 60 games was Bill Hutchison, who started 70 games in 1892. [12] Although relief pitchers often appear in more than the requisite number of games, they rarely record ten wins in a season. Relief pitcher usage reduces a starter's chance of a win, further limiting the ability to break the record.