fewest home runs allowed season by starting pitcher with at least 20 wins 1946 to 2023

Between the 1946 and 2023 seasons, Tom Glavine, Mel Parnell and Harry Brecheen were tied for allowing the fewest home runs by a starting pitcher with 20+ pitcher wins in a season, with 6 HR.

NAME HR W SEASON TM L W% G GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
6
20
1992
ATL ATL
8
.714
33
33
2.76
129
7
5
0
225.0
197
69
81
70
2
0
7
919
5
5.16
2.80
1.84
0.24
14.0
7.6
1.19
.268
3.24
7.88
2 Mel Parnell
M. Parnell
6
24
1949
BSA BSA
6
.800
33
33
2.61
116
27
4
0
285.2
245
83
94
125
5
0
1,188
8
3.65
3.94
0.93
0.19
9.8
10.5
1.30
.255
2.96
7.72
3 Harry Brecheen
H. Brecheen
6
20
1948
SLN SLN
7
.741
30
30
2.28
143
21
7
0
228.2
192
58
62
48
3
0
913
2
5.63
1.89
2.98
0.24
15.7
5.3
1.05
.261
2.44
7.56
4 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
7
20
1992
CHC CHC
11
.645
35
35
2.18
199
9
4
0
268.0
201
65
68
70
14
0
7
1,061
5
6.68
2.35
2.84
0.24
18.8
6.6
1.01
.252
2.28
6.75
5 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
7
21
1990
BOS BOS
6
.778
31
31
1.93
209
7
4
0
228.1
193
49
59
54
7
0
3
920
8
8.24
2.13
3.87
0.28
22.7
5.9
1.08
.289
2.33
7.61
6 Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
7
20
1946
NYY NYY
8
.714
32
32
2.11
138
20
6
0
256.1
200
60
71
90
1
0
1,027
3
4.85
3.16
1.53
0.25
13.4
8.8
1.13
.244
2.49
7.02
7 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
8
22
1999
BOS BOS
4
.846
29
29
2.07
306
5
1
0
208.1
157
48
55
36
8
0
1
816
6
13.22
1.56
8.50
0.35
37.5
4.4
0.93
.325
2.38
6.78
8 Gene Bearden
G. Bearden
8
20
1948
CLE CLE
6
.769
29
29
2.42
79
15
6
0
223.1
184
60
67
98
2
0
904
5
3.18
3.95
0.81
0.32
8.7
10.8
1.26
.245
2.70
7.41
9 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
8
26
1946
DET DET
8
.765
34
34
1.87
268
29
6
0
289.0
212
60
74
94
1
0
1,158
8
8.35
2.93
2.85
0.25
23.1
8.1
1.06
.259
2.30
6.60
10 Johnny Sain
J. Sain
8
20
1946
BSN BSN
14
.588
34
34
2.16
127
24
3
0
262.2
220
63
78
86
2
0
1,074
3
4.35
2.95
1.48
0.27
11.8
8.0
1.16
.249
2.67
7.54
11 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
9
21
2014
LAD LAD
3
.875
27
27
1.77
239
6
2
0
198.1
139
39
42
31
2
0
0
749
7
10.85
1.41
7.71
0.41
31.9
4.1
0.86
.278
1.91
6.31
12 Gio Gonzalez
G. Gonzalez
9
21
2012
WSH WSH
8
.724
32
32
2.89
207
2
1
0
199.1
149
64
69
76
5
0
3
822
10
9.35
3.43
2.72
0.41
25.2
9.2
1.13
.267
3.12
6.73
13 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
9
21
1997
TOR TOR
7
.750
34
34
2.05
292
9
3
0
264.0
204
60
65
68
12
0
1
1,044
4
9.95
2.32
4.29
0.31
28.0
6.5
1.03
.294
2.22
6.95
14 Tommy John
T. John
9
20
1979
NYY NYY
9
.690
36
36
2.96
108
17
3
0
273.2
265
90
108
64
4
0
1
1,105
11
3.55
2.10
1.69
0.30
9.8
5.8
1.20
.278
3.55
8.71
15 Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
9
21
1978
SDP SDP
6
.778
37
37
2.73
154
5
2
0
260.2
241
79
96
66
2
0
8
1,055
4
5.32
2.28
2.33
0.31
14.6
6.3
1.18
.282
3.31
8.32
16 Mike Garcia
M. Garcia
9
21
1952
CLE CLE
9
.700
36
36
2.42
136
19
6
0
275.2
265
74
88
81
7
0
1,159
3
4.44
2.64
1.68
0.29
11.7
7.0
1.26
.276
2.87
8.65
17 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
10
22
2015
CHC CHC
6
.786
33
33
1.77
236
4
3
0
229.0
150
45
52
48
6
0
2
870
6
9.28
1.89
4.92
0.39
27.1
5.5
0.86
.246
2.04
5.90
18 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
10
20
2014
STL STL
9
.690
32
32
2.38
179
5
3
0
227.0
184
60
64
50
7
0
5
898
4
7.10
1.98
3.58
0.40
19.9
5.6
1.03
.267
2.54
7.30
19 Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
10
20
1952
NYY NYY
8
.714
29
29
2.14
157
24
6
0
235.0
187
56
70
96
7
0
964
3
6.01
3.68
1.64
0.38
16.3
10.0
1.20
.255
2.68
7.16
20 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
10
20
1948
DET DET
11
.645
35
35
3.04
141
19
2
0
266.2
244
90
107
96
1
0
1,120
5
4.76
3.24
1.47
0.34
12.6
8.6
1.27
.268
3.61
8.24
21 Ewell Blackwell
E. Blackwell
10
22
1947
CIN CIN
8
.733
33
33
2.47
195
23
6
0
273.0
227
75
91
95
4
0
1,117
2
6.43
3.13
2.05
0.33
17.5
8.5
1.18
.267
3.00
7.48
22 Dontrelle Willis
D. Willis
11
22
2005
FLA FLA
10
.688
34
34
2.63
170
7
5
0
236.1
213
69
79
55
8
0
3
960
2
6.47
2.09
3.09
0.42
17.7
5.7
1.13
.282
3.01
8.11
23 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
11
20
1998
TOR TOR
6
.769
33
33
2.65
271
5
3
0
234.2
169
69
78
88
7
0
0
961
6
10.39
3.38
3.08
0.42
28.2
9.2
1.10
.271
2.99
6.48
24 Kevin Brown
K. Brown
11
21
1992
TEX TEX
11
.656
35
35
3.32
173
11
1
0
265.2
262
98
117
76
10
0
2
1,108
8
5.86
2.57
2.28
0.37
15.6
6.9
1.27
.300
3.96
8.88
25 Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
11
20
1988
KCR KCR
8
.714
35
35
2.70
183
8
4
0
269.2
237
81
94
83
6
0
3
1,111
12
6.11
2.77
2.20
0.37
16.5
7.5
1.19
.273
3.14
7.91
StatMuse has game-level data for home runs allowed and pitcher wins going back to the 1901 season.
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