fewest strikeouts by a pitcher while winning 20 games in a season

Slim Sallee has struck out the fewest hitters with 20+ pitcher wins in a season, with 24 strikeouts in 1919.

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	NAME	SO	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	24	21	1919	CIN	7	.750	29	28	2.06	22	4	0	227.2	221	52	63	4	20	1	1	893	0	0.95	0.79	1.20	0.16	2.7	2.2	1.06	.257	2.49	74	2.78	98	8.74	0.6
2	Al Maul A. Maul	31	20	1898	BAL	7	.741	28	28	2.10	26	1	0	239.2	207	56	74	3	49	4	0	948	1	1.16	1.84	0.63	0.11	3.3	5.2	1.07	.237	2.78	58	3.33	93	7.77	7.1
3	Ellsworth Cunningham E. Cunningham	34	28	1898	LOU	15	.651	44	42	3.16	41	0	0	362.0	387	127	174	8	65	20	2	1,510	3	0.85	1.62	0.52	0.20	2.3	4.3	1.25	.274	4.33	89	3.57	100	9.62	-0.8
4	Sloppy Thurston S. Thurston	37	20	1924	CWS	14	.588	38	36	3.80	28	1	1	291.0	330	123	150	17	60	6	2	1,237	5	1.14	1.86	0.62	0.53	3.0	4.9	1.34	.280	4.64	93	4.23	105	10.21	-7.7
5	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	37	21	1876	NYM	34	.382	56	56	2.86	55	2	0	516.0	693	164	395	8	24		0	2,327	3	0.65	0.42	1.54	0.14	1.6	1.0	1.39		6.89	128	2.43	109	12.09	-17.6
6	Al Spalding A. Spalding	39	47	1876	CWS	12	.797	61	60	1.75	53	8	0	528.2	542	103	226	6	26		2	2,219	1	0.66	0.44	1.50	0.10	1.8	1.2	1.07		3.85	73	2.38	99	9.23	9
7	George Hemming G. Hemming	43	20	1895	BAL	13	.606	34	31	4.05	26	1	0	262.1	288	118	155	10	96	6	1	1,150	4	1.48	3.29	0.45	0.34	3.7	8.3	1.46	.279	5.32	85	4.91	103	9.88	-4.1
8	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	45	21	1925	CWS	11	.656	43	32	3.26	19	5	3	262.2	274	95	111	7	83	2	8	1,110	5	1.54	2.84	0.54	0.24	4.1	7.5	1.36	.274	3.80	76	4.09	96	9.39	4.5
9	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	48	21	1927	SLN	10	.677	37	30	2.52	22	2	3	268.0	261	75	94	11	38	1	5	1,082	1	1.61	1.28	1.26	0.37	4.4	3.5	1.12	.254	3.16	64	3.64	91	8.76	10.6
10	Jack Dunn J. Dunn	48	23	1899	BKN	13	.639	41	34	3.70	29	2	2	299.1	323	123	161	8	86	18	6	1,278	0	1.44	2.59	0.56	0.24	3.8	6.7	1.37	.282	4.84	95	4.01	103	9.71	-3.4
11	Jesse Tannehill J. Tannehill	50	20	1900	PIT	6	.769	29	27	2.88	23	2	0	234.0	247	75	108	3	43	17	2	973	0	1.92	1.65	1.16	0.12	5.1	4.4	1.24	.284	4.15	79	3.34	91	9.50	8
12	Kid Carsey K. Carsey	50	20	1893	PHI	15	.571	39	35	4.81	30	1	0	318.1	375	170	229	7	124	19	4	1,460	9	1.41	3.51	0.40	0.20	3.4	8.5	1.57	.292	6.47	103	4.56	98	10.60	3.4
13	Red Donahue R. Donahue	51	21	1899	PHI	8	.724	35	31	3.39	27	4	0	279.0	292	105	147	6	63	11	3	1,160	2	1.65	2.03	0.81	0.19	4.4	5.4	1.27	.278	4.74	91	3.65	98	9.42	1.2
14	Lee Meadows L. Meadows	54	20	1926	PIT	9	.690	36	31	3.97	15	1	0	226.2	254	100	125	10	52	4	2	967	3	2.14	2.06	1.04	0.40	5.6	5.4	1.35	.288	4.96	100	3.75	94	10.09	6.4
15	Eddie Rommel E. Rommel	54	27	1922	PHA	13	.675	51	33	3.28	22	3	2	294.0	294	107	128	21	63	5	16	1,203	3	1.65	1.93	0.86	0.64	4.5	5.2	1.21	.258	3.92	80	4.26	102	9.00	-2.3
16	Brickyard Kennedy B. Kennedy	55	22	1899	BKN	9	.710	40	33	2.79	27	2	2	277.1	297	86	133	11	86	3	6	1,175	7	1.78	2.79	0.64	0.36	4.7	7.3	1.38	.280	4.32	72	4.02	103	9.64	-3.6
17	Ben Cantwell B. Cantwell	57	20	1933	BSN	10	.667	40	29	2.62	18	2	2	254.2	242	74	89	12	54	3	9	1,046	4	2.01	1.91	1.06	0.42	5.4	5.2	1.16	.250	3.15	83	3.63	108	8.55	-9.8
18	Frank Dwyer F. Dwyer	57	24	1896	CIN	11	.686	36	34	3.15	30	3	1	288.2	321	101	144	8	60	11	2	1,221	3	1.78	1.87	0.95	0.25	4.7	4.9	1.32	.288	4.49	70	4.00	89	10.01	17.2
19	Ray Kremer R. Kremer	58	20	1930	PIT	12	.625	39	38	5.02	18	1	0	276.0	366	154	181	29	63	1	1	1,232	3	1.89	2.05	0.92	0.95	4.7	5.1	1.55	.312	5.90	100	5.14	103	11.93	-4.9
20	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	58	20	1925	WSH	5	.800	32	32	2.84	15	3	0	241.0	230	76	86	7	73	2	0	994	2	2.17	2.73	0.79	0.26	5.8	7.3	1.26	.261	3.21	67	3.94	93	8.59	6.7
21	Sadie McMahon S. McMahon	60	25	1894	BAL	8	.758	35	33	4.21	26	0	0	275.2	317	129	175	7	111	9	2	1,231	5	1.96	3.62	0.54	0.23	4.9	9.0	1.55	.297	5.71	78	5.02	92	10.35	14
22	Jack Taylor J. Taylor	61	20	1906	TOT	12	.625	34	33	1.99	32	3	0	302.1	249	67	92	4	86	13	1	1,205	0	1.82	2.56	0.71	0.12	5.1	7.1	1.11	.235	2.74	77	3.12	115	7.41	-13.8
23	Jack Stivetts J. Stivetts	61	20	1893	BSN	12	.625	38	34	4.41	29	1	1	283.2	315	139	194	17	115	10	4	1,279	6	1.94	3.65	0.53	0.54	4.8	9.0	1.52	.277	6.16	91	4.92	101	9.99	0.4
24	Wilbur Cooper W. Cooper	62	20	1924	PIT	14	.588	38	35	3.28	25	4	1	268.2	296	98	116	13	40	5	3	1,109	2	2.08	1.34	1.55	0.44	5.6	3.6	1.25	.286	3.89	83	3.71	92	9.92	9.9
25	Bill Hoffer B. Hoffer	62	22	1897	BAL	11	.667	38	33	4.30	29	1	0	303.1	350	145	188	5	104	17	4	1,342	4	1.84	3.09	0.60	0.15	4.6	7.7	1.50	.299	5.58	100	4.32	100	10.38	-0.7

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Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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