Before 1912, Cy Young won the most games, with 511 wins.

Interpreted as:

most career MLB regular-season wins by a player before 1912

	NAME	W	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	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	Cy Young C. Young	511	316	.618	906	815	2.63	2,803	749	76	17	7356.0	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84	29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
2	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	361	208	.634	621	562	2.96	1,881	532	48	17	5067.1	4,929	1,664	2,480	156	1,272	129	56	21,082	169	3.34	2.26	1.48	0.28	8.9	6.0	1.22	.271	4.40	73	3.48	85	8.75	377.8
3	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	361	308	.540	697	681	2.87	1,799	639	57	1	5941.1	6,352	1,895	3,315	121	744	54	18	25,160	220	2.73	1.13	2.42	0.18	7.2	3.0	1.19	.278	5.02	94	2.97	95	9.62	94.5
4	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	342	225	.603	600	594	2.63	2,564	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7	20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
5	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	328	178	.648	531	518	2.81	1,978	485	37	5	4536.1	4,295	1,417	2,384	159	1,191	80	12	19,146	182	3.92	2.36	1.66	0.32	10.3	6.2	1.21	.263	4.73	75	3.35	88	8.52	289.8
6	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	309	194	.614	527	502	2.68	1,830	488	35	3	4527.1	4,328	1,347	2,273	118	875	54	24	18,918	214	3.64	1.74	2.09	0.23	9.7	4.6	1.15	.262	4.52	82	3.15	95	8.60	51
7	Mickey Welch M. Welch	307	210	.594	565	549	2.71	1,850	525	41	4	4802.0	4,588	1,447	2,556	106	1,297	52	16	20,308	274	3.47	2.43	1.43	0.20	9.1	6.4	1.23	.264	4.79	88	3.28	103	8.60	-55.7
8	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	289	134	.683	472	417	1.97	2,124	338	68	19	3600.0	3,030	789	1,154	47	742	54	48	14,137	100	5.31	1.85	2.86	0.12	15.0	5.2	1.05	.267	2.89	69	2.13	72	7.58	318.5
9	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	284	220	.563	555	504	3.05	1,803	468	30	15	4531.1	4,195	1,537	2,523	97	1,408	135	52	19,407	343	3.58	2.80	1.28	0.19	9.3	7.3	1.24	.258	5.01	85	3.54	99	8.33	25.1
10	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	265	214	.553	492	485	2.43	1,704	466	33	1	4275.2	4,092	1,155	2,095	82	749	12	7	17,702	160	3.59	1.58	2.28	0.17	9.6	4.2	1.13	.265	4.41	86	2.88	100	8.61	-32.7
11	Gus Weyhing G. Weyhing	264	232	.532	540	505	3.88	1,667	449	28	4	4337.0	4,576	1,872	2,796	120	1,570	277	34	19,188	240	3.46	3.26	1.06	0.25	8.7	8.2	1.42	.286	5.80	96	3.82	97	9.50	55.7
12	Vic Willis V. Willis	249	205	.548	513	471	2.63	1,651	388	50	11	3996.0	3,621	1,167	1,620	66	1,212	156	41	16,263	94	3.72	2.73	1.36	0.15	10.2	7.5	1.21	.270	3.65	86	2.96	95	8.16	82
13	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	246	142	.634	465	381	2.66	1,068	314	32	24	3441.1	3,276	1,016	1,436	52	812	179	73	14,132	30	2.79	2.12	1.32	0.14	7.6	5.7	1.19	.268	3.76	85	3.04	95	8.57	68.9
14	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	246	174	.586	463	427	3.07	1,950	393	30	5	3778.2	3,389	1,288	2,068	75	1,707	112	35	16,313	153	4.64	4.07	1.14	0.18	12.0	10.5	1.35	.266	4.93	78	3.71	92	8.07	124.3
15	Clark Griffith C. Griffith	237	146	.619	450	372	3.31	954	337	22	7	3383.2	3,667	1,245	1,851	75	774	171	77	14,326	66	2.54	2.06	1.23	0.20	6.7	5.4	1.31	.291	4.92	83	3.59	91	9.75	148.5
16	Jack Powell J. Powell	236	237	.499	546	489	2.97	1,554	403	46	15	4153.2	4,071	1,369	1,874	105	969	117	53	16,944	62	3.37	2.10	1.60	0.23	9.2	5.7	1.21	.279	4.06	95	2.99	97	8.82	36.8
17	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	233	152	.605	414	396	2.96	1,700	351	30	3	3404.0	3,344	1,120	1,824	87	856	31	17	14,465	174	4.49	2.26	1.99	0.23	11.8	5.9	1.23	.276	4.82	88	3.08	88	8.84	153.5
18	Will White W. White	229	166	.580	403	402	2.28	1,041	394	36	0	3542.2	3,440	896	1,844	65	496		1	14,951	221	2.64	1.26	2.10	0.17	7.0	3.3	1.11	.254	4.68	83	2.98	108	8.74	-109.3
19	Eddie Plank E. Plank	225	139	.618	412	376	2.36	1,614	309	43	7	3173.0	2,815	832	1,129	31	731	162	29	12,647	67	4.58	2.07	2.21	0.09	12.8	5.8	1.12	.275	3.20	82	2.43	87	7.98	135.5
20	Bob Caruthers B. Caruthers	218	99	.688	340	310	2.83	900	298	24	3	2828.2	2,678	891	1,393	59	597		29	11,842	129	2.86	1.90	1.51	0.19	7.6	5.0	1.16	.257	4.43	81	3.27	94	8.52	60.9
21	Al Orth A. Orth	204	189	.519	440	394	3.37	948	324	31	6	3354.2	3,564	1,256	1,704	75	661	83	44	13,837	43	2.54	1.77	1.43	0.20	6.9	4.8	1.26	.289	4.57	101	3.11	94	9.56	74.5
22	Jack Stivetts J. Stivetts	203	132	.606	388	333	3.74	1,223	278	14	5	2887.2	2,905	1,199	1,836	130	1,155	99	52	12,636	120	3.81	3.60	1.06	0.41	9.7	9.1	1.41	.277	5.72	85	4.10	94	9.05	101.7
23	Silver King S. King	203	152	.572	397	370	3.18	1,222	328	19	6	3180.2	3,098	1,124	1,803	69	967	146	25	13,676	152	3.46	2.74	1.26	0.20	8.9	7.1	1.28	.269	5.10	82	3.42	90	8.77	147
24	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	198	132	.600	392	332	2.68	1,265	260	35	5	2896.2	2,647	864	1,206	39	690	113	52	11,632	62	3.93	2.14	1.83	0.12	10.9	5.9	1.15	.274	3.75	90	2.67	90	8.22	99.6
25	Jesse Tannehill J. Tannehill	197	117	.627	359	321	2.80	944	264	34	7	2759.1	2,794	858	1,199	40	478	130	37	11,236	28	3.08	1.56	1.97	0.13	8.4	4.3	1.19	.286	3.91	89	2.86	91	9.11	95.2

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Braves	42	21	.667
Phillies	33	29	.532	8.5
Nationals	31	32	.492	11.0
Marlins	29	34	.460	13.0
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