Before 1909, Cy Young won the most games, with 478 wins.

Interpreted as:

most career regular-season wins by a player before 1909

	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	478	282	.629	832	743	2.62	2,581	693	70	17	6772.0	6,539	1,974	2,920	128	1,103	145	83	27,282	137	3.43	1.47	2.34	0.17	9.5	4.0	1.13	.275	3.88	72	2.87	78	8.69	605.9
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	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Clark Griffith C. Griffith	237	145	.620	449	371	3.31	951	336	22	7	3377.2	3,656	1,241	1,843	75	772	171	77	14,295	66	2.53	2.06	1.23	0.20	6.7	5.4	1.31	.291	4.91	83	3.59	91	9.74	148.2
14	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
15	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
16	Vic Willis V. Willis	218	182	.545	441	413	2.62	1,489	352	45	7	3494.1	3,154	1,016	1,423	57	1,068	151	27	14,246	87	3.84	2.75	1.39	0.15	10.5	7.5	1.21	.270	3.67	85	2.99	94	8.12	80.9
17	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
18	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	211	106	.666	352	312	2.06	1,650	256	53	14	2699.1	2,243	619	895	35	608	50	35	10,689	86	5.50	2.03	2.71	0.12	15.4	5.7	1.06	.265	2.98	73	2.17	74	7.48	217.2
19	Jack Powell J. Powell	209	191	.523	460	417	3.03	1,368	359	38	11	3577.2	3,505	1,204	1,626	97	855	105	41	14,595	57	3.44	2.15	1.60	0.24	9.4	5.9	1.22	.280	4.09	95	3.05	97	8.82	35.4
20	Al Orth A. Orth	204	189	.519	439	393	3.36	947	324	31	6	3351.2	3,558	1,252	1,700	75	660	83	44	13,822	43	2.54	1.77	1.43	0.20	6.9	4.8	1.26	.289	4.56	101	3.12	94	9.55	74.5
21	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
22	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
23	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	198	127	.609	382	327	2.62	1,245	258	35	5	2841.0	2,570	826	1,155	36	673	110	48	11,388	62	3.94	2.13	1.85	0.11	10.9	5.9	1.14	.272	3.66	87	2.66	89	8.14	103.7
24	Adonis Terry A. Terry	197	196	.501	440	406	3.74	1,553	367	17	6	3514.1	3,525	1,460	2,303	76	1,298	120	33	15,413	206	3.98	3.32	1.20	0.19	10.1	8.4	1.37	.280	5.90	98	3.72	97	9.03	28.9
25	Jesse Tannehill J. Tannehill	196	116	.628	355	319	2.79	935	262	33	7	2734.0	2,769	847	1,184	39	470	129	35	11,137	26	3.08	1.55	1.99	0.13	8.4	4.2	1.18	.285	3.90	88	2.86	91	9.12	97.3

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Braves	36	17	.679
Phillies	26	26	.500	9.5
Nationals	26	27	.491	10.0
Marlins	24	29	.453	12.0
Mets	22	30	.423	13.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
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Cardinals	29	21	.580	2.0
Cubs	29	23	.558	3.0
Reds	26	25	.510	5.5
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