most pitching wins in a season since 1945

Since 1945, Denny McLain has won the most games in a season, with 31 wins in 1968.

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	NAME	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Denny McLain D. McLain	31	1968	DET	6	.838	41	41	1.96	280	28	6	0	336.0	241	73	86	31	63	6	0	2	1,288	3	7.50	1.69	4.44	0.83	21.7	4.9	0.90	.231	2.30	64	2.53	79	6.46	24.8
2	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	28	1952	PHN	7	.800	39	37	2.59	148	30	3	2	330.0	292	95	104	22	45	5	2		1,310	3	4.04	1.23	3.29	0.60	11.3	3.4	1.02	.248	2.84	72	2.82	78	7.96	28.9
3	Bob Welch B. Welch	27	1990	OAK	6	.818	35	35	2.95	127	2	2	0	238.0	214	78	90	26	77	5	0	4	979	2	4.80	2.91	1.65	0.98	13.0	7.9	1.22	.253	3.40	79	4.19	110	8.09	-11.1
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	27	1972	PHI	10	.730	41	41	1.97	310	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	27	1966	LAD	9	.750	41	41	1.73	317	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	53	2.07	65	6.72	41.8
6	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	27	1956	BKN	7	.794	38	36	3.06	139	18	5	0	268.0	219	91	101	33	46	3	2	8	1,052	4	4.67	1.54	3.02	1.11	13.2	4.4	0.99	.224	3.39	78	3.48	86	7.35	17.3
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	26	1968	SFG	9	.743	38	38	2.43	218	30	5	0	325.2	295	88	106	21	46	6	0	9	1,307	8	6.02	1.27	4.74	0.58	16.7	3.5	1.05	.270	2.93	83	2.36	85	8.15	14.6
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	26	1965	LAD	8	.765	43	41	2.04	382	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	63	1.93	61	5.79	47.9
9	Bob Feller B. Feller	26	1946	CLE	15	.634	48	42	2.18	348	36	10	4	371.1	277	90	101	11	153	3	5		1,512	3	8.43	3.71	2.27	0.27	23.0	10.1	1.16	.267	2.45	65	2.16	65	6.71	48.3
10	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	26	1946	DET	9	.743	37	34	1.94	275	29	6	1	292.2	215	63	77	10	98	1	2		1,176	8	8.46	3.01	2.81	0.31	23.4	8.3	1.07	.259	2.37	54	1.96	56	6.61	49.6
11	Steve Stone S. Stone	25	1980	BAL	7	.781	37	37	3.23	149	9	1	0	250.2	224	90	103	22	101	6	0	3	1,048	7	5.35	3.63	1.48	0.79	14.2	9.6	1.30	.262	3.70	83	3.98	101	8.04	-1.1
12	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	25	1978	NYY	3	.893	35	35	1.74	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
13	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	25	1974	OAK	12	.676	41	41	2.49	143	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	73	3.16	86	7.58	17.6
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	25	1974	TEX	12	.676	41	41	2.82	225	29	6	0	328.1	286	103	117	27	45	8	0	3	1,305	4	6.17	1.23	5.00	0.74	17.2	3.4	1.01	.259	3.21	79	2.75	77	7.84	29.4
15	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	25	1971	DET	14	.641	45	45	2.92	308	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	83	2.84	78	8.04	32.5
16	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	25	1969	NYM	7	.781	36	35	2.21	208	18	5	0	273.1	202	67	75	24	82	7	1	9	1,089	8	6.85	2.70	2.54	0.79	19.1	7.5	1.04	.232	2.47	62	3.10	91	6.65	9.4
17	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	25	1966	MIN	13	.658	41	41	2.75	205	19	3	0	304.2	271	93	114	29	55	3	0	4	1,227	12	6.06	1.62	3.73	0.86	16.7	4.5	1.07	.259	3.37	77	3.02	82	8.01	22.7
18	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	25	1966	SFG	6	.806	37	36	2.23	222	25	4	0	307.1	228	76	88	32	36	5	1	3	1,180	3	6.50	1.05	6.17	0.94	18.8	3.1	0.86	.221	2.58	62	2.86	82	6.68	21.3
19	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	25	1963	LAD	5	.833	40	40	1.88	306	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	1.85	62	6.19	41.9
20	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	25	1963	SFG	8	.758	41	40	2.41	248	18	5	0	321.1	259	86	102	27	61	2	1	6	1,270	2	6.95	1.71	4.07	0.76	19.5	4.8	1.00	.249	2.86	73	2.62	80	7.25	23.3
21	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	25	1962	LAD	9	.735	43	41	2.83	232	19	2	1	314.1	272	99	122	21	78	11	2	12	1,289	8	6.64	2.23	2.97	0.60	18.0	6.1	1.11	.265	3.49	78	2.86	81	7.79	23.9
22	Whitey Ford W. Ford	25	1961	NYY	4	.862	39	39	3.21	209	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8	6.65	2.93	2.27	0.73	18.0	7.9	1.18	.263	3.43	85	3.14	82	7.70	22.7
23	Mel Parnell M. Parnell	25	1949	BSA	7	.781	39	33	2.77	122	27	4	2	295.1	258	91	102	8	134	5	5		1,240	9	3.72	4.08	0.91	0.24	9.8	10.8	1.33	.257	3.11	62	3.45	77	7.86	32.6
24	Dave Ferriss D. Ferriss	25	1946	BSA	6	.806	40	35	3.25	106	26	6	3	274.0	274	99	109	14	71	3	4		1,141	1	3.48	2.33	1.49	0.46	9.3	6.2	1.26	.275	3.58	90	3.09	87	9.00	14
25	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	25	1945	DET	9	.735	40	36	1.81	212	29	8	2	313.1	239	63	73	5	110	0	2		1,261	10	6.09	3.16	1.93	0.14	16.8	8.7	1.11	.251	2.10	52	2.45	68	6.86	39.5

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Tigers	74	85	.465	9.0
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Fri 9/25	PIT	@	DET	6:40 PM
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Pirates	81	78	.509	19.0
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