most single season wins by left handed pitcer since 1950

Since 1950, Steve Carlton and Sandy Koufax are tied for winning the most games by a left-hander in a season, with 27 wins.

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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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	24	2002	ARI	5	.828	35	35	2.32	334	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
10	Frank Viola F. Viola	24	1988	MIN	7	.774	35	35	2.64	193	7	2	0	255.1	236	75	80	20	54	3	0	2	1,031	5	6.80	1.90	3.57	0.70	18.7	5.2	1.14	.284	2.82	64	2.94	74	8.32	28.7
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	24	1980	PHI	9	.727	38	38	2.34	286	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	64	2.41	66	7.19	42.3
12	Ron Bryant R. Bryant	24	1973	SFG	12	.667	41	39	3.53	143	8	0	0	270.0	240	106	125	23	115	9	1	12	1,165	8	4.77	3.83	1.24	0.77	12.3	9.9	1.31	.248	4.17	94	3.98	105	8.00	-5.3
13	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	24	1973	CWS	20	.545	49	48	3.46	199	21	4	0	359.1	381	138	166	25	91	7	1	3	1,531	7	4.98	2.28	2.19	0.63	13.0	5.9	1.31	.294	4.16	89	3.17	82	9.54	27.9
14	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	24	1972	CWS	17	.585	49	49	2.51	193	20	8	0	376.2	325	105	119	28	74	7	0	5	1,490	11	4.61	1.77	2.61	0.67	13.0	5.0	1.06	.250	2.84	80	2.98	91	7.77	13.1
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	24	1971	OAK	8	.750	39	39	1.82	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
16	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	24	1970	BAL	8	.750	40	40	3.48	190	21	4	0	297.2	273	115	126	34	69	1	0	5	1,214	6	5.74	2.09	2.75	1.03	15.7	5.7	1.15	.260	3.81	95	3.55	91	8.25	11.1
17	Dave McNally D. McNally	24	1970	BAL	9	.727	40	40	3.22	185	16	1	0	296.0	277	106	114	29	78	7	0	3	1,218	8	5.63	2.37	2.37	0.88	15.2	6.4	1.20	.270	3.47	88	3.52	91	8.42	12
18	Whitey Ford W. Ford	24	1963	NYY	7	.774	38	37	2.74	189	13	3	1	269.1	240	82	94	26	56	2	1	3	1,068	9	6.32	1.87	3.38	0.87	17.7	5.2	1.10	.269	3.14	78	2.98	84	8.02	16.9
19	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	24	1952	PHA	7	.774	33	33	2.48	152	27	5	0	279.2	230	77	87	21	63	4	0		1,103	0	4.89	2.03	2.41	0.68	13.8	5.7	1.05	.242	2.80	65	3.00	79	7.40	25
20	Barry Zito B. Zito	23	2002	OAK	5	.821	35	35	2.75	182	1	0	0	229.1	182	70	79	24	78	9	0	2	939	2	7.14	3.06	2.33	0.94	19.4	8.3	1.13	.245	3.10	63	3.86	89	7.14	12.6
21	Danny Jackson D. Jackson	23	1988	CIN	8	.742	35	35	2.73	161	15	6	0	260.2	206	79	86	13	71	2	0	6	1,034	5	5.56	2.45	2.27	0.45	15.6	6.9	1.06	.245	2.97	77	3.01	83	7.11	18.1
22	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	23	1982	PHI	11	.676	38	38	3.10	286	19	6	0	295.2	253	102	114	17	86	1	0	5	1,193	9	8.71	2.62	3.33	0.52	24.0	7.2	1.15	.294	3.47	85	2.40	67	7.70	38.3
23	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	23	1979	BAL	9	.719	39	38	3.08	190	16	5	0	265.2	245	91	107	23	70	3	0	1	1,085	6	6.44	2.37	2.71	0.78	17.5	6.5	1.19	.278	3.62	77	3.24	79	8.30	25.6
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	23	1977	PHI	10	.697	36	36	2.64	198	17	2	0	283.0	229	83	99	25	89	4	0	5	1,135	3	6.30	2.83	2.22	0.80	17.4	7.8	1.12	.249	3.15	67	3.46	88	7.28	15.2
25	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	23	1969	BAL	11	.676	39	39	2.38	182	18	5	0	290.2	213	77	94	18	79	1	0	7	1,137	3	5.64	2.45	2.30	0.56	16.0	6.9	1.00	.228	2.91	67	2.88	78	6.60	26.5

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Braves	94	67	.584
Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0

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Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
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Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
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Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
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Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
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