most wins after 30 first games in a season

Clark Griffith won the most games in a season in his first 30 games, with 22 wins in 1901.

	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	H/9
1	Clark Griffith C. Griffith	22	1901	CWS	6	.786	30	25	2.41	61	23	5	1	231.1	228	62	93	4	42	4	5			0	2.37	1.63	1.45	0.16		5.0	1.17	.310	3.62	8.87
2	Cy Young C. Young	21	1901	BSA	7	.750	28	27	1.83	105	26	2	0	246.1	219		82	4	26	6	1			0	3.84	0.95	4.04	0.15		2.8	0.99	.271	3.00	8.00
3	Russ Ford R. Ford	20	1910	NYH	6	.769	29	27		170	23	8	0	243.2	153		59	2	66	5	2		919	5	6.28	2.44	2.58	0.07	18.5	7.2	0.90	.223	2.18	5.65
4	Jack Harper J. Harper	20	1901	STL	7	.741	30	29	3.74	98	21	1	0	236.0	222	98	119	6	69	14	0			9	3.74	2.63	1.42	0.23		8.8	1.23	.361	4.54	8.47
5	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	19	1964	BAL	5	.792	29	29	2.69	96	12	1	0	214.0	161	64	72	17	62	3	0	5	850	3	4.04	2.61	1.55	0.71	11.3	7.3	1.04	.214	3.03	6.77
6	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	19	1911	PHN	6	.760	28	21	0.65	147	20	2	2	220.0	165		79	4	88	5	7			3	6.01	3.60	1.67	0.16		9.9	1.15	.250	3.23	6.75
7	Vean Gregg V. Gregg	19	1911	CLE	7	.731	30	22	0.30	106	18	3	0	208.2	151		64	2	80	8	8		833	6	4.57	3.45	1.33	0.09	12.7	9.6	1.11	.234	2.76	6.51
8	Mark Fidrych M. Fidrych	18	1976	DET	9	.667	30	28	2.39	93	23	4	0	241.1	212	64	75	12	52	3	2	3	964	6	3.47	1.94	1.79	0.45	9.6	5.4	1.09	.249	2.80	7.91
9	Ed Summers E. Summers	18	1908	DET	10	.643	30	24		82	17	4	0	219.2	190		83	3	42	18	6		890	5	3.36	1.72	1.95	0.12	9.2	4.7	1.06	.251	3.40	7.78
10	Red Donahue R. Donahue	18	1901	PHN	12	.600	30	29	2.63	76	29	1	0	259.2	269	76	101	2	50	9	1			3	2.63	1.73	1.52	0.07		4.7	1.23	.286	3.50	9.32
11	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	18	1901	BAL	11	.621	30	26	3.92	50	24	0	1	236.2	268	103	141	6	63	12	3			2	1.90	2.40	0.79	0.23		6.6	1.40	.320	5.36	10.19
12	Roscoe Miller R. Miller	18	1901	DET	10	.643	30	28	2.88	59	27	3	1	265.2	270	85	133	1	77	12	1			3	2.00	2.61	0.77	0.03		6.9	1.31	.281	4.51	9.15
13	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	17	1957	PHI	5	.773	27	27	2.94	158	14	3	0	196.0	160	64	73	17	78	2	0	2	818	11	7.26	3.58	2.03	0.78	19.3	9.5	1.21	.254	3.35	7.35
14	Lou Fette L. Fette	17	1937	BSN	7	.708	29	28	2.88	67	19	4	0	222.0	205	71	79	4	66	3	1		919	2	2.72	2.68	1.02	0.16	7.3	7.2	1.22	.258	3.20	8.31
15	King Cole K. Cole	17	1910	CHC	2	.895	28	24		97	17	4	0	199.0	131		46	2	102	9	2			7	4.39	4.61	0.95	0.09		12.8	1.17	.219	2.08	5.92
16	Buttons Briggs B. Briggs	17	1904	CHC	9	.654	30	26		97	24	2	2	245.1	225		89	3	64	8	4		993	2	3.56	2.35	1.52	0.11	9.8	6.4	1.18	.270	3.26	8.25
17	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	17	1901	PIT	11	.607	29	26	2.15	88	24	0	0	239.0	219		92	7	29	6	3			3	3.31	1.09	3.03	0.26		3.3	1.04	.285	3.46	8.25
18	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	17	1901	PIT	9	.654	30	23	2.39	103	21	6	0	240.2	217	64	88	4	39	14	7			3	3.85	1.46	2.64	0.15		5.2	1.06	.362	3.29	8.11
19	Matt Shoemaker M. Shoemaker	16	2014	LAA	4	.800	28	21	2.92	130	0	0	0	142.0	127	46	50	14	24	4	5	0	566	5	8.24	1.52	5.42	0.89	23.0	4.2	1.06	.287	3.17	8.05
20	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	16	2012	TEX	10	.615	30	30	3.86	228	0	0	0	198.0	161	85	92	14	89	11	0	1	843	8	10.36	4.05	2.56	0.64	27.0	10.6	1.26	.293	4.18	7.32
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	16	2006	DET	8	.667	28	28	3.42	119	1	1	0	176.1	175	67	70	18	55	5	0	1	732	5	6.07	2.81	2.16	0.92	16.3	7.5	1.30	.293	3.57	8.93
22	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	16	1984	NYM	9	.640	30	30	2.66	267	7	3	0	210.0	156	62	71	7	72	2	0	2	851	3	11.44	3.09	3.71	0.30	31.4	8.5	1.09	.296	3.04	6.69
23	Chuck Estrada C. Estrada	16	1960	BAL	8	.667	30	21	3.44	126	10	1	1	180.1	133	69	72	16	89	12	5	2	759	2	6.29	4.44	1.42	0.80	16.6	11.7	1.23	.227	3.59	6.64
24	Bob Grim B. Grim	16	1954	NYY	5	.762	30	14	3.34	81	5	1	1	148.1	130	55	60	8	62	3	7		613	3	4.91	3.76	1.31	0.49	13.2	10.1	1.29	.266	3.64	7.89
25	Spec Shea S. Shea	16	1947	NYY	5	.762	30	26	3.02	99	14	3	1	194.0	137	65	67	10	97	4	3		794	0	4.59	4.50	1.02	0.46	12.5	12.2	1.21	.217	3.11	6.36

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