most wins as a pirates starting pitcher 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Rip Sewell won the most games by a Pirates starting pitcher, with 112 wins.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season wins as a pirates starting pitcher 1940s

	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	H/9
1	Rip Sewell R. Sewell	112	79	.586	231	231	3.38	471	132	19	0	1702.2	1,697	640	772	88	558	19	0	7,295	24	2.49	2.95	0.84	0.47	6.5	7.6	1.32	.261	4.08	8.97
2	Max Butcher M. Butcher	57	55	.509	142	142	3.35	243	69	11	0	993.2	1,058	370	441	44	272	10	0	4,261	10	2.20	2.46	0.89	0.40	5.7	6.4	1.34	.275	3.99	9.58
3	Fritz Ostermueller F. Ostermueller	49	42	.538	106	106	3.52	267	56	9	0	769.0	767	301	349	48	256	9	0	3,289	14	3.12	3.00	1.04	0.56	8.1	7.8	1.33	.265	4.08	8.98
4	Nick Strincevich N. Strincevich	38	36	.514	88	88	3.60	172	41	4	0	606.2	637	243	285	24	144	10	0	2,581	4	2.55	2.14	1.19	0.36	6.7	5.6	1.29	.275	4.23	9.45
5	Ken Heintzelman K. Heintzelman	27	35	.435	83	83	3.89	205	29	9	0	535.0	576	231	267	25	241	2	0	2,366	11	3.45	4.05	0.85	0.42	8.7	10.2	1.53	.291	4.49	9.69
6	Preacher Roe P. Roe	26	45	.366	88	88	3.95	285	27	5	0	556.0	589	244	287	41	167	4	0	2,401	4	4.61	2.70	1.71	0.66	11.9	7.0	1.36	.288	4.65	9.53
7	Bob Klinger B. Klinger	26	32	.448	75	75	3.90	168	28	4	0	475.0	527	206	249	17	134	8	0	2,059	9	3.18	2.54	1.25	0.32	8.2	6.5	1.39	.294	4.72	9.99
8	Bob Chesnes B. Chesnes	21	19	.525	48	48	4.65	115	23	1	0	331.0	326	171	192	28	168	9	0	1,445	10	3.13	4.57	0.68	0.76	8.0	11.6	1.49	.265	5.22	8.86
9	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	20	21	.488	52	52	4.50	114	19	4	0	333.2	359	167	175	46	73	5	0	1,413	1	3.07	1.97	1.56	1.24	8.1	5.2	1.29	.266	4.72	9.68
10	Johnny Lanning J. Lanning	16	22	.421	49	49	3.38	71	16	1	0	319.1	329	120	140	10	92	2	0	1,367	3	2.00	2.59	0.77	0.28	5.2	6.7	1.32	.268	3.95	9.27
11	Elmer Riddle E. Riddle	13	17	.433	39	39	3.98	90	13	3	0	258.0	257	114	123	26	123	7	0	1,134	9	3.14	4.29	0.73	0.91	7.9	10.8	1.47	.260	4.29	8.97
12	Cliff Chambers C. Chambers	12	7	.632	21	21	3.77	77	10	1	0	148.0	149	62	66	11	52	4	0	629	1	4.68	3.16	1.48	0.67	12.2	8.3	1.36	.285	4.01	9.06
13	Vic Lombardi V. Lombardi	11	11	.500	29	29	3.98	70	13	0	0	199.0	197	88	97	11	91	2	0	857	1	3.17	4.12	0.77	0.50	8.2	10.6	1.45	.272	4.39	8.91
14	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	11	20	.355	39	39	4.12	115	13	1	0	255.1	246	117	137	23	130	5	0	1,131	6	4.05	4.58	0.88	0.81	10.2	11.5	1.47	.260	4.83	8.67
15	Bill Werle B. Werle	10	12	.455	29	29	4.57	94	10	2	0	201.0	230	102	115	23	47	8	0	868	4	4.21	2.10	2.00	1.03	10.8	5.4	1.38	.297	5.15	10.30
16	Ed Bahr E. Bahr	10	9	.526	25	25	3.30	56	8	0	0	169.1	159	62	75	10	78	6	0	737	5	2.98	4.15	0.72	0.53	7.6	10.6	1.40	.254	3.99	8.45
17	Hank Gornicki H. Gornicki	10	16	.385	32	32	3.43	85	11	3	0	189.0	186	72	96	10	64	3	0	806	2	4.05	3.05	1.33	0.48	10.5	7.9	1.32	.273	4.57	8.86
18	Murry Dickson M. Dickson	9	9	.500	20	20	3.45	56	11	2	0	143.1	141	55	63	10	53	3	0	606	1	3.52	3.33	1.06	0.63	9.2	8.7	1.35	.271	3.96	8.85
19	Wally Hebert W. Hebert	9	11	.450	23	23	3.20	31	12	1	0	166.0	184	59	70	3	43	2	0	706	0	1.68	2.33	0.72	0.16	4.4	6.1	1.37	.289	3.80	9.98
20	Joe Bowman J. Bowman	9	11	.450	31	31	4.22	55	11	1	0	202.2	225	95	116	12	79	7	0	918	2	2.44	3.51	0.70	0.53	6.0	8.6	1.50	.278	5.15	9.99
21	Ken Gables K. Gables	7	10	.412	23	23	4.73	55	6	0	0	146.2	163	77	85	4	53	3	0	651	2	3.38	3.25	1.04	0.25	8.4	8.1	1.47	.297	5.22	10.00
22	Dutch Dietz D. Dietz	7	10	.412	21	21	4.56	38	7	1	0	130.1	146	66	71	10	50	3	0	576	3	2.62	3.45	0.76	0.69	6.6	8.7	1.50	.286	4.90	10.08
23	Mel Queen M. Queen	5	11	.313	20	20	4.66	51	2	0	0	106.1	112	55	62	12	69	3	0	496	0	4.32	5.84	0.74	1.02	10.3	13.9	1.70	.277	5.25	9.48
24	Ray Starr R. Starr	5	3	.625	12	12	4.90	13	5	0	0	60.2	78	33	42	5	30	0	0	285	1	1.93	4.45	0.43	0.74	4.6	10.5	1.78	.308	6.23	11.57
25	Xavier Rescigno X. Rescigno	5	10	.333	21	21	3.78	40	7	1	0	126.1	139	53	66	9	38	2	0	552	2	2.85	2.71	1.05	0.64	7.2	6.9	1.40	.281	4.70	9.90

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