most wins by a lefthanded pitcher in a season since 1903

Since 1903, Lefty Grove has won the most games by a left-hander in a season, with 31 wins in 1931.

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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	Lefty Grove L. Grove	31	1931	PHA	4	.886	41	30	2.06	175	27	4	5	288.2	249	66	84	10	62	1	10		1,160	2	5.46	1.93	2.82	0.31	15.1	5.3	1.08	.262	2.62	47	3.01	70	7.76	40.8
2	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	29	1944	DET	9	.763	47	34	2.22	187	25	6	2	312.1	264	77	94	6	102	1	10		1,271	4	5.39	2.94	1.83	0.17	14.7	8.0	1.17	.265	2.71	62	2.58	72	7.61	34.5
3	Lefty Grove L. Grove	28	1930	PHA	5	.848	50	32	2.54	209	22	2	9	291.0	273	82	101	8	60	5	17		1,191	2	6.46	1.86	3.48	0.25	17.5	5.0	1.14	.292	3.12	53	3.09	64	8.44	55.6
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	Doc White D. White	27	1907	CWS	13	.675	46	35	2.26	141	24	6	1	291.0	270	73	93	3	38	6	9		1,131	0	4.36	1.18	3.71	0.09	12.5	3.4	1.06	.283	2.88	95	1.80	80	8.35	12.8
7	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	27	1905	PHA	10	.730	46	34	1.48	287	27	7	0	328.2	231	54	86	5	90	10	11		1,257	10	7.86	2.46	3.19	0.14	22.8	7.2	0.98	.261	2.35	55	1.89	69	6.33	31.2
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	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
10	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	26	1936	NYG	6	.813	42	34	2.31	123	25	3	3	304.0	265	78	81	7	57	5	6		1,202	3	3.64	1.69	2.16	0.21	10.2	4.7	1.06	.255	2.40	59	3.37	81	7.85	26.6
11	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	26	1934	NYY	5	.839	38	33	2.33	158	25	6	2	281.2	223	73	86	12	96	0	5		1,142	3	5.05	3.07	1.65	0.38	13.8	8.4	1.13	.241	2.75	56	3.57	86	7.13	17.7
12	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	26	1912	NYG	11	.703	43	38	2.57	175	22	1	1	294.2	286	84	112	9	80	3	4		1,230	8	5.35	2.44	2.19	0.27	14.2	6.5	1.24	.288	3.42	77	2.91	85	8.74	16.7
13	Eddie Plank E. Plank	26	1912	PHA	6	.813	37	30	2.22	110	23	5	2	259.2	234	64	90	1	83	6	7		1,044	5	3.81	2.88	1.33	0.03	10.5	8.0	1.22	.276	3.12	69	3.08	99	8.11	-0.7
14	Eddie Plank E. Plank	26	1904	PHA	17	.605	44	43	2.17	201	37	7	0	357.1	311	86	111	2	86	19	1		1,427	6	5.06	2.17	2.34	0.05	14.1	6.0	1.11	.276	2.80	82	2.25	88	7.83	13.1
15	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
16	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
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	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Lefty Grove L. Grove	25	1932	PHA	10	.714	44	30	2.84	188	27	4	7	291.2	269	92	101	13	79	1	13		1,207	0	5.80	2.44	2.38	0.40	15.6	6.5	1.19	.276	3.12	63	3.13	72	8.30	40.2
23	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	25	1922	CIN	13	.658	40	38	3.53	80	26	2	0	313.1	337	123	146	13	45	4	2		1,303	3	2.30	1.29	1.78	0.37	6.1	3.5	1.22	.279	4.19	91	3.51	91	9.68	10.4
24	Ed Killian E. Killian	25	1907	DET	13	.658	42	34	1.78	96	29	3	0	314.0	286	62	103	2	91	11	8		1,270	2	2.75	2.61	1.05	0.06	7.6	7.2	1.20	.265	2.95	68	2.63	107	8.20	-4.9
25	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	25	1904	PHA	19	.568	46	46	1.62	349	39	8	0	383.0	307	69	109	5	91	14	0		1,496	8	8.20	2.14	3.84	0.12	23.3	6.1	1.04	.291	2.56	61	1.59	62	7.21	41.5

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