Bill Sweeney won the most games by an inactive or retired pitcher in his last season, with 40 wins in 1884.

	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	Bill Sweeney B. Sweeney	40	1884	BLU	21	.656	62	60	2.59	374	58	4	0	538.0	522	155	294	13	74		2		2,270	43	6.26	1.24	5.05	0.22	16.5	3.3	1.11		4.92	80	2.61	93	8.73	19.5
2	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	35	1877	LOU	25	.583	61	61	2.25	141	61	4	0	559.0	617	140	288	4	41		0		2,328	20	2.27	0.66	3.44	0.06	6.1	1.8	1.18		4.64	74	2.65	87	9.93	38.2
3	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
4	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	23	1890	STL	17	.575	44	40	3.69	257	34	1	0	348.2	325	143	221	10	102	8	4		1,468	28	6.63	2.63	2.52	0.26	17.5	6.9	1.22	.289	5.70	90	2.76	72	8.39	45
5	Lefty Williams L. Williams	22	1920	CWS	14	.611	39	38	3.91	128	25	0	0	299.0	302	130	145	15	90	12	1		1,218	4	3.85	2.71	1.42	0.45	10.5	7.4	1.31	.295	4.36	103	3.57	98	9.09	2.3
6	Henry Schmidt H. Schmidt	22	1903	BKN	13	.629	40	36	3.83	96	29	5	2	301.0	321	128	167	5	120	21	4		1,288	8	2.87	3.59	0.80	0.15	7.5	9.3	1.47	.302	4.99	117	3.74	114	9.60	-15.1
7	Hank O'Day H. O'Day	22	1890	NYP	13	.629	43	35	4.21	94	32	1	3	329.0	355	154	249	11	161	18	7		1,526	16	2.57	4.40	0.58	0.30	6.2	10.6	1.57	.277	6.81	95	4.41	100	9.71	4
8	Charlie Ferguson C. Ferguson	22	1887	PHN	10	.688	37	33	3.00	125	31	2	1	297.1	297	99	154	13	47	11	4		1,227	5	3.78	1.42	2.66	0.39	10.2	3.8	1.16	.275	4.66	73	3.59	83	8.99	25
9	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	21	1920	CWS	10	.677	37	35	3.26	87	28	4	2	303.1	316	110	128	6	74	2	2		1,225	3	2.58	2.20	1.18	0.18	7.1	6.0	1.29	.294	3.80	86	3.18	88	9.38	15.3
10	John Ewing J. Ewing	21	1891	NYG	8	.724	33	30	2.27	138	28	5	0	269.1	237	68	118	2	105	11	3		1,158	9	4.61	3.51	1.31	0.07	11.9	9.1	1.27	.261	3.94	69	2.89	85	7.92	14
11	Henry Boyle H. Boyle	21	1889	IND	23	.477	46	45	3.92	97	38	2	0	378.2	422	165	224	14	95	14	1		1,650	10	2.31	2.26	1.02	0.33	5.9	5.8	1.37	.285	5.32	94	3.84	91	10.03	18.3
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	20	2008	NYY	9	.690	34	34	3.37	150	0	0	0	200.1	214	75	85	17	31	8	0	3	819	4	6.74	1.39	4.84	0.76	18.3	3.8	1.22	.321	3.82	78	3.31	77	9.61	22.3
13	Harry Salisbury H. Salisbury	20	1882	PIT	18	.526	38	38	2.63	135	38	1	0	335.0	315	98	188	1	37		0		1,394	6	3.63	0.99	3.65	0.03	9.7	2.7	1.05		5.05	98	2.33	83	8.46	18.1
14	Dan Casey D. Casey	19	1890	SYR	22	.463	45	42	4.14	169	40	2	0	360.2	365	166	249	8	165	14	3		1,612	15	4.22	4.12	1.02	0.20	10.5	10.2	1.47	.284	6.21	113	3.76	109	9.11	-17.6
15	Fred Smith F. Smith	19	1890	TOL	13	.594	35	34	3.27	116	31	2	0	286.0	273	104	155	13	90	13	1		1,223	10	3.65	2.83	1.29	0.41	9.5	7.4	1.27	.262	4.88	84	3.78	103	8.59	-2.6
16	John Sowders J. Sowders	19	1890	BKP	16	.543	39	37	3.82	91	28	1	0	309.0	358	131	233	3	161	11	2		1,461	12	2.65	4.69	0.57	0.09	6.2	11.0	1.68	.297	6.79	88	4.12	95	10.43	9.1
17	Jim Conway J. Conway	19	1889	KCC	19	.500	41	37	3.25	115	33	0	0	335.0	334	121	232	12	90	14	4		1,431	22	3.09	2.42	1.28	0.32	8.0	6.3	1.27	.268	6.23	80	3.72	92	8.97	16.7
18	Park Swartzel P. Swartzel	19	1889	KCC	27	.413	48	47	4.32	147	45	0	1	410.1	481	197	334	21	117	23	1		1,837	37	3.22	2.57	1.26	0.46	8.0	6.4	1.46	.301	7.33	106	3.98	98	10.55	9.2
19	James Burke J. Burke	19	1884	BSU	15	.559	38	36	2.85	255	34	0	0	322.0	326	102	201	10	31		2		1,359	40	7.13	0.87	8.23	0.28	18.8	2.3	1.11		5.62	95	2.38	91	9.11	7.7
20	Britt Burns B. Burns	18	1985	CWS	11	.621	36	34	3.96	172	8	4	0	227.0	206	100	105	26	79	2	1	1	944	2	6.82	3.13	2.18	1.03	18.2	8.4	1.26	.271	4.16	92	3.72	91	8.17	9.2
21	Cinders O'Brien C. O'Brien	18	1891	BSA	13	.581	40	30	3.65	87	22	0	2	268.2	300	109	197	13	127	20	9		1,246	13	2.91	4.25	0.69	0.44	7.0	10.2	1.59	.287	6.60	98	4.15	116	10.05	-17
22	George Johnson G. Johnson	17	1915	KCP	17	.500	46	34	2.75	118	19	4	2	281.1	253	86	121	5	71	8	6		1,126	13	3.77	2.27	1.66	0.16	10.5	6.3	1.15	.268	3.87	93	2.64	92	8.09	7.2
23	Henry Gruber H. Gruber	17	1891	CLE	22	.436	44	40	4.13	79	35	1	0	348.2	407	160	258	10	119	7	4		1,576	20	2.04	3.07	0.66	0.26	5.0	7.6	1.51	.292	6.66	120	3.53	99	10.51	4.1
24	Ed Cushman E. Cushman	17	1890	TOL	21	.447	40	38	4.19	125	34	0	1	315.2	346	147	208	5	107	10	2		1,398	9	3.56	3.05	1.17	0.14	8.9	7.7	1.44	.296	5.93	107	3.44	94	9.86	8.8
25	John Keefe J. Keefe	17	1890	SYR	24	.415	43	41	4.32	120	36	2	0	352.1	355	169	234	9	148	25	2		1,572	9	3.07	3.78	0.81	0.23	7.6	9.4	1.43	.272	5.98	118	4.04	117	9.07	-28.9

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Braves	30	14	.682
Phillies	21	23	.477	9.0
Nationals	21	23	.477	9.0
Marlins	20	24	.455	10.0
Mets	18	25	.419	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	28	16	.636
Brewers	24	17	.585	2.5
Cardinals	25	18	.581	2.5
Pirates	24	20	.545	4.0
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Yankees	27	17	.614	2.0
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Red Sox	18	25	.419	10.5
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White Sox	22	21	.512	1.0
Twins	20	24	.455	3.5
Tigers	19	25	.432	4.5
Royals	19	25	.432	4.5
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Mariners	22	23	.489	1.0
Rangers	21	22	.488	1.0
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