most wins in a season by a pitcher with less than 10 losses and and era under 2.5 since 1960

Since 1960, Denny McLain has the most wins with fewer than 10 pitcher losses with an ERA better than 2.50 in a season, with 31 wins in 1968.

	NAME	W	L	ERA	SEASON	TM	W%	L%	G	GS	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	Denny McLain D. McLain	31	6	1.96	1968	DET	.838	.162	41	41	280	28	6	0	336.0	241	73	86	31	63	6	0	2	1,288	3	7.50	1.69	4.44	0.83	21.7	4.9	0.90	.231	2.30	64	2.53	79	6.46	24.8
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	27	9	1.73	1966	LAD	.750	.250	41	41	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	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	26	9	2.43	1968	SFG	.743	.257	38	38	218	30	5	0	325.2	295	88	106	21	46	6	0	9	1,307	8	6.02	1.27	4.74	0.58	16.7	3.5	1.05	.270	2.93	83	2.36	85	8.15	14.6
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	26	8	2.04	1965	LAD	.765	.235	43	41	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
5	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	25	3	1.74	1978	NYY	.893	.107	35	35	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
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	25	7	2.21	1969	NYM	.781	.219	36	35	208	18	5	0	273.1	202	67	75	24	82	7	1	9	1,089	8	6.85	2.70	2.54	0.79	19.1	7.5	1.04	.232	2.47	62	3.10	91	6.65	9.4
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	25	6	2.23	1966	SFG	.806	.194	37	36	222	25	4	0	307.1	228	76	88	32	36	5	1	3	1,180	3	6.50	1.05	6.17	0.94	18.8	3.1	0.86	.221	2.58	62	2.86	82	6.68	21.3
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	25	5	1.88	1963	LAD	.833	.167	40	40	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
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	25	8	2.41	1963	SFG	.758	.242	41	40	248	18	5	0	321.1	259	86	102	27	61	2	1	6	1,270	2	6.95	1.71	4.07	0.76	19.5	4.8	1.00	.249	2.86	73	2.62	80	7.25	23.3
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	24	5	2.40	2011	DET	.828	.172	34	34	250	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	24	5	2.32	2002	ARI	.828	.172	35	35	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
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	24	4	2.48	1986	BOS	.857	.143	33	33	238	10	1	0	254.0	179	70	77	21	67	4	0	0	997	11	8.43	2.37	3.55	0.74	23.9	6.7	0.97	.237	2.73	58	2.80	69	6.34	36.3
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	24	4	1.53	1985	NYM	.857	.143	35	35	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	24	9	2.34	1980	PHI	.727	.273	38	38	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
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	24	8	1.82	1971	OAK	.750	.250	39	39	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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	23	4	2.07	1999	BOS	.852	.148	31	29	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
17	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	23	6	2.16	1989	KCR	.793	.207	36	35	193	12	4	0	262.1	209	63	74	13	43	2	0	6	1,021	8	6.62	1.48	4.49	0.45	18.9	4.2	0.96	.255	2.54	56	2.44	66	7.17	36.9
18	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	23	8	2.26	1988	LAD	.742	.258	35	34	178	15	8	1	267.0	208	67	73	18	73	4	1	10	1,068	6	6.00	2.46	2.44	0.61	16.7	6.8	1.05	.239	2.46	68	3.17	93	7.01	6.7
19	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	22	6	1.77	2015	CHC	.786	.214	33	33	236	4	3	0	229.0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	45	2.34	60	5.90	39
20	Mike Caldwell M. Caldwell	22	9	2.36	1978	MIL	.710	.290	37	34	131	23	6	1	293.1	258	77	90	14	54	7	1	3	1,176	8	4.02	1.66	2.43	0.43	11.1	4.6	1.06	.252	2.76	63	2.93	79	7.92	26.3
21	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	22	9	2.38	1975	NYM	.710	.290	36	36	243	15	5	0	280.1	217	74	81	11	88	4	0	6	1,115	7	7.80	2.83	2.76	0.35	21.8	7.9	1.09	.268	2.60	68	2.34	66	6.97	37.3
22	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	22	9	2.40	1973	BAL	.710	.290	38	37	158	19	6	1	296.1	225	79	86	16	113	3	1	5	1,190	7	4.80	3.43	1.40	0.49	13.3	9.5	1.14	.232	2.61	65	3.37	91	6.83	10.3
23	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	22	9	1.12	1968	STL	.710	.290	34	34	268	28	13	0	304.2	198	38	49	11	62	7	0	6	1,161	4	7.92	1.83	4.32	0.32	23.1	5.3	0.85	.230	1.45	38	1.77	63	5.85	34.8
24	Blake Snell B. Snell	21	5	1.89	2018	TBR	.808	.192	31	31	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	5.58	23.1
25	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	21	3	1.77	2014	LAD	.875	.125	27	27	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	51	1.81	50	6.31	40.5