most wins in a season by a teenage pitcher

John Ward has won the most games by a pitcher younger than 20 in a season, with 47 wins in 1879.

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	NAME	W	Age	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	John Ward J. Ward	47	19	1879	PRO	19	.712	70	60	2.15	239	58	2	1	587.0	571	140	270	5	36		10		2,425	29	3.66	0.55	6.64	0.08	9.9	1.5	1.03		4.14	89	2.22	92	8.75	7.9
2	Elmer Smith E. Smith	34	19	1887	CIN	17	.667	52	52	2.94	176	49	3	0	447.1	400	146	224	5	126	9	0		1,872	31	3.54	2.54	1.40	0.10	9.4	6.7	1.18	.254	4.51	68	3.54	85	8.05	31.7
3	Silver King S. King	32	19	1887	STL	12	.727	46	44	3.78	128	43	2	1	390.0	401	164	231	4	109	17	2		1,666	19	2.95	2.52	1.17	0.09	7.7	6.5	1.31	.282	5.33	86	3.72	88	9.25	24.9
4	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	29	19	1890	NYN	34	.460	67	62	2.56	341	56	4	1	548.2	436	156	300	3	289	26	5		2,379	36	5.59	4.74	1.18	0.05	14.3	12.1	1.32	.252	4.92	73	3.47	92	7.15	17.7
5	Nat Hudson N. Hudson	25	19	1888	STL	10	.714	39	37	2.54	130	36	5	0	333.0	283	94	155	8	59	15	2		1,351	16	3.51	1.59	2.20	0.22	9.6	4.4	1.03	.241	4.19	78	2.78	89	7.65	17.4
6	John Ward J. Ward	22	18	1878	PRO	13	.629	37	37	1.51	116	37	6	0	334.0	308	56	151	3	34		0		1,365	26	3.13	0.92	3.41	0.08	8.5	2.5	1.02		4.07	68	2.26	101	8.30	-4.4
7	Kid Madden K. Madden	21	19	1887	BSN	14	.600	37	37	3.79	81	36	3	0	321.0	317	135	203	19	122	20	0		1,404	10	2.27	3.42	0.66	0.53	5.8	8.7	1.37	.256	5.69	95	4.87	117	8.89	-28.1
8	Willie McGill W. McGill	20	17	1891	TOT	14	.588	41	37	3.20	165	26	1	1	298.0	276	106	196	11	163	15	4		1,340	18	4.98	4.92	1.01	0.33	12.3	12.2	1.47	.269	5.92	82	3.69	98	8.34	7.1
9	Larry McKeon L. McKeon	20	19	1885	CIN	13	.606	33	33	2.86	117	32	2	0	290.0	273	92	143	5	50	13	0		1,196	7	3.63	1.55	2.34	0.16	9.8	4.2	1.11	.265	4.44	87	2.95	96	8.47	4.5
10	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	19	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	77	3.65	100	6.77	-0.2
11	Kid Carsey K. Carsey	19	19	1892	PHI	16	.543	43	36	3.12	76	30	1	1	317.2	317	110	160	6	104	12	7		1,386	11	2.15	2.95	0.73	0.17	5.5	7.5	1.33	.262	4.53	95	3.30	100	8.98	-0.5
12	Adonis Terry A. Terry	19	19	1884	BKN	35	.352	56	55	3.55	230	54	2	0	476.0	486	188	308	10	72	8	1		2,049	33	4.35	1.36	3.19	0.19	11.2	3.5	1.17	.275	5.82	110	3.09	96	9.19	6.4
13	Ice Box Chamberlain I. Box Chamberlain	18	19	1887	LOU	16	.529	36	36	3.79	118	35	1	0	309.0	340	130	226	8	117	14	0		1,374	17	3.44	3.41	1.01	0.23	8.6	8.5	1.48	.297	6.58	87	4.12	98	9.90	4.3
14	Larry McKeon L. McKeon	18	18	1884	IND	41	.305	61	60	3.50	308	59	2	0	512.0	488	199	350	20	94	18	1		2,185	36	5.41	1.65	3.28	0.35	14.1	4.3	1.14	.268	6.15	108	3.24	101	8.58	-1.7
15	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	17	19	1984	NYM	9	.654	31	31	2.60	276	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	48	6.65	44.6
16	Bob Feller B. Feller	17	19	1938	CLE	11	.607	39	36	4.08	240	20	2	1	277.2	225	126	136	13	208	7	3		1,248	5	7.78	6.74	1.15	0.42	19.2	16.7	1.56	.272	4.41	86	4.13	91	7.29	13
17	Chief Bender C. Bender	17	19	1903	PHA	14	.548	36	33	3.07	127	29	2	0	270.0	239	92	115	6	65	25	2		1,099	6	4.23	2.17	1.95	0.20	11.6	5.9	1.13	.266	3.83	101	3.10	102	7.97	-0.9
18	Willie McGill W. McGill	17	19	1893	CHI	18	.486	39	34	4.61	91	26	1	0	302.2	311	155	206	6	181	14	5		1,402	5	2.71	5.38	0.50	0.18	6.5	12.9	1.63	.275	6.13	97	4.83	102	9.25	-1.3
19	Egyptian Healy E. Healy	17	19	1886	SLN	23	.425	43	41	2.88	213	39	3	0	353.2	315	113	213	5	118		2		1,487	40	5.42	3.00	1.81	0.13	14.3	7.9	1.22		5.42	90	3.08	96	8.02	2.4
20	Nat Hudson N. Hudson	16	17	1886	SLA	10	.615	29	27	3.03	100	25	0	1	234.1	224	79	122	3	62	2	2		984	6	3.84	2.38	1.61	0.12	10.2	6.3	1.22	.271	4.69	86	3.23	92	8.60	9.1
21	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	14	19	1967	CIN	8	.636	33	32	2.58	206	8	5	0	226.2	193	65	73	18	62	5	1	7	932	3	8.18	2.46	3.32	0.71	22.1	6.7	1.13	.273	2.90	71	2.64	76	7.66	20.6
22	Pete Schneider P. Schneider	14	19	1915	CIN	19	.424	48	35	2.48	108	16	5	2	275.2	254	76	110	4	104	7	11		1,153	1	3.53	3.40	1.04	0.13	9.4	9.0	1.30	.269	3.59	89	3.02	107	8.29	-5.7
23	Kid Carsey K. Carsey	14	18	1891	WSH	37	.275	54	53	4.99	174	46	1	0	415.0	513	230	358	17	161	28	1		1,937	29	3.77	3.49	1.08	0.37	9.0	8.3	1.62	.319	7.76	133	3.59	99	11.13	2.3
24	Warren Fitzgerald W. Fitzgerald	14	19	1891	LOU	17	.452	32	31	3.34	110	28	3	0	267.0	265	99	157	5	89	12	1		1,160	10	3.71	3.00	1.24	0.17	9.5	7.7	1.33	.275	5.29	94	3.08	90	8.93	8.1
25	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	12	18	1889	IND	10	.545	33	22	5.32	109	19	1	0	225.0	246	133	181	12	116	9	11		1,036	9	4.36	4.64	0.94	0.48	10.5	11.2	1.61	.296	7.24	127	4.40	105	9.84	-2.6

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

2

Rice

2

Albies

1

Murakami

Playoffs RBI Leaders

6

Rice

5

Albies

4

Wells

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Vaughn

1.000

Bailey

1.000

Taylor

Playoffs Hit Leaders

5

Rice

5

Harris

5

France

Playoffs Run Leaders

4

Albies

3

Murakami

3

Rice

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Vaughn

1.000

Bailey

1.000

Taylor

Playoffs SLG Leaders

4.000

Sheets

1.333

Contreras

1.333

Velázquez

Playoffs SB Leaders

3

Chisholm

2

Acuña

2

Acuña

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

1

Schlittler

1

Skubal

1

King

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

12

Sale

11

Taylor

10

Schlittler

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Schlittler

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Miller

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Smith

0.00

Chapman

0.00

Baker

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

King

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

12.00

Sale

11.00

Taylor

10.00

Schlittler

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Miller

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

81.3

Albies

72.6

Rice

64

Rasmussen

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

59

Albies

53

Rice

40.2

Rasmussen

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

96-69

95-70

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

70-93

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0