most wins in a season under 2.00 era by pitcher since 1901

Since 1901, Jack Chesbro has the most wins with an ERA better than 2.00 in a season, with 41 wins in 1904.

	NAME	W	ERA	SEASON	TM	L	W%	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	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	41	1.82	1904	NYH	12	.774	55	51	239	48	6	0	454.2	338	92	128	4	88	7	3		1,720	9	4.73	1.74	2.72	0.08	13.9	5.1	0.94	.242	2.53	65	2.11	78	6.69	32.5
2	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	40	1.42	1908	CWS	15	.727	66	49	269	42	11	6	464.0	343	73	111	2	56	9	16		1,755	10	5.22	1.09	4.80	0.04	15.3	3.2	0.86	.240	2.15	63	1.42	67	6.65	34.2
3	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	37	1.43	1908	NYG	11	.771	56	44	259	34	11	5	390.2	281	62	85	5	42	3	9		1,469	2	5.97	0.97	6.17	0.12	17.6	2.9	0.83	.238	1.96	61	1.29	52	6.47	52.4
4	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	36	1.14	1913	WSH	7	.837	48	36	243	29	11	2	346.0	232	44	56	9	38	9	10		1,271	2	6.32	0.99	6.39	0.23	19.1	3.0	0.78	.229	1.46	39	1.90	63	6.03	42.3
5	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	35	1.61	1904	NYG	8	.814	51	44	144	38	9	5	408.0	307	73	103	8	86	13	7		1,588	2	3.18	1.90	1.67	0.18	9.1	5.4	0.96	.224	2.27	59	2.70	96	6.77	5.3
6	Joe Wood J. Wood	34	1.91	1912	BSA	5	.872	43	38	258	35	10	1	344.0	267	73	104	2	82	12	5		1,328	7	6.75	2.15	3.15	0.05	19.4	6.2	1.01	.272	2.72	58	2.25	71	6.99	35.1
7	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	33	1.55	1916	PHN	12	.733	48	45	167	38	16	3	389.0	323	67	90	6	50	10	3		1,500	3	3.86	1.16	3.34	0.14	11.1	3.3	0.96	.250	2.08	58	2.12	79	7.47	25.4
8	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	33	1.39	1912	WSH	12	.733	50	37	303	34	7	2	369.0	259	57	89	2	76	16	13		1,413	11	7.39	1.85	3.99	0.05	21.4	5.4	0.91	.253	2.17	42	2.03	63	6.32	49.6
9	Cy Young C. Young	33	1.62	1901	BSA	10	.767	43	41	158	38	5	0	371.1	324	67	112	6	37	7	2		1,440	2	3.83	0.90	4.27	0.15	11.0	2.6	0.97	.258	2.71	44	2.64	72	7.85	42.6
10	Denny McLain D. McLain	31	1.96	1968	DET	6	.838	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
11	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	31	1.22	1915	PHN	10	.756	49	42	241	36	12	3	376.1	253	51	86	3	64	10	7		1,435	2	5.76	1.53	3.77	0.07	16.8	4.5	0.84	.224	2.06	43	1.82	63	6.05	44.1
12	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	31	1.30	1910	PHA	9	.775	45	38	224	35	13	1	353.0	248	51	74	0	115	7	6		1,353	10	5.71	2.93	1.95	0.00	16.6	8.5	1.03	.246	1.89	53	2.09	83	6.32	15.8
13	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	31	1.28	1905	NYG	9	.775	43	37	206	32	8	3	338.2	252	48	85	4	64	1	6		1,294	6	5.47	1.70	3.22	0.11	15.9	4.9	0.93	.243	2.26	42	2.03	69	6.70	34.9
14	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	30	1.83	1917	PHN	13	.698	45	44	200	34	8	0	388.0	336	79	107	4	56	6	0		1,529	1	4.64	1.30	3.57	0.09	13.1	3.7	1.01	.263	2.48	65	1.84	69	7.79	36.4
15	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	29	1.82	1919	CWS	7	.806	40	35	110	30	5	1	306.2	256	62	77	5	49	2	5		1,176	1	3.23	1.44	2.24	0.15	9.4	4.2	0.99	.249	2.26	57	2.48	79	7.51	22.5
16	Claude Hendrix C. Hendrix	29	1.69	1914	CHF	10	.744	49	37	189	34	6	5	362.0	262	68	91	6	77	5	12		1,371	9	4.70	1.91	2.45	0.15	13.8	5.6	0.94	.234	2.26	56	2.29	83	6.51	17.4
17	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	29	1.47	1908	CHC	9	.763	44	31	123	27	9	5	312.1	214	51	64	1	49	5	12		1,153	6	3.54	1.41	2.51	0.03	10.7	4.2	0.84	.218	1.84	63	1.87	75	6.17	21.5
18	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	28	1.53	1917	CWS	12	.700	49	35	150	29	7	4	346.2	246	59	76	2	70	3	11		1,287	1	3.89	1.82	2.14	0.05	11.7	5.4	0.91	.230	1.97	58	2.10	76	6.39	26.2
19	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	28	1.72	1914	WSH	18	.609	51	40	225	33	9	1	371.2	287	71	88	3	74	11	9		1,406	14	5.45	1.79	3.04	0.07	16.0	5.3	0.97	.260	2.13	63	2.02	71	6.95	33.6
20	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	27	1.97	1972	PHI	10	.730	41	41	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
21	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	27	1.73	1966	LAD	9	.750	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
22	Dolf Luque D. Luque	27	1.93	1923	CIN	8	.771	41	37	151	28	6	2	322.0	279	69	90	2	88	5	4		1,301	4	4.22	2.46	1.72	0.06	11.6	6.8	1.14	.263	2.52	50	2.94	77	7.80	31
23	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	27	1.91	1920	CHC	14	.659	46	40	173	33	7	5	363.1	335	77	96	8	69	1	6		1,447	3	4.29	1.71	2.51	0.20	12.0	4.8	1.11	.273	2.38	61	2.66	81	8.30	25
24	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	27	1.55	1915	WSH	13	.675	47	39	203	35	7	4	336.2	258	58	83	1	56	19	8		1,280	7	5.43	1.50	3.63	0.03	15.9	4.4	0.93	.257	2.22	53	1.91	65	6.90	38.3
25	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	27	1.89	1910	NYG	9	.750	38	35	184	27	2	0	318.1	292	67	100	5	60	3	3		1,242	8	5.20	1.70	3.07	0.14	14.8	4.8	1.11	.290	2.83	63	1.96	67	8.26	34.9

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