most wins in a season under 2.00 era by pitcher since 1920

Since 1920, Denny McLain has the most wins with an ERA better than 2.00 in a season, with 31 wins in 1968.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	26	1.94	1946	DET	9	.743	37	34	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
7	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	25	1.74	1978	NYY	3	.893	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
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	25	1.88	1963	LAD	5	.833	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	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	25	1.81	1945	DET	9	.735	40	36	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
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	24	1.53	1985	NYM	4	.857	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
11	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	24	1.92	1972	CLE	16	.600	41	40	234	29	5	1	342.2	253	73	79	17	82	12	1	16	1,345	11	6.15	2.15	2.85	0.45	17.4	6.1	0.98	.236	2.07	60	2.49	74	6.64	31.9
12	Vida Blue V. Blue	24	1.82	1971	OAK	8	.750	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
13	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	23	1.66	1933	NYG	12	.657	45	33	156	22	10	5	308.2	256	57	69	6	47	3	11		1,206	3	4.55	1.37	3.32	0.17	12.9	3.9	0.98	.252	2.01	52	2.53	74	7.46	31.1
14	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	22	1.77	2015	CHC	6	.786	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
15	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	22	1.91	1971	CWS	13	.629	44	42	210	22	7	1	334.0	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	53	2.63	71	7.33	38.9
16	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	22	1.12	1968	STL	9	.710	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
17	Dave McNally D. McNally	22	1.95	1968	BAL	10	.688	35	35	202	18	5	0	273.0	175	59	67	24	55	10	0	1	1,038	5	6.66	1.81	3.67	0.79	19.5	5.3	0.84	.202	2.21	67	2.76	90	5.77	9.5
18	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	22	1.78	1942	SLN	7	.759	37	35	152	22	10	0	278.2	207	55	73	9	68	5	1		1,100	5	4.91	2.20	2.24	0.29	13.8	6.2	0.99	.229	2.36	53	2.53	72	6.69	30.2
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	21	1.89	2018	TBR	5	.808	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
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	21	1.77	2014	LAD	3	.875	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
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	21	1.93	1990	BOS	6	.778	31	31	209	7	4	0	228.1	193	49	59	7	54	7	0	3	920	8	8.24	2.13	3.87	0.28	22.7	5.9	1.08	.289	2.33	47	2.17	55	7.61	44.8
22	John Tudor J. Tudor	21	1.93	1985	STL	8	.724	36	36	169	14	10	0	275.0	209	59	68	14	49	5	0	4	1,062	4	5.53	1.60	3.45	0.46	15.9	4.6	0.94	.236	2.23	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	21	1.60	1968	CLE	9	.700	34	32	264	19	9	0	258.1	152	46	53	16	73	4	0	4	987	3	9.20	2.54	3.62	0.56	26.7	7.4	0.87	.216	1.85	53	2.04	64	5.30	33
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	20	1.76	1971	NYM	10	.667	36	35	289	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
25	Dean Chance D. Chance	20	1.65	1964	LAA	9	.690	46	35	207	15	11	4	278.1	194	51	56	7	86	2	7	9	1,093	9	6.69	2.78	2.41	0.23	18.9	7.9	1.01	.236	1.81	48	2.39	67	6.27	37.9

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Tigers	67	79	.459	8.0
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Fri 9/11	COL	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 9/12	COL	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 9/13	COL	@	DET	12:10 PM
Mon 9/14	DET	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 9/15	DET	@	TOR	7:07 PM

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