Between the 1959 and 1978 seasons, Jim Kaat won the most games by a left-hander, with 261 wins.

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most regular-season wins lhp 1959 to 1978

	NAME	W	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	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	261	217	.546	675	606	3.42	2,337	174	30	5	4166.1	4,212	1,581	1,855	371	977	118	25	79	17,452	118	5.05	2.11	2.39	0.80	13.4	5.6	1.25	.281	4.01	92	3.38	90	9.10	173
2	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	217	189	.534	559	491	3.42	2,812	195	41	10	3589.0	3,307	1,364	1,504	343	1,077	92	33	64	14,917	122	7.05	2.70	2.61	0.86	18.9	7.2	1.22	.280	3.77	96	3.18	87	8.29	192.5
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	207	149	.581	452	434	3.04	2,470	187	38	1	3234.1	2,866	1,093	1,244	254	1,113	36	7	89	13,383	97	6.87	3.10	2.22	0.71	18.5	8.3	1.23	.275	3.46	84	3.10	87	7.98	159.8
4	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	196	195	.501	538	488	3.30	1,609	140	40	1	3456.2	3,467	1,267	1,434	249	937	45	23	93	14,414	65	4.19	2.44	1.72	0.65	11.2	6.5	1.27	.278	3.73	97	3.38	101	9.03	-21.8
5	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	185	130	.587	453	379	3.14	1,632	172	36	11	2808.0	2,538	979	1,130	222	822	12	33	61	11,505	53	5.23	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.20	.263	3.62	91	3.28	94	8.13	61.8
6	Dave McNally D. McNally	184	119	.607	424	396	3.24	1,512	120	33	2	2730.0	2,488	982	1,070	230	826	72	7	56	11,229	59	4.98	2.72	1.83	0.76	13.5	7.4	1.21	.263	3.53	95	3.49	99	8.20	5.8
7	Tommy John T. John	171	133	.563	450	410	2.99	1,611	95	33	3	2806.0	2,651	932	1,096	174	797	57	12	74	11,627	110	5.17	2.56	2.02	0.56	13.9	6.9	1.23	.276	3.52	86	3.12	87	8.50	140.2
8	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	168	141	.544	428	390	3.44	1,557	124	29	3	2749.2	2,654	1,051	1,203	234	857	43	18	63	11,540	92	5.10	2.81	1.82	0.77	13.5	7.4	1.28	.273	3.94	95	3.49	97	8.69	39.1
9	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	164	156	.513	651	297	3.24	1,411	114	24	57	2684.0	2,582	965	1,130	209	724	63	198	71	11,154	72	4.73	2.43	1.95	0.70	12.7	6.5	1.23	.271	3.79	88	3.36	92	8.66	83.4
10	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	145	66	.687	295	260	2.49	2,083	128	38	8	1961.0	1,440	543	616	159	604	14	20	40	7,895	62	9.56	2.77	3.45	0.73	26.4	7.7	1.04	.254	2.83	69	2.42	70	6.61	227.2
11	Vida Blue V. Blue	142	96	.597	308	297	2.93	1,486	114	32	2	2203.2	1,883	718	818	151	687	18	2	32	8,977	62	6.07	2.81	2.16	0.62	16.6	7.7	1.17	.261	3.34	84	3.07	85	7.69	127.6
12	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	141	134	.513	425	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	140	137	.505	376	346	3.09	1,799	108	26	5	2544.2	2,281	875	994	187	820	49	14	92	10,517	66	6.36	2.90	2.19	0.66	17.1	7.8	1.22	.273	3.52	89	3.12	90	8.07	93.1
14	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	135	131	.508	563	328	3.78	1,614	85	20	7	2500.1	2,456	1,051	1,206	240	922	41	75	82	10,694	94	5.81	3.32	1.75	0.86	15.1	8.6	1.35	.281	4.34	103	3.64	102	8.84	-17.6
15	Chris Short C. Short	135	132	.506	501	308	3.43	1,629	88	24	18	2325.0	2,215	886	991	183	806	61	78	74	9,801	73	6.31	3.12	2.02	0.71	16.6	8.2	1.30	.285	3.84	96	3.27	95	8.57	41.6
16	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	133	131	.504	355	330	3.30	1,015	90	20	1	2218.1	2,217	813	947	173	426	42	9	75	9,103	33	4.12	1.73	2.38	0.70	11.2	4.7	1.19	.274	3.84	99	3.24	94	8.99	51.9
17	Whitey Ford W. Ford	131	66	.665	288	259	2.85	1,155	71	23	5	1812.2	1,659	575	658	141	511	12	16	28	7,458	48	5.73	2.54	2.26	0.70	15.5	6.9	1.20	.269	3.27	79	3.15	85	8.24	108.4
18	Gary Peters G. Peters	124	103	.546	359	286	3.25	1,420	79	23	5	2081.0	1,894	751	847	157	706	62	35	53	8,707	83	6.14	3.05	2.01	0.68	16.3	8.1	1.25	.273	3.66	94	3.24	91	8.19	74.5
19	Al Downing A. Downing	123	107	.535	405	317	3.22	1,639	73	24	3	2268.1	1,946	811	938	177	933	31	37	32	9,539	77	6.50	3.70	1.76	0.70	17.2	9.8	1.27	.262	3.72	95	3.37	97	7.72	19.3
20	Steve Barber S. Barber	121	106	.533	466	272	3.36	1,309	59	21	14	1999.0	1,818	747	870	125	950	42	90	59	8,591	91	5.89	4.28	1.38	0.56	15.2	11.1	1.38	.275	3.92	96	3.52	99	8.19	10.6
21	Bob Veale B. Veale	120	95	.558	397	255	3.07	1,703	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	658	755	91	858	29	63	62	8,163	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.291	3.53	87	2.76	82	7.87	130
22	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	120	118	.504	415	298	3.62	1,185	82	21	11	2120.2	2,003	854	953	228	693	18	56	93	8,928	65	5.03	2.94	1.71	0.97	13.3	7.8	1.27	.261	4.04	102	3.81	109	8.50	-77.3
23	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	120	95	.558	448	225	3.41	1,370	69	16	27	1838.1	1,633	696	796	173	790	36	108	65	7,842	57	6.71	3.87	1.73	0.85	17.5	10.1	1.32	.267	3.90	95	3.61	101	7.99	-0.1
24	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	117	135	.464	419	322	3.87	1,412	68	27	12	2157.2	2,142	927	1,029	177	797	61	38	61	9,240	63	5.89	3.32	1.77	0.74	15.3	8.6	1.36	.289	4.29	107	3.48	99	8.93	4.8
25	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	117	88	.571	259	225	3.36	800	116	20	6	1722.2	1,675	644	712	166	420	17	25	33	7,107	23	4.18	2.19	1.90	0.87	11.3	5.9	1.22	.265	3.72	95	3.64	105	8.75	-34.7

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