most wins through 21 games or less in major league baseball

Charlie Hodnett had the most wins when pitching in at most 21 games, with 14 wins.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season wins by a player through 21 games or less in major league baseball

	NAME	W	G	L	W%	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	Charlie Hodnett C. Hodnett	14	18	4	.778	18	1.88	47	15	1	0	153.0	149	32	66	1	23		0		647	10	2.76	1.35	2.04	0.06	7.3	3.6	1.12		3.88	63	3.19	117	8.76	-8.8
2	Perry Werden P. Werden	12	16	1	.923	16	1.97	51	12	1	0	141.1	113	31	61	1	22		0		575	5	3.25	1.40	2.32	0.06	8.9	3.8	0.96		3.88	67	3.11	121	7.20	-10
3	Jack Jones J. Jones	11	19	7	.611	19	3.14	61	16	1	0	157.2	161	55	101	1	25		0		682	7	3.48	1.43	2.44	0.06	8.9	3.7	1.18		5.77	98	3.04	95	9.19	3.5
4	Bill McGunnigle B. McGunnigle	11	19	8	.579	18	2.81	65	17	3	0	157.0	156	49	85	0	24		1		658	3	3.73	1.38	2.71	0.00	9.9	3.6	1.15		4.87	112	2.32	93	8.94	4.3
5	Pete Wilson P. Wilson	9	20	8	.529	19	3.26	72	11	2	0	132.2	109	48	71	2	76	5	1		578	3	4.88	5.16	0.95	0.14	12.5	13.1	1.39	.253	4.82	125	3.13	125	7.39	-7.7
6	Rube Kisinger R. Kisinger	9	21	12	.429	19	3.00	40	18	2	0	162.0	166	54	78	0	41	5	2		673	1	2.22	2.28	0.98	0.00	5.9	6.1	1.28	.283	4.33	96	3.09	99	9.22	0.5
7	George Rettger G. Rettger	9	21	6	.600	18	3.67	62	14	1	1	139.2	125	57	95	6	92	10	3		644	11	4.00	5.93	0.67	0.39	9.6	14.3	1.55	.251	6.12	100	4.36	121	8.05	-9.1
8	Ed Mars E. Mars	9	16	5	.643	14	4.67	59	14	0	0	121.1	132	63	80	2	49	5	2		545	2	4.38	3.63	1.20	0.15	10.8	9.0	1.49	.302	5.93	127	3.49	101	9.79	-2.2
9	Bob Gilks B. Gilks	9	21	9	.500	18	3.98	36	17	1	1	160.2	164	71	106	2	59	14	3		714	7	2.02	3.30	0.61	0.11	5.0	8.3	1.39	.269	5.94	107	4.19	109	9.19	-5.1
10	Connelly Early C. Early	8	21	7	.533	21	3.24	122	0	0	0	111.0	98	40	41	15	38	10	0	0	469	4	9.89	3.08	3.21	1.22	26.0	8.1	1.23	.292	3.32	75	3.96	94	7.95	2.8
11	Lance Davis L. Davis	8	20	4	.667	20	4.74	53	1	0	0	106.1	124	56	60	12	34	1	0	0	461	2	4.49	2.88	1.56	1.02	11.5	7.4	1.49	.310	5.08	107	4.50	99	10.50	0.5
12	Andy Rincon A. Rincon	8	20	5	.615	15	3.12	46	3	1	0	106.2	85	37	39	2	37	2	2	2	421	4	3.88	3.12	1.24	0.17	10.9	8.8	1.14	.249	3.29	86	3.16	91	7.17	3.6
13	Carl Druhot C. Druhot	8	20	10	.444	17	3.08	60	13	1	0	157.2	147	54	77	1	57	8	3		661	3	3.42	3.25	1.05	0.06	9.1	8.6	1.29	.273	4.40	118	2.92	108	8.39	-4
14	Ed Smith E. Smith	8	19	11	.421	18	3.72	45	13	0	0	154.2	153	64	90	3	53	8	1		647	5	2.62	3.08	0.85	0.17	7.0	8.2	1.33	.279	5.24	143	3.22	129	8.90	-13.3
15	Homer Hillebrand H. Hillebrand	8	18	4	.667	11	2.51	70	8	1	1	114.2	86	32	39	1	40	3	6		454	4	5.49	3.14	1.75	0.08	15.4	8.8	1.10	.250	3.06	88	2.46	86	6.75	5.2
16	John Skopec J. Skopec	8	15	5	.615	14	3.26	38	9	0	0	107.2	108	39	61	1	58	10	0		485	9	3.18	4.85	0.66	0.08	7.8	12.0	1.54	.283	5.10	100	4.17	125	9.03	-11.5
17	Emil Frisk E. Frisk	8	20	10	.444	16	4.15	39	15	0	0	143.0	175	66	112	2	43	8	3		635	5	2.45	2.71	0.91	0.13	6.1	6.8	1.52	.319	7.05	110	3.64	96	11.01	2.7
18	Edgar McNabb E. McNabb	8	21	7	.533	14	4.12	18	12	0	0	142.0	167	65	109	5	53	8	7		648	3	1.14	3.36	0.34	0.32	2.8	8.2	1.55	.287	6.91	87	4.74	100	10.58	0.9
19	Herb Goodall H. Goodall	8	18	5	.615	13	3.39	46	8	1	4	109.0	94	41	73	2	51	10	5		478	6	3.80	4.21	0.90	0.17	9.6	10.7	1.33	.249	6.03	91	3.99	114	7.76	-7.5
20	John McCarty J. McCarty	8	15	6	.571	14	3.91	36	13	0	0	119.2	147	52	108	4	61	6	1		569	2	2.71	4.59	0.59	0.30	6.3	10.7	1.74	.310	8.12	96	4.52	111	11.06	-4.1
21	Douglass Crothers D. Crothers	8	21	13	.381	21	4.63	51	21	1	0	179.0	218	92	150	4	55		0		816	17	2.56	2.77	0.93	0.20	6.3	6.7	1.53	.304	7.54	157	3.61	132	10.96	-23.6
22	John Schappert J. Schappert	8	15	7	.533	14	3.52	38	13	0	0	128.0	131	50	99	2	32		1		561	24	2.67	2.25	1.19	0.14	6.8	5.7	1.27		6.96	128	3.12	109	9.21	-2.8
23	Mike Dorgan M. Dorgan	8	18	7	.533	15	3.28	103	13	0	0	140.0	123	51	100	5	59		1		622	24	6.62	3.79	1.75	0.32	16.6	9.5	1.30		6.43	113	3.44	107	7.91	-4.3
24	Tony McKnight T. McKnight	7	21	7	.500	21	4.63	69	1	0	0	122.1	144	63	71	23	33	7	0	4	552	7	5.08	2.43	2.09	1.69	12.5	6.0	1.45	.288	5.22	103	5.36	120	10.59	-12.1
25	Eric Raich E. Raich	7	19	8	.467	17	5.85	35	2	0	0	95.1	125	62	66	13	31	1	0	6	430	4	3.30	2.93	1.13	1.23	8.1	7.2	1.64	.320	6.23	156	4.62	119	11.80	-7.6

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RBI Leaders

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Walker

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Alvarez

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Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

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Alvarez

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Arraez

Hit Leaders

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Lopez

122

Arraez

118

Alvarez

Run Leaders

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Wood

71

Reynolds

69

Neto

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.407

Soto

.405

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.651

Alvarez

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Rice

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Buxton

SB Leaders

37

Nuñez

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Witt

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Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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Sánchez

12

Gray

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Ashby

Strikeout Leaders

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Misiorowski

155

Cease

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Sánchez

ERA Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Sale

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WHIP Leaders

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K/9 Leaders

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K/BB Leaders

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Walk Leaders

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Rasmussen

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Martinez

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Alvarez

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Wood

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60-41

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	58	41	.586
Phillies	56	45	.554	3.0
Marlins	52	49	.515	7.0
Nationals	51	50	.505	8.0
Mets	42	59	.416	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	63	37	.630
Cubs	56	44	.560	7.0
Cardinals	51	48	.515	11.5
Pirates	52	49	.515	11.5
Reds	45	54	.455	17.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	63	38	.624
Diamondbacks	51	49	.510	11.5
Padres	49	51	.490	13.5
Giants	42	58	.420	20.5
Rockies	40	62	.392	23.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	57	42	.576
Yankees	56	44	.560	1.5
Red Sox	51	48	.515	6.0
Orioles	49	52	.485	9.0
Blue Jays	46	54	.460	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	53	46	.535
Guardians	53	48	.525	1.0
Twins	49	52	.485	5.0
Tigers	47	53	.470	6.5
Royals	41	60	.406	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	51	50	.505
Rangers	50	50	.500	0.5
Astros	48	54	.471	3.5
Athletics	43	57	.430	7.5
Angels	40	61	.396	11.0