most wins to start a season mlb active players only

Justin Verlander has the most wins by an active pitcher in starts in a season, with 24 wins in 2011.

	NAME	W	GS	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	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	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	24	34	2011	DET	5	.828	34	2.40	250	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	6.24
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	21	34	2019	HOU	6	.778	34	2.58	300	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	5.53
3	Blake Snell B. Snell	21	31	2018	TBR	5	.808	31	1.89	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	5.58
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	21	32	2013	DET	3	.875	32	2.90	240	0	0	0	214.1	152	69	73	18	56	4	0	0	836	6	10.08	2.35	4.29	0.76	28.7	6.7	0.97	.259	3.07	6.38
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	20	33	2019	HOU	5	.800	33	2.50	326	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	6.02
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	20	34	2016	WSH	7	.741	34	2.96	284	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	6.50
7	Max Fried M. Fried	19	32	2025	NYY	5	.792	32	2.86	189	0	0	0	195.1	164	62	73	14	51	10	0	0	801	8	8.71	2.35	3.71	0.65	23.6	6.4	1.10	.279	3.36	7.56
8	Spencer Strider S. Strider	19	32	2023	ATL	5	.792	32	3.86	281	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	7.04
9	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	19	34	2019	BOS	6	.760	34	3.81	213	0	0	0	203.1	195	86	88	24	75	7	0	2	859	3	9.43	3.32	2.84	1.06	24.8	8.7	1.33	.317	3.90	8.63
10	Luis Severino L. Severino	19	32	2018	NYY	8	.704	32	3.39	220	1	1	0	191.1	173	72	76	19	46	5	0	0	780	8	10.35	2.16	4.78	0.89	28.2	5.9	1.14	.314	3.57	8.14
11	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	19	32	2015	PIT	8	.704	32	2.60	202	0	0	0	208.0	183	60	71	11	44	10	0	1	832	7	8.74	1.90	4.59	0.48	24.3	5.3	1.09	.304	3.07	7.92
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	19	35	2009	DET	9	.679	35	3.45	269	3	1	0	240.0	219	92	99	20	63	6	0	5	982	8	10.09	2.36	4.27	0.75	27.4	6.4	1.18	.319	3.71	8.21
13	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	18	33	2025	NYY	9	.667	33	3.09	203	0	0	0	195.1	132	67	74	22	73	9	0	0	789	4	9.35	3.36	2.78	1.01	25.7	9.3	1.05	.228	3.41	6.08
14	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	18	32	2025	BOS	5	.783	32	2.59	255	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	7.23
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	18	29	2024	ATL	3	.857	29	2.38	225	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	11.40	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	7.14
16	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	18	31	2024	DET	4	.818	31	2.39	228	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	10.69	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	6.66
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	18	28	2022	HOU	4	.818	28	1.75	185	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	5.97
18	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	18	32	2018	STL	4	.818	32	2.83	146	1	1	0	200.2	186	63	70	16	29	7	0	4	808	2	6.55	1.30	5.03	0.72	18.1	3.6	1.07	.279	3.14	8.34
19	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	18	33	2018	WSH	7	.720	33	2.53	300	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	6.12
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	18	33	2014	DET	5	.783	33	3.15	252	1	1	0	220.1	196	77	80	18	63	6	0	1	904	10	10.29	2.57	4.00	0.74	27.9	7.0	1.18	.315	3.27	8.01
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	18	33	2010	DET	9	.667	33	3.37	219	4	0	0	224.1	190	84	89	14	71	6	0	0	925	11	8.79	2.85	3.08	0.56	23.7	7.7	1.16	.286	3.57	7.62
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	18	32	2007	DET	6	.750	32	3.66	183	1	1	0	201.2	181	82	88	20	67	19	0	3	866	17	8.17	2.99	2.73	0.89	21.1	7.7	1.23	.279	3.93	8.08
23	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	17	33	2025	MIL	6	.739	33	2.70	204	0	0	0	176.2	124	53	54	21	66	9	0	0	723	4	10.39	3.36	3.09	1.07	28.2	9.1	1.08	.243	2.75	6.32
24	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	17	34	2023	ARI	8	.680	34	3.47	220	1	1	0	210.0	188	81	87	22	47	5	0	0	846	8	9.43	2.01	4.68	0.94	26.0	5.6	1.12	.301	3.73	8.06
25	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	17	31	2022	HOU	6	.739	31	2.82	194	3	1	0	201.1	166	63	71	11	67	11	0	0	827	11	8.67	3.00	2.90	0.49	23.5	8.1	1.16	.285	3.17	7.42

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Thu 3/26	DET	@	SDP	4:10 PM
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Phillies - y	96	66	.593
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Cubs - w	92	70	.568	5.0
Reds - w	83	79	.512	14.0
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