pitchers with most single season wins since 1970

Since 1970, Bob Welch and Steve Carlton are tied for winning the most games in a season, with 27 wins.

	NAME	W	SEASON	TM	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	Bob Welch B. Welch	27	1990	OAK	6	.818	35	35	2.95	127	2	2	0	238.0	214	78	90	26	77	5	0	4	979	2	4.80	2.91	1.65	0.98	13.0	7.9	1.22	.253	3.40	79	4.19	110	8.09	-11.1
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	27	1972	PHI	10	.730	41	41	1.97	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	Steve Stone S. Stone	25	1980	BAL	7	.781	37	37	3.23	149	9	1	0	250.2	224	90	103	22	101	6	0	3	1,048	7	5.35	3.63	1.48	0.79	14.2	9.6	1.30	.262	3.70	83	3.98	101	8.04	-1.1
4	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	25	1978	NYY	3	.893	35	35	1.74	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
5	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	25	1974	OAK	12	.676	41	41	2.49	143	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	73	3.16	86	7.58	17.6
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	25	1974	TEX	12	.676	41	41	2.82	225	29	6	0	328.1	286	103	117	27	45	8	0	3	1,305	4	6.17	1.23	5.00	0.74	17.2	3.4	1.01	.259	3.21	79	2.75	77	7.84	29.4
7	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	25	1971	DET	14	.641	45	45	2.92	308	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	83	2.84	78	8.04	32.5
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	24	2011	DET	5	.828	34	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	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	24	2002	ARI	5	.828	35	35	2.32	334	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	24	1996	ATL	8	.750	35	35	2.94	276	6	2	0	253.2	199	83	93	19	55	2	0	3	995	10	9.79	1.95	5.02	0.67	27.7	5.5	1.00	.280	3.30	69	2.63	60	7.06	48.4
11	Frank Viola F. Viola	24	1988	MIN	7	.774	35	35	2.64	193	7	2	0	255.1	236	75	80	20	54	3	0	2	1,031	5	6.80	1.90	3.57	0.70	18.7	5.2	1.14	.284	2.82	64	2.94	74	8.32	28.7
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	24	1986	BOS	4	.857	33	33	2.48	238	10	1	0	254.0	179	70	77	21	67	4	0	0	997	11	8.43	2.37	3.55	0.74	23.9	6.7	0.97	.237	2.73	58	2.80	69	6.34	36.3
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	24	1985	NYM	4	.857	35	35	1.53	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
14	LaMarr Hoyt L. Hoyt	24	1983	CWS	10	.706	36	36	3.66	148	11	1	0	260.2	236	106	115	27	31	1	0	4	1,034	1	5.11	1.07	4.77	0.93	14.3	3.0	1.02	.253	3.97	88	3.32	82	8.15	20.5
15	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	24	1980	PHI	9	.727	38	38	2.34	286	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	64	2.41	66	7.19	42.3
16	Ron Bryant R. Bryant	24	1973	SFG	12	.667	41	39	3.53	143	8	0	0	270.0	240	106	125	23	115	9	1	12	1,165	8	4.77	3.83	1.24	0.77	12.3	9.9	1.31	.248	4.17	94	3.98	105	8.00	-5.3
17	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	24	1973	CWS	20	.545	49	48	3.46	199	21	4	0	359.1	381	138	166	25	91	7	1	3	1,531	7	4.98	2.28	2.19	0.63	13.0	5.9	1.31	.294	4.16	89	3.17	82	9.54	27.9
18	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	24	1972	CLE	16	.600	41	40	1.92	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
19	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	24	1972	CWS	17	.585	49	49	2.51	193	20	8	0	376.2	325	105	119	28	74	7	0	5	1,490	11	4.61	1.77	2.61	0.67	13.0	5.0	1.06	.250	2.84	80	2.98	91	7.77	13.1
20	Vida Blue V. Blue	24	1971	OAK	8	.750	39	39	1.82	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
21	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	24	1971	CHC	13	.649	39	39	2.77	263	30	3	0	325.0	304	100	114	29	37	5	0	6	1,299	3	7.28	1.02	7.11	0.80	20.2	2.8	1.05	.285	3.16	73	2.38	64	8.42	45.3
22	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	24	1970	BAL	8	.750	40	40	3.48	190	21	4	0	297.2	273	115	126	34	69	1	0	5	1,214	6	5.74	2.09	2.75	1.03	15.7	5.7	1.15	.260	3.81	95	3.55	91	8.25	11.1
23	Dave McNally D. McNally	24	1970	BAL	9	.727	40	40	3.22	185	16	1	0	296.0	277	106	114	29	78	7	0	3	1,218	8	5.63	2.37	2.37	0.88	15.2	6.4	1.20	.270	3.47	88	3.52	91	8.42	12
24	Jim Perry J. Perry	24	1970	MIN	12	.667	40	40	3.04	168	13	4	0	278.2	258	94	112	20	57	9	0	10	1,141	3	5.43	1.84	2.95	0.65	14.7	5.0	1.13	.268	3.62	79	3.07	76	8.33	29.6
25	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	23	2002	ARI	7	.767	36	35	3.23	316	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	33	3	0	1	1,017	6	10.97	1.15	9.58	1.01	31.1	3.2	0.97	.297	3.30	75	2.39	55	7.57	54.3

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	21	20	.512
Mariners	21	22	.488	1.0
Rangers	20	22	.476	1.5
Angels	16	27	.372	6.0
Astros	16	27	.372	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/13	STL	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Thu 5/14	STL	@	ATH	3:05 PM
Fri 5/15	SFG	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Sat 5/16	SFG	@	ATH	9:40 PM
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RBI Leaders

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Batting Average Leaders

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Langeliers

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Hit Leaders

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Langeliers

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Run Leaders

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OBP Leaders

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SLG Leaders

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Moniak

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Ramírez

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Ashby

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Skenes

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Strikeout Leaders

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Sánchez

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ERA Leaders

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WHIP Leaders

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K/9 Leaders

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	29	13	.690
Phillies	20	22	.476	9.0
Nationals	20	22	.476	9.0
Marlins	19	23	.452	10.0
Mets	16	25	.390	12.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	27	15	.643
Brewers	23	16	.590	2.5
Cardinals	24	17	.585	2.5
Pirates	23	19	.548	4.0
Reds	22	20	.524	5.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Padres	24	17	.585
Dodgers	24	18	.571	0.5
Diamondbacks	20	21	.488	4.0
Giants	18	24	.429	6.5
Rockies	16	26	.381	8.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	28	13	.683
Yankees	27	16	.628	2.0
Orioles	19	24	.442	10.0
Blue Jays	18	24	.429	10.5
Red Sox	17	24	.415	11.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	23	21	.523
White Sox	20	21	.488	1.5
Twins	19	23	.452	3.0
Royals	19	23	.452	3.0
Tigers	19	23	.452	3.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	21	20	.512
Mariners	21	22	.488	1.0
Rangers	20	22	.476	1.5
Angels	16	27	.372	6.0
Astros	16	27	.372	6.0

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