which pitcher had the most wins while having less than 100 pitching strikeouts in a single season after 1961

Since 1962, Denny McLain has the most wins with fewer than 100 strikeouts in a season, with 31 wins in 1968.

	NAME	W	SO	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	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	Denny McLain D. McLain	31	280	1968	DET	6	.838	41	41	1.96	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	6.46
2	Bob Welch B. Welch	27	127	1990	OAK	6	.818	35	35	2.95	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	8.09
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	27	310	1972	PHI	10	.730	41	41	1.97	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	6.68
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	27	317	1966	LAD	9	.750	41	41	1.73	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	6.72
5	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	26	217	1968	SFG	9	.743	38	38	2.43	30	5	0	325.2	295	88	106	21	46	6	0	9	1,307	8	6.00	1.27	4.72	0.58	16.6	3.5	1.05	.269	2.93	8.15
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	26	382	1965	LAD	8	.765	43	41	2.04	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	5.79
7	Steve Stone S. Stone	25	149	1980	BAL	7	.781	37	37	3.23	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	8.04
8	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	25	248	1978	NYY	3	.893	35	35	1.74	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	6.15
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	25	225	1974	TEX	12	.676	41	41	2.82	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	7.84
10	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	25	143	1974	OAK	12	.676	41	41	2.49	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	7.58
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	25	308	1971	DET	14	.641	45	45	2.92	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	8.04
12	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	25	208	1969	NYM	7	.781	36	35	2.21	18	5	0	273.1	202	67	75	24	82	7	1	9	1,089	8	6.85	2.70	2.54	0.79	19.1	7.5	1.04	.232	2.47	6.65
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	25	205	1966	MIN	13	.658	41	41	2.75	19	3	0	304.1	271	93	114	29	55	3	0	4	1,228	12	6.06	1.63	3.73	0.86	16.7	4.5	1.07	.259	3.37	8.01
14	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	25	222	1966	SFG	6	.806	37	36	2.23	25	4	0	307.1	228	76	88	32	36	5	1	3	1,180	3	6.50	1.05	6.17	0.94	18.8	3.1	0.86	.221	2.58	6.68
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	25	306	1963	LAD	5	.833	40	40	1.88	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	6.19
16	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	25	248	1963	SFG	8	.758	41	40	2.41	18	5	0	321.1	259	86	102	27	61	2	1	6	1,271	2	6.95	1.71	4.07	0.76	19.5	4.8	1.00	.249	2.86	7.25
17	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	25	232	1962	LAD	9	.735	43	41	2.83	19	2	1	314.1	272	99	122	21	78	11	2	12	1,289	8	6.64	2.23	2.97	0.60	18.0	6.1	1.11	.265	3.49	7.79
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	24	250	2011	DET	5	.828	34	34	2.40	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
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	24	334	2002	ARI	5	.828	35	35	2.32	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	6.82
20	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	24	276	1996	ATL	8	.750	35	35	2.94	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	7.06
21	Frank Viola F. Viola	24	193	1988	MIN	7	.774	35	35	2.64	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	8.32
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	24	238	1986	BOS	4	.857	33	33	2.48	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	6.34
23	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	24	268	1985	NYM	4	.857	35	35	1.53	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	6.44
24	LaMarr Hoyt L. Hoyt	24	148	1983	CWS	10	.706	36	36	3.66	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	8.15
25	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	24	286	1980	PHI	9	.727	38	38	2.34	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	7.19

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