which pitcher has the most playoff wins prior to 2000

Before 2000, John Smoltz had the most wins in the postseason, with 12 wins.

	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	H/9
1	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	12	4	.750	28	26	2.77	173	2	1	1	181.2	148	56	61	15	62	3	1	5	750	6	8.57	3.07	2.79	0.74	23.1	8.3	1.16	.268	3.02	7.33
2	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	10	11	.476	26	26	2.89	123	3	0	0	171.1	137	55	64	16	65	6	0	7	699	2	6.46	3.41	1.89	0.84	17.6	9.3	1.18	.247	3.36	7.20
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	10	10	.500	25	23	2.91	104	2	0	1	158.0	146	51	69	11	38	6	1	10	651	3	5.92	2.16	2.74	0.63	16.0	5.8	1.16	.274	3.93	8.32
4	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	10	6	.625	22	18	2.84	73	3	1	0	133.0	99	42	45	13	48	4	3	1	539	4	4.94	3.25	1.52	0.88	13.5	8.9	1.11	.214	3.05	6.70
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	10	8	.556	22	22	2.71	94	7	3	0	146.0	132	44	51	8	34	3	0	2	594	4	5.79	2.10	2.76	0.49	15.8	5.7	1.14	.273	3.14	8.14
6	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	9	6	.600	22	19	3.26	70	4	1	1	132.1	114	48	49	21	35	1	2	6	536	2	4.76	2.38	2.00	1.43	13.1	6.5	1.13	.227	3.33	7.75
7	David Wells D. Wells	8	1	.889	19	10	2.74	68	1	0	0	85.1	73	26	28	8	21	4	2	2	345	1	7.17	2.21	3.24	0.84	19.7	6.1	1.10	.266	2.95	7.70
8	David Cone D. Cone	8	3	.727	19	18	3.85	94	1	0	0	110.0	93	47	52	12	58	2	1	1	476	6	7.69	4.75	1.62	0.98	19.7	12.2	1.37	.261	4.25	7.61
9	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	8	3	.727	22	18	2.59	97	4	2	1	132.0	103	38	43	8	43	6	2	5	533	6	6.61	2.93	2.26	0.55	18.2	8.1	1.11	.251	2.93	7.02
10	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	8	3	.727	17	15	2.61	90	6	2	0	124.1	101	36	36	10	50	2	1	4	518	6	6.51	3.62	1.80	0.72	17.4	9.7	1.21	.249	2.61	7.31
11	Jack Morris J. Morris	7	4	.636	13	13	3.80	64	5	1	0	92.1	83	39	39	9	32	0	0	3	381	8	6.24	3.12	2.00	0.88	16.8	8.4	1.25	.268	3.80	8.09
12	Dave McNally D. McNally	7	4	.636	14	12	2.49	65	6	2	0	90.1	65	25	30	12	34	1	2	2	364	5	6.48	3.39	1.91	1.20	17.9	9.3	1.10	.210	2.99	6.48
13	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	7	2	.778	9	9	1.89	92	8	2	0	81.0	55	17	19	6	17	2	0	3	312	2	10.22	1.89	5.41	0.67	29.5	5.4	0.89	.251	2.11	6.11
14	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	7	2	.778	15	9	2.79	62	5	2	4	77.1	61	24	25	8	32	1	5	1	309	1	7.22	3.72	1.94	0.93	20.1	10.4	1.20	.257	2.91	7.10
15	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	7	2	.778	10	10	2.63	61	8	0	0	85.2	74	25	32	4	27	0	0	2	352	0	6.41	2.84	2.26	0.42	17.3	7.7	1.18	.269	3.36	7.77
16	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	6	4	.600	14	14	4.81	44	0	0	0	88.0	90	47	47	14	27	0	0	0	368	2	4.50	2.76	1.63	1.43	12.0	7.3	1.33	.269	4.81	9.20
17	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	6	3	.667	11	11	3.17	33	1	0	0	59.2	55	21	24	4	27	1	0	3	257	1	4.98	4.07	1.22	0.60	12.8	10.5	1.37	.266	3.62	8.30
18	Tommy John T. John	6	3	.667	14	13	2.65	48	3	1	0	88.1	82	26	36	6	24	4	1	1	367	4	4.89	2.45	2.00	0.61	13.1	6.5	1.20	.267	3.67	8.35
19	Don Sutton D. Sutton	6	4	.600	15	14	3.68	61	3	1	0	100.1	92	41	46	12	16	3	0	0	407	2	5.47	1.44	3.81	1.08	15.0	3.9	1.08	.254	4.13	8.25
20	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	6	4	.600	13	12	2.30	39	2	1	0	70.1	61	18	22	2	18	0	0	1	286	1	4.99	2.30	2.17	0.26	13.6	6.3	1.12	.260	2.82	7.81
21	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	6	6	.500	16	14	3.26	84	1	0	0	99.1	96	36	40	7	51	1	0	3	429	6	7.61	4.62	1.65	0.63	19.6	11.9	1.48	.311	3.62	8.70
22	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	6	0	1.000	7	7	2.86	31	4	0	0	50.1	51	16	17	2	15	0	0	0	213	1	5.54	2.68	2.07	0.36	14.6	7.0	1.31	.297	3.04	9.12
23	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	6	4	.600	12	11	1.83	49	6	1	0	83.2	81	17	28	2	22	1	1	0	345	0	5.27	2.37	2.23	0.22	14.2	6.4	1.23	.292	3.01	8.71
24	Chief Bender C. Bender	6	4	.600	10	10	2.44	59	9	1	0	85.0	64	23	28	1	21	2	0	0	331	1	6.25	2.22	2.81	0.11	17.8	6.3	1.00	.254	2.96	6.78
25	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	5	0	1.000	6	6	1.02	40	0	0	0	44.0	24	5	6	2	19	1	0	0	174	0	8.18	3.89	2.11	0.41	23.0	10.9	0.98	.196	1.23	4.91

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