who is the last mlb pitcher to win 28 games in a season

Denny McLain was credited with 31 wins in 1968.

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1Denny McLain
D. McLain
31
1968
DET DET
6
.838
41
41
1.96
280
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
64
2.53
79
6.46
24.8
2Robin Roberts
R. Roberts
28
1952
PHN PHN
7
.800
39
37
2.59
148
30
3
2
330.0
292
95
104
22
45
5
2
1,310
3
4.04
1.23
3.29
0.60
11.3
3.4
1.02
.248
2.84
72
2.82
78
7.96
28.9
3Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
29
1944
DET DET
9
.763
47
34
2.22
187
25
6
2
312.1
264
77
94
6
102
1
10
1,271
4
5.39
2.94
1.83
0.17
14.7
8.0
1.17
.265
2.71
62
2.58
72
7.61
34.5
4Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
28
1935
SLN SLN
12
.700
50
36
3.04
190
29
3
5
325.1
324
110
126
16
77
4
14
1,362
1
5.26
2.13
2.47
0.44
14.0
5.7
1.23
.287
3.49
74
3.27
79
8.96
31
5Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
30
1934
SLN SLN
7
.811
50
33
2.66
195
24
7
7
311.2
288
92
110
14
75
6
14
1,291
2
5.63
2.17
2.60
0.40
15.1
5.8
1.16
.274
3.18
64
3.23
77
8.32
32.6
6Lefty Grove
L. Grove
31
1931
PHA PHA
4
.886
41
30
2.06
175
27
4
5
288.2
249
66
84
10
62
1
10
1,160
2
5.46
1.93
2.82
0.31
15.1
5.3
1.08
.262
2.62
47
3.01
70
7.76
40.8
7Lefty Grove
L. Grove
28
1930
PHA PHA
5
.848
50
32
2.54
209
22
2
9
291.0
273
82
101
8
60
5
17
1,191
2
6.46
1.86
3.48
0.25
17.5
5.0
1.14
.292
3.12
53
3.09
64
8.44
55.6
8Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
28
1924
BKN BKN
6
.824
35
34
2.16
262
30
3
0
308.1
238
74
89
11
77
9
1
1,221
4
7.65
2.25
3.40
0.32
21.5
6.3
1.02
.263
2.60
58
2.64
69
6.95
41.3
9Jim Bagby
J. Bagby
31
1920
CLE CLE
12
.721
48
38
2.89
73
30
3
0
339.2
338
109
122
9
79
5
9
1,355
6
1.93
2.09
0.92
0.24
5.4
5.8
1.23
.277
3.23
75
3.41
92
8.96
12
10Eddie Cicotte
E. Cicotte
29
1919
CWS CWS
7
.806
40
35
1.82
110
30
5
1
306.2
256
62
77
5
49
2
5
1,176
1
3.23
1.44
2.24
0.15
9.4
4.2
0.99
.249
2.26
57
2.48
79
7.51
22.5
11Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
30
1917
PHN PHN
13
.698
45
44
1.83
200
34
8
0
388.0
336
79
107
4
56
6
0
1,529
1
4.64
1.30
3.57
0.09
13.1
3.7
1.01
.263
2.48
65
1.84
69
7.79
36.4
12Eddie Cicotte
E. Cicotte
28
1917
CWS CWS
12
.700
49
35
1.53
150
29
7
4
346.2
246
59
76
2
70
3
11
1,287
1
3.89
1.82
2.14
0.05
11.7
5.4
0.91
.230
1.97
58
2.10
76
6.39
26.2
13Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
33
1916
PHN PHN
12
.733
48
45
1.55
167
38
16
3
389.0
323
67
90
6
50
10
3
1,500
3
3.86
1.16
3.34
0.14
11.1
3.3
0.96
.250
2.08
58
2.12
79
7.47
25.4
14Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
31
1915
PHN PHN
10
.756
49
42
1.22
241
36
12
3
376.1
253
51
86
3
64
10
7
1,435
2
5.76
1.53
3.77
0.07
16.8
4.5
0.84
.224
2.06
43
1.82
63
6.05
44.1
15Claude Hendrix
C. Hendrix
29
1914
CHF CHF
10
.744
49
37
1.69
189
34
6
5
362.0
262
68
91
6
77
5
12
1,371
9
4.70
1.91
2.45
0.15
13.8
5.6
0.94
.234
2.26
56
2.29
83
6.51
17.4
16Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
28
1914
WSH WSH
18
.609
51
40
1.72
225
33
9
1
371.2
287
71
88
3
74
11
9
1,406
14
5.45
1.79
3.04
0.07
16.0
5.3
0.97
.260
2.13
63
2.02
71
6.95
33.6
17Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
36
1913
WSH WSH
7
.837
48
36
1.14
243
29
11
2
346.0
232
44
56
9
38
9
10
1,271
2
6.32
0.99
6.39
0.23
19.1
3.0
0.78
.229
1.46
39
1.90
63
6.03
42.3
18Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
33
1912
WSH WSH
12
.733
50
37
1.39
303
34
7
2
369.0
259
57
89
2
76
16
13
1,413
11
7.39
1.85
3.99
0.05
21.4
5.4
0.91
.253
2.17
42
2.03
63
6.32
49.6
19Joe Wood
J. Wood
34
1912
BSA BSA
5
.872
43
38
1.91
258
35
10
1
344.0
267
73
104
2
82
12
5
1,328
7
6.75
2.15
3.15
0.05
19.4
6.2
1.01
.272
2.72
58
2.25
71
6.99
35.1
20Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
28
1911
PHN PHN
13
.683
48
37
2.57
227
31
7
3
367.0
285
105
133
5
129
8
11
1,440
4
5.57
3.16
1.76
0.12
15.8
9.0
1.13
.261
3.26
74
2.83
78
6.99
33.6
21Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
28
1911
PHA PHA
12
.700
47
40
3.53
185
26
1
2
336.2
360
132
166
8
119
16
6
1,422
12
4.95
3.18
1.55
0.21
13.0
8.4
1.42
.322
4.44
109
3.18
103
9.62
-4.6
22Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
31
1910
PHA PHA
9
.775
45
38
1.30
224
35
13
1
353.0
248
51
74
0
115
7
6
1,353
10
5.71
2.93
1.95
0.00
16.6
8.5
1.03
.246
1.89
53
2.09
83
6.32
15.8
23George Mullin
G. Mullin
29
1909
DET DET
8
.784
40
35
2.22
124
29
3
1
303.2
258
75
96
1
78
8
5
1,189
5
3.68
2.31
1.59
0.03
10.4
6.6
1.11
.263
2.85
86
2.29
92
7.65
8
24Mordecai Brown
M. Brown
29
1908
CHC CHC
9
.763
44
31
1.47
123
27
9
5
312.1
214
51
64
1
49
5
12
1,153
6
3.54
1.41
2.51
0.03
10.7
4.2
0.84
.218
1.84
63
1.87
75
6.17
21.5
25Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
37
1908
NYG NYG
11
.771
56
44
1.43
259
34
11
5
390.2
281
62
85
5
42
3
9
1,469
2
5.97
0.97
6.17
0.12
17.6
2.9
0.83
.238
1.96
61
1.29
52
6.47
52.4
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MIL MIL
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LAD LAD
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Mon
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CWS CWS
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CLE CLE
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LAD LAD
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