youngest player to win 20 games with an era of below 3

Dwight Gooden is the youngest with an ERA better than 3.00 and with 20+ pitcher wins in a season. He was 20 years old in 1985.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to win in a regular season 20 or more games with an era of below 3
NAME AGE W ERA SEASON TM L W% G GS 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 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
20
20
0.76
1985
NYM NYM
2
.909
25
25
208
14
8
0
212.0
136
18
20
6
51
1
0
4
796
3
8.83
2.17
4.08
0.25
26.1
6.4
0.88
.245
0.85
5.77
2 Bob Feller
B. Feller
21
21
1.21
1940
CLE CLE
2
.913
27
22
181
22
4
4
207.2
122
28
31
4
70
2
5
803
4
7.84
3.03
2.59
0.17
22.5
8.7
0.92
.216
1.34
5.29
3 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
21
22
0.87
1916
BSA BSA
3
.880
32
29
133
19
9
1
257.1
153
25
36
0
86
7
2
1,003
3
4.65
3.01
1.55
0.00
13.3
8.6
0.93
.197
1.26
5.35
4 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
22
20
1.13
1917
BSA BSA
6
.769
29
26
103
26
6
2
239.2
152
30
43
0
73
10
3
926
3
3.87
2.74
1.41
0.00
11.1
7.9
0.94
.205
1.61
5.71
5 Bill James
B. James
22
21
1.21
1914
BSN BSN
3
.875
33
26
108
23
4
3
246.0
172
33
47
5
74
7
7
940
3
3.95
2.71
1.46
0.18
11.5
7.9
1.00
.224
1.72
6.29
6 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
23
21
0.91
2011
LAD LAD
0
1.000
24
24
185
5
2
0
178.2
117
18
24
6
32
3
0
1
674
5
9.32
1.61
5.78
0.30
27.4
4.7
0.83
.248
1.21
5.89
7 Dick Ellsworth
D. Ellsworth
23
20
1.02
1963
CHC CHC
4
.833
27
27
138
18
4
0
228.2
145
26
29
7
56
1
0
7
879
2
5.43
2.20
2.46
0.28
15.7
6.4
0.88
.204
1.14
5.71
8 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
24
20
1.05
1969
NYM NYM
2
.909
23
22
138
16
5
0
188.2
118
22
24
7
47
6
1
4
719
5
6.58
2.24
2.94
0.33
19.2
6.5
0.87
.213
1.14
5.63
9 Denny McLain
D. McLain
24
23
1.08
1968
DET DET
3
.885
28
28
202
22
6
0
242.0
153
29
34
13
43
4
0
0
905
2
7.51
1.60
4.70
0.48
22.3
4.8
0.81
.218
1.26
5.69
10 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
24
23
1.01
1945
DET DET
3
.885
29
27
169
24
8
2
240.2
166
27
34
3
70
0
2
937
6
6.32
2.62
2.41
0.11
18.0
7.5
0.98
.235
1.27
6.21
11 Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
24
22
0.74
1934
SLN SLN
1
.957
32
19
131
18
7
6
194.0
135
16
24
2
34
2
12
747
1
6.08
1.58
3.85
0.09
17.5
4.6
0.87
.230
1.11
6.26
12 Blake Snell
B. Snell
25
20
1.06
2018
TBR TBR
1
.952
26
26
194
0
0
0
160.2
87
19
22
8
52
1
0
2
604
9
10.87
2.91
3.73
0.45
32.1
8.6
0.87
.226
1.23
4.87
13 Randy Jones
R. Jones
25
20
0.85
1975
SDP SDP
3
.870
25
24
77
18
6
0
211.1
143
20
31
5
37
0
1
7
786
1
3.28
1.58
2.08
0.21
9.8
4.7
0.85
.207
1.32
6.09
14 Dave McNally
D. McNally
25
20
1.04
1968
BAL BAL
3
.870
23
23
150
17
5
0
198.1
111
23
27
9
34
5
0
0
730
2
6.81
1.54
4.41
0.41
20.5
4.7
0.73
.192
1.23
5.04
15 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
25
21
0.73
1946
DET DET
2
.913
25
23
200
22
6
1
208.2
117
17
25
4
63
0
2
797
3
8.63
2.72
3.17
0.17
25.1
7.9
0.86
.213
1.08
5.05
16 Lefty Gomez
L. Gomez
25
20
0.89
1934
NYY NYY
1
.952
22
20
91
20
6
1
181.1
103
18
25
4
49
0
2
687
0
4.52
2.43
1.86
0.20
13.2
7.1
0.84
.182
1.24
5.11
17 Dave Davenport
D. Davenport
25
20
1.13
1915
SLF
10
.667
38
34
168
28
10
1
304.0
193
38
48
2
56
1
4
3
4.97
1.66
3.00
0.06
6.0
0.82
.272
1.42
5.71
18 Jeff Tesreau
J. Tesreau
25
23
1.03
1914
NYG NYG
3
.885
28
28
139
22
8
0
235.1
140
27
39
2
76
3
0
889
4
5.32
2.91
1.83
0.08
15.6
8.5
0.92
.206
1.49
5.35
19 Claude Hendrix
C. Hendrix
25
24
0.91
1914
CHF CHF
6
.800
38
29
145
28
6
4
286.1
171
29
47
2
60
5
9
7
4.56
1.89
2.42
0.06
6.3
0.81
.228
1.48
5.37
20 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
25
34
0.40
1913
WSH WSH
2
.944
40
29
210
23
11
2
289.2
165
13
24
3
36
6
11
1,050
1
6.52
1.12
5.83
0.09
20.0
3.4
0.69
.204
0.75
5.13
21 Tom Seaton
T. Seaton
25
21
0.90
1913
PHN PHN
4
.840
29
19
111
16
5
1
200.0
133
20
32
2
67
3
9
782
5
5.00
3.02
1.66
0.09
14.2
8.6
1.00
.219
1.44
5.99
22 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
26
20
0.81
2014
LAD LAD
0
1.000
20
20
183
5
2
0
154.2
94
14
17
4
22
0
0
0
569
6
10.65
1.28
8.32
0.23
32.2
3.9
0.75
.250
0.99
5.47
23 Mel Stottlemyre
M. Stottlemyre
26
20
0.93
1968
NYY NYY
2
.909
23
23
95
18
6
0
194.1
142
20
26
9
32
1
0
2
740
1
4.40
1.48
2.97
0.42
12.8
4.3
0.90
.221
1.20
6.58
24 Jesse Barnes
J. Barnes
26
20
0.81
1919
NYG NYG
0
1.000
23
21
62
17
4
0
200.0
127
18
29
4
22
2
2
747
2
2.79
0.99
2.82
0.18
8.3
2.9
0.75
.187
1.31
5.72
25 Frank Allen
F. Allen
26
21
1.09
1915
PTF
2
.913
26
24
93
21
6
0
214.1
148
26
30
2
65
8
2
3
3.91
2.73
1.43
0.08
8.9
0.99
.260
1.26
6.21
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TEAM W L PCT GB
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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7/5
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NYM NYM
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NYY NYY
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NYM NYM
1:40 PM
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NYM NYM
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BAL BAL
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NYM NYM
@
BAL BAL
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Thu
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NYM NYM
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.580
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.602
Brewers Brewers
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Padres Padres
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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Sat
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