Fewest L In A Season By A Pitcher With 20+ W

NAME	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	L%	W%	GS	CG	GF	SHO	SV	IP	H	TBF	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	SO	WP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	H/9	BB/9	K/BB	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	PRAA
Julio Urías	2021	LAD	32	20	3	.130	.870	32	0	0	0	0	185.2	151	745	67	61	19	38	3	7	195	2	2.96	1.02	9.45	7.32	1.84	5.13	74	3.12	74	22.4
Clayton Kershaw	2014	LAD	27	21	3	.125	.875	27	6	0	2	0	198.1	139	749	42	39	9	31	0	2	239	7	1.77	0.86	10.85	6.31	1.41	7.71	51	1.81	50	40.5
Max Scherzer	2013	DET	32	21	3	.125	.875	32	0	0	0	0	214.1	152	836	73	69	18	56	0	4	240	6	2.90	0.97	10.08	6.38	2.35	4.29	72	2.74	69	29.2
Cliff Lee	2008	CLE	31	22	3	.120	.880	31	4	0	2	0	223.1	214	891	68	63	12	34	1	5	170	4	2.54	1.11	6.85	8.62	1.37	5.00	59	2.82	67	35.4
Roger Clemens	2001	NYY	33	20	3	.130	.870	33	0	0	0	0	220.1	205	918	94	86	19	72	1	5	213	14	3.51	1.26	8.70	8.37	2.94	2.96	80	3.28	74	28.1
David Cone	1988	NYM	35	20	3	.130	.870	28	8	0	4	0	231.1	178	936	67	57	10	80	7	4	213	10	2.22	1.12	8.29	6.93	3.11	2.66	68	2.57	75	22.5
Ron Guidry	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.107	.893	35	16	0	9	0	273.2	187	1,057	61	53	13	72	1	1	248	7	1.74	0.95	8.16	6.15	2.37	3.44	48	2.18	58	48.5
Preacher Roe	1951	BKN	34	22	3	.120	.880	33	19	1	2	0	257.2	247	1,031	91	87	30	64		0	113	2	3.04	1.21	3.95	8.63	2.24	1.77	76	3.86	94	6.8
Fred Goldsmith	1880	CWS	26	21	3	.125	.875	24	22	1	4	1	210.1	189	837	80	41	2	18			90	10	1.75	0.98	3.85	8.09	0.77	5.00	72	2.06	84	10.4
J.A. Happ	2016	TOR	32	20	4	.167	.833	32	0	0	0	0	195.0	168	796	72	69	22	60	0	6	163	3	3.18	1.17	7.52	7.75	2.77	2.72	76	3.96	93	6.3
Rick Porcello	2016	BOS	33	22	4	.154	.846	33	3	0	0	0	223.0	193	890	85	78	23	32	0	13	189	3	3.15	1.01	7.63	7.79	1.29	5.91	71	3.40	81	20.1
Ian Kennedy	2011	ARI	33	21	4	.160	.840	33	1	0	1	0	222.0	186	900	73	71	19	55	0	9	198	11	2.88	1.09	8.03	7.54	2.23	3.60	73	3.21	83	16.5
Pedro Martinez	2002	BOS	30	20	4	.167	.833	30	2	0	0	0	199.1	144	787	62	50	13	40	1	15	239	3	2.26	0.92	10.79	6.50	1.81	5.98	50	2.23	53	45.4
Mike Hampton	1999	HOU	34	22	4	.154	.846	34	3	0	2	0	239.0	206	979	86	77	12	101	2	5	177	9	2.90	1.28	6.67	7.76	3.80	1.75	68	3.63	84	19.4
Pedro Martinez	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.148	.852	29	5	1	1	0	213.1	160	835	56	49	9	37	1	9	313	6	2.07	0.92	13.20	6.75	1.56	8.46	42	1.38	30	79.4
Randy Johnson	1997	SEA	30	20	4	.167	.833	29	5	0	2	0	213.0	147	850	60	54	20	77	2	10	291	4	2.28	1.05	12.30	6.21	3.25	3.78	50	2.82	62	41.3
Roger Clemens	1986	BOS	33	24	4	.143	.857	33	10	0	1	0	254.0	179	997	77	70	21	67	0	4	238	11	2.48	0.97	8.43	6.34	2.37	3.55	58	2.80	69	36.3
Dwight Gooden	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.143	.857	35	16	0	8	0	276.2	198	1,065	51	47	13	69	4	2	268	6	1.53	0.97	8.72	6.44	2.24	3.88	44	2.12	59	45.6
Whitey Ford	1961	NYY	39	25	4	.138	.862	39	11	0	3	0	283.0	242	1,159	108	101	23	92	3	1	209	8	3.21	1.18	6.65	7.70	2.93	2.27	85	3.14	82	22.7
Spud Chandler	1943	NYY	30	20	4	.167	.833	30	20	0	5	0	253.0	197	989	62	46	5	54		4	134	3	1.64	0.99	4.77	7.01	1.92	2.48	50	2.30	68	29.8
Lefty Grove	1931	PHA	41	31	4	.114	.886	30	27	10	4	5	288.2	249	1,160	84	66	10	62		1	175	2	2.06	1.08	5.46	7.76	1.93	2.82	47	3.01	70	40.8
King Cole	1910	CHC	33	20	4	.167	.833	29	21	2	4	1	239.2	174	962	64	48	2	130		9	114	9	1.80	1.27	4.28	6.53	4.88	0.88	60	3.22	110	-8.3
Bill Donovan	1907	DET	32	25	4	.138	.862	28	27	4	3	1	271.0	222	1,073	96	66	3	82		8	123	2	2.19	1.12	4.08	7.37	2.72	1.50	84	2.41	98	2
Kyle Wright	2022	ATL	30	21	5	.192	.808	30	0	0	0	0	180.1	156	738	67	64	19	53	0	9	174	7	3.19	1.16	8.68	7.79	2.65	3.28	78	3.58	91	7.4
Gerrit Cole	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.200	.800	33	0	0	0	0	212.1	142	817	66	59	29	48	0	3	326	4	2.50	0.89	13.82	6.02	2.03	6.79	57	2.63	59	44.2
Blake Snell	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.192	.808	31	0	0	0	0	180.2	112	700	41	38	16	64	2	1	221	13	1.89	0.97	11.01	5.58	3.19	3.45	46	2.94	72	23.1
David Price	2012	TBR	31	20	5	.200	.800	31	2	0	1	0	211.0	173	836	63	60	16	59	2	5	205	8	2.56	1.10	8.74	7.38	2.52	3.47	66	3.04	75	23.9
Jered Weaver	2012	LAA	30	20	5	.200	.800	30	3	0	2	0	188.2	147	739	63	59	20	45	0	4	142	2	2.81	1.02	6.77	7.01	2.15	3.16	73	3.74	94	4.6
Clayton Kershaw	2011	LAD	33	21	5	.192	.808	33	5	0	2	0	233.1	174	912	66	59	15	54	2	3	248	5	2.28	0.98	9.57	6.71	2.08	4.59	63	2.46	65	35.1
Justin Verlander	2011	DET	34	24	5	.172	.828	34	4	0	2	0	251.0	174	969	73	67	24	57	0	3	250	7	2.40	0.92	8.96	6.24	2.04	4.39	58	2.99	74	29.4
Chris Carpenter	2005	STL	33	21	5	.192	.808	33	7	0	4	0	241.2	204	953	82	76	18	51	0	3	213	5	2.83	1.06	7.93	7.60	1.90	4.18	68	2.89	69	34.8
Randy Johnson	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.172	.828	35	8	0	4	0	260.0	197	1,035	78	67	26	71	1	13	334	3	2.32	1.03	11.56	6.82	2.46	4.70	54	2.65	61	47
Barry Zito	2002	OAK	35	23	5	.179	.821	35	1	0	0	0	229.1	182	939	79	70	24	78	2	9	182	2	2.75	1.13	7.14	7.14	3.06	2.33	63	3.86	89	12.6
Denny Neagle	1997	ATL	34	20	5	.200	.800	34	4	0	4	0	233.1	204	947	87	77	18	49	5	6	172	3	2.97	1.08	6.63	7.87	1.89	3.51	71	3.34	80	22.3
John Candelaria	1977	PIT	33	20	5	.200	.800	33	6	0	1	0	230.2	197	917	64	60	29	50	2	2	133	1	2.34	1.07	5.19	7.69	1.95	2.66	59	3.89	98	1.7
Catfish Hunter	1973	OAK	36	21	5	.192	.808	36	11	0	3	0	256.1	222	1,040	105	95	39	69	1	1	124	2	3.34	1.14	4.35	7.79	2.42	1.80	93	4.39	123	-25.6
Dave McNally	1971	BAL	30	21	5	.192	.808	30	11	0	1	0	224.1	188	899	75	72	24	58	2	5	91	5	2.89	1.10	3.65	7.54	2.33	1.57	83	3.87	109	-7.8
Sandy Koufax	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.167	.833	40	20	0	11	0	311.0	214	1,210	68	65	18	58	7	3	306	6	1.88	0.87	8.86	6.19	1.68	5.28	62	1.85	62	41.9
Bob Purkey	1962	CIN	37	23	5	.179	.821	37	18	0	2	0	288.1	260	1,181	109	90	28	64	3	14	141	6	2.81	1.12	4.40	8.12	2.00	2.20	71	3.71	96	5.3
Don Newcombe	1955	BKN	34	20	5	.200	.800	31	17	1	1	0	233.2	222	943	103	83	35	38	1	1	143	0	3.20	1.11	5.51	8.55	1.46	3.76	76	3.59	84	17.3
Larry Jansen	1947	NYG	42	21	5	.192	.808	30	20	5	1	1	248.0	241	985	102	87	22	57		1	104	2	3.16	1.20	3.77	8.75	2.07	1.82	77	3.51	87	14.4
Tiny Bonham	1942	NYY	28	21	5	.192	.808	27	22	1	6	0	226.0	199	872	65	57	11	24		1	71	1	2.27	0.99	2.83	7.92	0.96	2.96	63	2.75	80	17.6
Bobo Newsom	1940	DET	36	21	5	.192	.808	34	20	1	3	0	264.0	235	1,101	110	83	19	100		3	164	2	2.83	1.27	5.59	8.01	3.41	1.64	61	3.70	81	24.5
Lefty Gomez	1934	NYY	38	26	5	.161	.839	33	25	5	6	2	281.2	223	1,142	86	73	12	96		0	158	3	2.33	1.13	5.05	7.13	3.07	1.65	56	3.57	86	17.7
Lefty Grove	1930	PHA	50	28	5	.152	.848	32	22	17	2	9	291.0	273	1,191	101	82	8	60		5	209	2	2.54	1.14	6.46	8.44	1.86	3.48	53	3.09	64	55.6
Alvin Crowder	1928	SLA	41	21	5	.192	.808	31	19	6	1	2	244.0	238	1,033	113	100	11	91		1	99	1	3.69	1.35	3.65	8.78	3.36	1.09	88	3.81	94	7.5
Stan Coveleski	1925	WSH	32	20	5	.200	.800	32	15	0	3	0	241.0	230	994	86	76	7	73		2	58	2	2.84	1.26	2.17	8.59	2.73	0.79	67	3.94	93	6.7
Joe Wood	1912	BSA	43	34	5	.128	.872	38	35	5	10	1	344.0	267	1,328	104	73	2	82		12	258	7	1.91	1.01	6.75	6.99	2.15	3.15	58	2.25	71	35.1
Chief Bender	1910	PHA	30	23	5	.179	.821	28	25	2	3	0	250.0	182	936	63	44	1	47		10	155	7	1.58	0.92	5.58	6.55	1.69	3.30	65	1.82	72	19
Sam Leever	1905	PIT	33	20	5	.200	.800	29	20	3	3	1	229.2	199	928	94	69	3	54		12	81	5	2.70	1.10	3.17	7.80	2.12	1.50	89	2.85	95	4.1

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9 pitchers are tied for the fewest losses with 20+ pitcher wins in a season, with 3 games. The first three are Julio Urías in 2021, Clayton Kershaw in 2014 and Max Scherzer in 2013.

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