List of Major League Baseball wins champions

The following is a list of Major League Baseball wins champions. Major League Baseball recognizes win champions among pitchers in the American League and National League each season.

Also listed are the wins champions for the now-defunct Federal League, American Association, Players' League, Union Association, and National Association.

American League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1901	Cy Young	Boston Americans	33
1902			32
1903			28
1904	Jack Chesbro	New York Highlanders	41
1905	Rube Waddell	Philadelphia Athletics	27
1906	Al Orth	New York Highlanders	27
1907	Addie Joss Doc White	Cleveland Naps Chicago White Sox	27
1908	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	40
1909	George Mullin	Detroit Tigers	29
1910	Jack Coombs	Philadelphia Athletics	31
1911			28
1912	Smoky Joe Wood	Boston Red Sox	34
1913	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	36
1914			28
1915			27
1916			25
1917	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	28
1918	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	23
1919	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	29
1920	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	31
1921	Carl Mays Urban Shocker	New York Yankees St. Louis Browns	27
1922	Eddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	27
1923	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	26
1924	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	23
1925	Ted Lyons Eddie Rommel	Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Athletics	21
1926	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	27
1927	Waite Hoyt Ted Lyons	New York Yankees Chicago White Sox	22
1928	Lefty Grove George Pipgras	Philadelphia Athletics New York Yankees	24
1929	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	24
1930	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	28
1931			31
1932	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	26
1933	Alvin Crowder Lefty Grove	Washington Senators Philadelphia Athletics	24
1934	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	26
1935	Wes Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	25
1936	Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	23
1937	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	21
1938	Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	21
1939	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	24
1940			27
1941			25
1942	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	22
1943	Spud Chandler Dizzy Trout	New York Yankees Detroit Tigers	20
1944	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	29
1945			25
1946	Bob Feller Hal Newhouser	Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers	26
1947	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	20
1948	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	21
1949	Mel Parnell	Boston Red Sox	25
1950	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	23
1951	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	22
1952	Bobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	24
1953	Bob Porterfield	Washington Senators	22
1954	Bob Lemon Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	23
1955	Whitey Ford Bob Lemon Frank Sullivan	New York Yankees Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox	18
1956	Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	21
1957	Jim Bunning Billy Pierce	Detroit Tigers Chicago White Sox	20
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	21
1959	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	22
1960	Chuck Estrada Jim Perry	Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Indians	18
1961	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	25
1962	Ralph Terry	New York Yankees	23
1963	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	24
1964	Dean Chance Gary Peters	Los Angeles Angels Chicago White Sox	20
1965	Mudcat Grant	Minnesota Twins	21
1966	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	25
1967	Jim Lonborg Earl Wilson	Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers	22
1968	Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	31
1969			24
1970	Mike Cuellar Dave McNally Jim Perry	Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles Minnesota Twins	24
1971	Mickey Lolich	Detroit Tigers	25
1972	Gaylord Perry Wilbur Wood	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox	24
1973	Wilbur Wood	Chicago White Sox	24
1974	Catfish Hunter Fergie Jenkins	Oakland Athletics Texas Rangers	25
1975	Catfish Hunter Jim Palmer	New York Yankees Baltimore Orioles	23
1976	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	22
1977	Dave Goltz Dennis Leonard Jim Palmer	Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals Baltimore Orioles	20
1978	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	25
1979	Mike Flanagan	Baltimore Orioles	23
1980	Steve Stone	Baltimore Orioles	25
1981	Dennis Martinez Steve McCatty Jack Morris Pete Vuckovich	Baltimore Orioles Oakland Athletics Detroit Tigers Milwaukee Brewers	14
1982	La Marr Hoyt	Chicago White Sox	19
1983			24
1984	Mike Boddicker	Baltimore Orioles	20
1985	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	22
1986	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	24
1987	Roger Clemens Dave Stewart	Boston Red Sox Oakland Athletics	20
1988	Frank Viola	Minnesota Twins	24
1989	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	23
1990	Bob Welch	Oakland Athletics	27
1991	Scott Erickson Bill Gullickson	Minnesota Twins Detroit Tigers	20
1992	Kevin Brown Jack Morris	Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays	21
1993	Jack McDowell	Chicago White Sox	22
1994	Jimmy Key	New York Yankees	17
1995	Mike Mussina	Baltimore Orioles	19
1996	Andy Pettitte	New York Yankees	21
1997	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	21
1998	Roger Clemens David Cone Rick Helling	Toronto Blue Jays New York Yankees Texas Rangers	20
1999	Pedro Martínez	Boston Red Sox	23
2000	Tim Hudson David Wells	Oakland Athletics Toronto Blue Jays	20
2001	Mark Mulder	Oakland Athletics	21
2002	Barry Zito	Oakland Athletics	23
2003	Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	22
2004	Curt Schilling	Boston Red Sox	21
2005	Bartolo Colon	Los Angeles Angels	21
2006	Johan Santana Chien-Ming Wang	Minnesota Twins New York Yankees	19
2007	Josh Beckett	Boston Red Sox	20
2008	Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	22
2009	Félix Hernández CC Sabathia Justin Verlander	Seattle Mariners New York Yankees Detroit Tigers	19

National League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1876	Al Spalding	Chicago White Stockings	47
1877	Tommy Bond	Boston Red Caps	40
1878			40
1879	John Montgomery Ward	Providence Grays	47
1880	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	45
1881	Larry Corcoran Jim Whitney	Chicago White Stockings Boston Red Caps	31
1882	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues	36
1883	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	48
1884			59
1885	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	53
1886	Lady Baldwin John Clarkson	Detroit Wolverines New York Giants	42
1887	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	38
1888	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	35
1889	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	49
1890	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	42
1891			44
1892	Bill Hutchison Cy Young	Chicago Colts Cleveland Spiders	36
1893	Frank Killen	Pittsburgh Pirates	36
1894	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	36
1895	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	35
1896	Frank Killen Kid Nichols	Pittsburgh Pirates Boston Beaneaters	30
1897	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	31
1898			31
1899	Jay Hughes Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Supurbas Baltimore Orioles	28
1900	Joe McGinnity	Brooklyn Supurbas	28
1901	Bill Donovan	Brooklyn Supurbas	25
1902	Jack Chesbro	Pittsburgh Pirates	28
1903	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	31
1904			35
1905	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	31
1906	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	27
1907	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	24
1908			37
1909	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	27
1910	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	27
1911	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	28
1912	Larry Cheney Rube Marquard	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	26
1913	Tom Seaton	Philadelphia Phillies	27
1914	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	27
1915			31
1916			33
1917			30
1918	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	22
1919	Jesse Barnes	New York Giants	25
1920	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	27
1921	Wilbur Cooper Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates Brooklyn Robins	22
1922	Eppa Rixey	Cincinnati Reds	25
1923	Dolf Luque	Cincinnati Reds	27
1924	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	28
1925			22
1926	Pete Donohue Ray Kremer Lee Meadows Flint Rhem	Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals	20
1927	Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	26
1928	Larry Benton Burleigh Grimes	New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	25
1929	Pat Malone	Chicago Cubs	22
1930	Ray Kremer Pat Malone	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	20
1931	Jumbo Elliott Bill Hallahan Heinie Meine	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals Pittsburgh Pirates	19
1932	Lon Warneke	Chicago Cubs	22
1933	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	23
1934	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	30
1935			28
1936	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	26
1937			22
1938	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	22
1939	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	27
1940			22
1941	Kirby Higbe Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	22
1942	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	22
1943	Mort Cooper Elmer Riddle Rip Sewell	St. Louis Cardinals Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates	21
1944	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	23
1945	Red Barrett	Boston Braves St. Louis Cardinals	23
1946	Howie Pollet	St. Louis Cardinals	21
1947	Ewell Blackwell	Cincinnati Reds	22
1948	Johnny Sain	Boston Braves	24
1949	Warren Spahn	Boston Braves	21
1950			21
1951	Larry Jansen Sal Maglie	New York Giants	23
1952	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	28
1953	Robin Roberts Warren Spahn	Philadelphia Phillies Milwaukee Braves	23
1954	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	23
1955			23
1956	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	27
1957	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	21
1958	Bob Friend Warren Spahn	Pittsburgh Pirates Milwaukee Braves	22
1959	Lew Burdette Sam Jones Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves San Francisco Giants Milwaukee Braves	21
1960	Ernie Broglio Warren Spahn	St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Braves	21
1961	Joey Jay Warren Spahn	Cincinnati Reds Milwaukee Braves	21
1962	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	25
1963	Sandy Koufax Juan Marichal	Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants	25
1964	Larry Jackson	Chicago Cubs	24
1965	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	26
1966			27
1967	Mike McCormick	San Francisco Giants	22
1968	Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	26
1969	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	25
1970	Bob Gibson Gaylord Perry	St. Louis Cardinals San Francisco Giants	23
1971	Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	24
1972	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	27
1973	Ron Bryant	San Francisco Giants	24
1974	Andy Messersmith Phil Niekro	Los Angeles Dodgers Atlanta Braves	20
1975	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	22
1976	Randy Jones	San Diego Padres	22
1977	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	23
1978	Gaylord Perry	San Diego Padres	21
1979	Joe Niekro Phil Niekro	Houston Astros Atlanta Braves	21
1980	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	24
1981	Tom Seaver	Cincinnati Reds	14
1982	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	23
1983	John Denny	Philadelphia Phillies	19
1984	Joaquín Andújar	St. Louis Cardinals	20
1985	Dwight Gooden	New York Mets	24
1986	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	21
1987	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs	18
1988	Orel Hershiser Danny Jackson	Los Angeles Dodgers Cincinnati Reds	23
1989	Mike Scott	Houston Astros	20
1990	Doug Drabek	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
1991	Tom Glavine John Smiley	Atlanta Braves Pittsburgh Pirates	20
1992	Tom Glavine Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs	20
1993	John Burkett Tom Glavine	San Francisco Giants Atlanta Braves	22
1994	Ken Hill Greg Maddux	Montreal Expos Atlanta Braves	16
1995	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	19
1996	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	24
1997	Denny Neagle	Atlanta Braves	20
1998	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	20
1999	Mike Hampton	Houston Astros	22
2000	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	21
2001	Matt Morris Curt Schilling	St. Louis Cardinals Arizona Diamondbacks	22
2002	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	24
2003	Russ Ortiz	Atlanta Braves	21
2004	Roy Oswalt	Houston Astros	20
2005	Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins	22
2006	Aaron Harang Derek Lowe Brad Penny John Smoltz Brandon Webb Carlos Zambrano	Cincinnati Reds Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Atlanta Braves Arizona Diamondbacks Chicago Cubs	16
2007	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	19
2008	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	22
2009	Adam Wainwright	St. Louis Cardinals	19

American Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1882	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	40
1883			43
1884	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	52
1885	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	40
1886	Dave Foutz Ed Morris	St. Louis Browns Pittsburgh Alleghenys	41
1887	Matt Kilroy	Baltimore Orioles	35
1888	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	45
1889	Bob Caruthers	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	40
1890	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics Baltimore Orioles	36
1891		Baltimore Orioles	35

Federal League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1914	Claude Hendrix	Chicago Chi-Feds	29
1915	George McConnell	Chicago Whales	25

Players' League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1890	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	34

Union Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1890	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	40

National Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1871	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	19
1872			38
1873			41
1874			52
1875			55

References

Baseball-Reference.com