Most wins in a season: CHARLES ?OLD HOSS? RADBOURN (1854?1897) A butcher by trade, Radbourn received his moniker for his incredible endurance and dependability in an era when most teams employed a two-man pitching rotation. As a starting pitcher for the Providence Grays (1881?1885), Boston Beaneaters (1886?1889), Boston Red Stockings (1890) and Cincinnati Reds (1891), Radbourn compiled a 309?195 career record. In 1884 he won the National League's pitching Triple Crown with a 1.38 ERA, 60 wins and 441 strikeouts. His 60 wins in a season is a record which will never be broken. It was during his four-year stint with Boston that Radbourn gained notoriety of another sort. During a Boston/New York team photograph in 1886, he became the first public figure to be photographed extending his middle digit to the camera. See: http://www.19cbaseball.com/radbournFlipsTheBird.html and http://www.19cbaseball.com/radbournFlipsTheBirdDetail.html Once asked if he ever tired of pitching so often, he replied, ?Tired out tossing a little five-ounce Baseball for two hours? I used to be a butcher. From four in the morning until eight at night I knocked down steers with a 25-pound sledge. Tired from playing 2-hours a day for 10 times the money I used to get for 16 hours a day?? Excerpted from http://www.19cbaseball.com Accroding to Major League Baseball 2K5's records, it is Jack Chesbro. He had 41 wins in the 1904 season.
If you go all the way back, Old Hoss Radbourn won 59 in 1884. If you just want from 1900 on, then the record belongs to Jack Chesbro, who had 41 wins in 1904.
Here's a list of every pitcher that won at least 30 games in a single season:
SEASON
WINS YEAR W
1 Old Hoss Radbourn 1884 59
2 John Clarkson 1885 53
3 Guy Hecker 1884 52
4 John Clarkson 1889 49
T5 Old Hoss Radbourn 1883 48
T5 Charlie Buffinton 1884 48
T7 Al Spalding 1876 47
T7 Monte Ward 1879 47
T9 Matt Kilroy 1887 46
T9 Pud Galvin 1884 46
T9 Pud Galvin 1883 46
T12 Jim McCormick 1880 45
T12 George Bradley 1876 45
T12 Silver King 1888 45
T15 Bill Hutchison 1891 44
T15 Mickey Welch 1885 44
T17 Will White 1879 43
T17 Will White 1883 43
T17 Tommy Bond 1879 43
T17 Larry Corcoran 1880 43
T17 Billy Taylor 1884 43
T22 Lady Baldwin 1886 42
T22 Bill Hutchison 1890 42
T22 Tim Keefe 1886 42
T25 Jack Chesbro 1904 41
T25 Ed Morris 1886 41
T25 Dave Foutz 1886 41
T25 Charlie Sweeney 1884 41
T25 Tim Keefe 1883 41
T30 Bill Sweeney 1884 40
T30 Bob Caruthers 1885 40
T30 Bob Caruthers 1889 40
T30 Jim McCormick 1884 40
T30 Will White 1882 40
T30 Ed Walsh 1908 40
T30 Tommy Bond 1878 40
T30 Tommy Bond 1877 40
T38 Ed Morris 1885 39
T38 Mickey Welch 1884 39
T38 Monte Ward 1880 39
T41 Kid Gleason 1890 38
T41 Toad Ramsey 1886 38
T41 John Clarkson 1887 38
T44 Christy Mathewson 1908 37
T44 Jack Lynch 1884 37
T44 Bill Hutchison 1892 37
T44 Pud Galvin 1879 37
T44 Tim Keefe 1884 37
T44 Toad Ramsey 1887 37
T44 Jim Whitney 1883 37
T51 Amos Rusie 1894 36
T51 Frank Killen 1893 36
T51 Cy Young 1892 36
T51 Walter Johnson 1913 36
T51 Jim McCormick 1882 36
T51 Tony Mullane 1884 36
T51 Sadie McMahon 1890 36
T51 John Clarkson 1886 36
T59 Kid Nichols 1892 35
T59 Cy Young 1895 35
T59 Joe McGinnity 1904 35
T59 Tony Mullane 1883 35
T59 Jack Stivetts 1892 35
T59 Ed Seward 1888 35
T59 Jim Devlin 1877 35
T59 Tim Keefe 1887 35
T59 Tim Keefe 1888 35
T59 Sadie McMahon 1891 35
T59 Larry Corcoran 1884 35
T70 Joe Wood 1912 34
T70 Ed Morris 1884 34
T70 Kid Nichols 1893 34
T70 Mark Baldwin 1890 34
T70 Cy Young 1893 34
T70 Scott Stratton 1890 34
T70 Mickey Welch 1880 34
T70 Will White 1884 34
T70 George Haddock 1891 34
T70 Elmer Smith 1887 34
T70 Silver King 1889 34
T70 Larry Corcoran 1883 34
T82 Amos Rusie 1893 33
T82 Christy Mathewson 1904 33
T82 Amos Rusie 1891 33
T82 Henry Porter 1885 33
T82 Cy Young 1901 33
T82 Dave Foutz 1885 33
T82 Mickey Welch 1886 33
T82 Grover C Alexander 1916 33
T82 Walter Johnson 1912 33
T82 Jack Stivetts 1891 33
T82 Tony Mullane 1886 33
T82 Old Hoss Radbourn 1882 33
T82 Jouett Meekin 1894 33
T82 John Clarkson 1891 33
T82 John Clarkson 1888 33
T97 Kid Nichols 1894 32
T97 Cy Young 1902 32
T97 Elton Chamberlin 1889 32
T97 Gus Weyhing 1892 32
T97 Jesse Duryea 1889 32
T97 Lee Richmond 1880 32
T97 Tim Keefe 1885 32
T97 Bob Emslie 1884 32
T97 Silver King 1887 32
T106 Kid Nichols 1897 31
T106 Pink Hawley 1895 31
T106 Amos Rusie 1892 31
T106 Kid Nichols 1898 31
T106 Christy Mathewson 1905 31
T106 Lefty Grove 1931 31
T106 Jack Coombs 1910 31
T106 Bill Hoffer 1895 31
T106 Grover C Alexander 1915 31
T106 Denny McLain 1968 31
T106 Joe McGinnity 1903 31
T106 Tony Mullane 1887 31
T106 Jim Bagby 1920 31
T106 Jim McCormick 1886 31
T106 Terry Larkin 1879 31
T106 Gus Weyhing 1891 31
T106 Jim Whitney 1881 31
T106 Tommy Bond 1876 31
T106 Larry Corcoran 1881 31
T125 Dizzy Dean 1934 30
T125 Bob Caruthers 1886 30
T125 Kid Nichols 1891 30
T125 Christy Mathewson 1903 30
T125 Tom Lovett 1890 30
T125 Hank Gastright 1890 30
T125 Frank Killen 1896 30
T125 Kid Nichols 1896 30
T125 Charlie Ferguson 1886 30
T125 Bobby Mathews 1885 30
T125 Bobby Mathews 1884 30
T125 Bobby Mathews 1883 30
T125 Grover C Alexander 1917 30
T125 Pete Conway 1888 30
T125 Gus Weyhing 1890 30
T125 Guy Hecker 1885 30
T125 Tony Mullane 1882 30
T125 Will White 1878 30
T125 Gus Weyhing 1889 30
T125 Silver King 1890 30
T125 Dupee Shaw 1884 30
T125 Jim Devlin 1876 30
T125 Charlie Getzien 1886 30
Official baseball records list Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders (now Yankees) with 41 victories (12 losses) in the American League in 1904 as the most wins by a pitcher in major league history.
In 1884 Charles Radbourn started 73 games, completed each one, and won 59 of them for the National League team, the Providence Greys.
MOST WINS IN A MONTH
AL - Rube Waddell - 10 (July 1902)
NL - John Clarkson - 15 (June 1885)
21 The Dodgers in June, then 20 for the Dodgers in July 2017, although hey had a much better July going 20-22 vs. 21-27 in June
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Roy Face, 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates. 18 total wins in relief in 1959 (MLB record) 17 of which were consecutive (MLB record). Right Handed pitcher, career spanned 1953-1969, almost entirely with Pittsburgh.
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Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts by a left handed pitcher. He also has the second most strikeouts all-time and over 300 wins.
== == Ed Morris had 12 in 1886, which is the AA record for Lefthanders Sandy Koufax had 11 in 1963, which is the NL record for Lefthanders The American League record for shutouts in a season by a southpaw is 9 and held by Ron Guidry of the Yankees (1978) and Babe Ruth of the Red Sox (1916).
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Joe Wood with 34 wins in 1912.
Through the 2008 season, that is Hall of Famer Tom Seaver who had 25 wins in 1969.
Jack Chesbro with 41 for the 1904 team.
Charley Radbourn holds the record for most wins by a pitcher in a single season with 59 in 1884. Jack Chesbro holds the record since 1901 with 41 in 1904.
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As of 2009, Andy Pettitte holds the record for most career postseason wins with 18.
Tim Lincecum who won 4 games in the 2010 playoffs/World Series.
a pitcher's record for the season is his wins, then losses for example, if a pitcher won 15 games and lost 10, then his record would be 15-10
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Barry Bonds is the current holder, with 73 home runs in 2001.
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