What pitcher holds the record for wins in a season?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

MOST WINS IN A MONTH

AL - Rube Waddell - 10 (July 1902)

NL - John Clarkson - 15 (June 1885)

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

20 wins Seattle Mariners