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31-6 with a 1.96 ERA average.
Randy Jones entered the 1976 All Star Game with a record of 16-3, no pitcher has had 16 or more wins since prior to All-Star Game. (A number have had 15 wins) Denny Mclain also had 16 wins at All-Star Game back in 1968 when he went on to become last pitcher to win 30 games in a season.
Denny McLain in 1968. Before that the last one was Dizzy Dean in 1934. Lefty Grove did it before that in 1931 and twice in the twenties, as did Grover Cleveland Alexander. Apart from that you have to go back to the dead-ball era. The most wins any pitcher had even coming close to that since then was 27 by Steve Carlton in 1972 and Bob Welch in 1990. Before that you'd have to go back to 19th Century when teams rarely carried more than three or four pitchers on their roster. Win totals for pitchers were often 30 or more with Hoss Radbourne winning 60 games in one season, a record that is unlikely to ever be broken. With the 5 man pitching rotation today, it will likely never happen again. As a pitcher would be lucky to even get 30 starts in a season.
on the regular season, 58 wins...
Since 1950, there have been 7 starting pitchers to win an American League or National League MVP award: 1986 AL - Roger Clemens 1971 AL - Vida Blue 1968 AL - Denny McLain 1952 AL - Bobby Shantz 1968 NL - Bob Gibson 1963 NL - Sandy Koufax 1956 NL - Don Newcombe