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
31-6 with a 1.96 ERA average.
In 1968, Tigers' pitcher Denny McLain ended the regular season with a record of 31-6. He is the last pitcher in MLB history to win 30+ games in a season.
In MLB, that is Kid Nichols with 7, all with the Boston Beaneaters. He won 30 games in 1891, 35 in 1892, 34 in 1893, 32 in 1894, 30 in 1896, 31 in 1897, and 31 in 1898.
In 1972, Denny McLain pitched in 5 games for the Oakland Athletics, with an ERA of 6.04. He started all games and finished 0, pitching no complete games. He threw no shutouts and recorded no saves, ending up with 1 win and 2 losses. He pitched a total of 67 outs, facing 108 batters. He gave up 32 hits and 15 earned runs, including 4 home runs. He struck out 8 batters and walked 8.
Hank Greenberg in 1940. Since then, pitchers Hal Newhouser won MVP in 1944 and 1945, Denny McLain in 1968, and Willie Hernandez in 1984.
As of the 2013 season, the last MLB pitcher to win 30+ games in a season was Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers who went 31-6 in 1968.
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Denny Hulme won the 1967 Formula One World Championshipdriving for Brabham.
I think Inferno might win.
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.
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