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Fewest IP to 20 wins

Posted by Andy on July 25, 2008

A reader asked about this on another post, and I had forgotten the answer until I looked it up.

Fewest IP in a 20-win season:

  Cnt Player              **IP**   W Year Age Tm  Lg  G  GS CG SHO GF  L  W-L% SV  H   R   ER  BB  SO   ERA  ERA+ HR  BF   AB  2B 3B IBB HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB CS Pk BK WP   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  OPS+  Pit  Str
+----+-----------------+---------+--+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
    1 Bob Grim            199     20 1954  24 NYY AL  37 20  8   1  8  6  .769  0 175  78  72  85 108   3.26  105  9  825                  3                        0  4                            0           
    2 Pedro Martinez      199.1   20 2002  30 BOS AL  30 30  2   0  0  4  .833  0 144  62  50  40 239   2.26  202 13  787  726 35  3   1  15   2   4  10   8  5  2  0  3  .198  .254  .309  .563   47 3086 2052 
    3 Josh Beckett        200.2   20 2007  27 BOS AL  30 30  1   0  0  7  .741  0 189  76  73  40 194   3.27  145 17  822  772 45  3   0   5   3   2  12  14  6  1  0  3  .245  .286  .377  .663   69 3088 2041 
    4 Tim Hudson          202.1   20 2000  24 OAK AL  32 32  2   2  0  6  .769  0 169 100  93  82 169   4.14  113 24  847  746 32  3   5   7   5   7  17  24  3  1  0  7  .227  .306  .374  .680   75 3227 1918 
    5 Scott Erickson      204     20 1991  23 MIN AL  32 32  5   3  0  8  .714  0 189  80  72  71 108   3.18  134 13  851  762 39  5   3   6   5   7  22   4 10  0  0  4  .248  .314  .364  .678   83           
    6 David Cone          207.2   20 1998  35 NYY AL  31 31  3   0  0  7  .741  0 186  89  82  59 209   3.55  124 20  866  784 41  2   1  15   4   4   9  21  6  0  0  6  .237  .302  .371  .673   77           
    7 John Smiley         207.2   20 1991  26 PIT NL  33 32  2   1  0  8  .714  0 194  78  71  44 129   3.08  117 17  836  774 38  6   0   3  11   4  11  18 13  0  1  3  .251  .292  .381  .673   94           
    8 Andy Pettitte       208.1   21 2003  31 NYY AL  33 33  1   0  0  8  .724  0 227 109  93  50 180   4.02  109 21  896  835 34  6   3   1   5   5  18  13  1  0  0  5  .272  .312  .402  .714   89 3383 2185 
    9 Jamie Moyer         209.2   20 2001  38 SEA AL  33 33  1   0  0  6  .769  0 187  84  80  44 119   3.43  121 24  851  781 34  3   4  10   5  11  14  12  7  1  0  1  .239  .285  .383  .668   79 3093 1940 
   10 Russ Ortiz          212.1   21 2003  29 ATL NL  34 34  1   1  0  7  .750  0 177 101  90 102 149   3.81  112 17  912  793 41  3   7   4   6   7   9  22  5  2  0  5  .223  .312  .347  .659   76 3567 2102 
   11 Randy Johnson       213     20 1997  33 SEA AL  30 29  5   2  0  4  .833  0 147  60  54  77 291   2.28  196 20  850  758 32  1   2  10   4   1  11  13 16  3  0  4  .194  .277  .318  .595   56           
   12 Pedro Martinez      213.1   23 1999  27 BOS AL  31 29  5   1  1  4  .852  0 160  56  49  37 313   2.07  243  9  835  780 38  0   1   9   3   6  11  21 10  0  0  6  .205  .248  .288  .536   35           
   13 Jamie Moyer         215     21 2003  40 SEA AL  33 33  1   0  0  7  .750  0 199  83  78  66 129   3.27  132 19  897  810 39  1   3   8   7   6  19  11  6  4  0  0  .246  .307  .367  .674   81 3440 2134 
   14 Johnny Beazley      215.1   21 1942  24 STL NL  43 23 13   3 15  6  .778  3 181  67  51  73  91   2.13  162  4  890                  3                        0  7                            0           
   15 Matt Morris         216.1   22 2001  26 STL NL  34 34  2   1  0  8  .733  0 218  86  76  54 185   3.16  137 13  909  823 45  2   3  13  14   5  18  11  5  2  1  5  .265  .318  .372  .690   82 3331 2162 
   16 Rick Helling        216.1   20 1998  27 TEX AL  33 33  4   2  0  7  .741  0 209 109 106  78 164   4.41  109 27  922  827 44  5   6   1   6  10   7  11 12  0  0 10  .253  .314  .416  .730   85           
   17 Bob Forsch          217.1   20 1977  27 STL NL  35 35  8   2  0  7  .741  0 210  97  84  69  95   3.48  111 20  915  835 33  2   2   3   4   4  21  15  6  2  1  9  .251  .310  .368  .678   88           
   18 Derek Lowe          219.2   21 2002  29 BOS AL  32 32  1   1  0  8  .724  0 166  65  63  48 127   2.58  177 12  854  787 30  3   0  12   5   2  28  19  7  0  0  5  .211  .266  .302  .568   49 3068 1956 
   19 Ray Sadecki         220     20 1964  23 STL NL  37 32  9   2  2 11  .645  1 232 104  90  60 119   3.68  104 16  935  850 32  4   4   1  16   8  22   7  7  2  1  7  .273  .319  .376  .695   94           
   20 Roger Clemens       220.1   20 2001  38 NYY AL  33 33  0   0  0  3  .870  0 205  94  86  72 213   3.51  128 19  918  833 44  3   1   5   4   4  21  34  6  3  0 14  .246  .309  .375  .684   78 3590 2274 
   21 Tommy John          220.1   20 1977  34 LAD NL  31 31 11   3  0  7  .741  0 225  82  68  50 123   2.78  138 12  906  842 34  4   3   3  10   1  32   8 10  0  0  6  .267  .310  .360  .670   84           
   22 Andy Pettitte       221     21 1996  24 NYY AL  35 34  2   0  1  8  .724  0 229 105  95  72 162   3.87  129 23  929  844 37  3   2   3   7   3  23  10 11 10  1  6  .271  .330  .404  .734   83           
   23 Bartolo Colon       222.2   21 2005  32 LAA AL  33 33  2   0  0  8  .724  0 215  93  86  43 157   3.48  122 26  906  847 42  5   0   3   9   4  21   2  4  0  1  2  .254  .291  .407  .698   85 3236 2200 
   24 Dave McNally        224.1   21 1971  28 BAL AL  30 30 11   1  0  5  .808  0 188  75  72  58  91   2.89  116 24  899  822 36  3   2   5  10   4  24   1  4  4  0  5  .229  .282  .367  .649   90           
   25 Tom Glavine         225     20 1992  26 ATL NL  33 33  7   5  0  8  .714  0 197  81  69  70 129   2.76  133  6  919  839 37  4   7   2   2   6  18  13 10  0  0  5  .235  .293  .310  .603   72           

Mike Mussina is on pace to turn the trick this year, although odds are that he won't achieve it.

One Response to “Fewest IP to 20 wins”

  1. gerry Says:

    Of course, the record for fewest IP to 18 wins is much, much lower.
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/facero01.shtml