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ShareThisFewest 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.
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.
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July 26th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Of course, the record for fewest IP to 18 wins is much, much lower.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/facero01.shtml