Active Leaders & Records for Wins
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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Statistic Description: Wins
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Wins | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andy Pettitte (18, 41) | 250 | L |
| 2. | Roy Halladay (16, 36) | 201 | R |
| Tim Hudson (15, 37) | 201 | R | |
| 4. | CC Sabathia (13, 32) | 198 | L |
| 5. | Bartolo Colon (16, 40) | 180 | R |
| 6. | Mark Buehrle (14, 34) | 177 | L |
| 7. | Derek Lowe (17, 40) | 176 | R |
| 8. | Barry Zito (14, 35) | 164 | L |
| 9. | Roy Oswalt (12, 35) | 163 | R |
| 10. | Freddy Garcia (15, 36) | 155 | R |
| 11. | Chris Carpenter (15, 38) | 144 | R |
| 12. | A.J. Burnett (15, 36) | 141 | R |
| 13. | Johan Santana (12, 34) | 139 | L |
| 14. | Jon Garland (13, 33) | 136 | R |
| 15. | Cliff Lee (12, 34) | 133 | L |
| 16. | Josh Beckett (13, 33) | 132 | R |
| John Lackey (11, 34) | 132 | R | |
| Justin Verlander (9, 30) | 132 | R | |
| Carlos Zambrano (12, 32) | 132 | R | |
| 20. | Bronson Arroyo (14, 36) | 130 | R |
| Ted Lilly (15, 37) | 130 | L | |
| 22. | Ryan Dempster (16, 36) | 128 | R |
| 23. | Esteban Loaiza (14, 41) | 126 | R |
| Jake Peavy (12, 32) | 126 | R | |
| 25. | Dan Haren (11, 32) | 123 | R |
| 26. | Jason Marquis (14, 34) | 121 | R |
| 27. | Kyle Lohse (13, 34) | 120 | R |
| 28. | Darren Oliver (20, 42) | 117 | L |
| 29. | Aaron Harang (12, 35) | 108 | R |
| 30. | Felix Hernandez (9, 27) | 106 | R |
| 31. | Ismael Valdez (12, 39) | 104 | R |
| 32. | Jered Weaver (8, 30) | 103 | R |
| 33. | Miguel Batista (18, 42) | 102 | R |
| 34. | Kelvim Escobar (12, 37) | 101 | R |
| Ervin Santana (9, 30) | 101 | R | |
| 36. | Jake Westbrook (13, 35) | 100 | R |
| 37. | Brett Myers (12, 32) | 97 | R |
| 38. | Zack Greinke (10, 29) | 94 | R |
| 39. | Cole Hamels (8, 29) | 93 | L |
| 40. | Jon Lester (8, 29) | 91 | L |
| Wandy Rodriguez (9, 34) | 91 | L | |
| Jamey Wright (18, 38) | 91 | R | |
| 43. | Matt Cain (9, 28) | 90 | R |
| Adam Wainwright (8, 31) | 90 | R | |
| 45. | James Shields (8, 31) | 89 | R |
| 46. | Ramon Ortiz (12, 40) | 87 | R |
| 47. | Joe Blanton (10, 32) | 84 | R |
| 48. | Tim Lincecum (7, 29) | 83 | R |
| Joe Saunders (9, 32) | 83 | L | |
| 50. | Chad Billingsley (8, 28) | 81 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Wins | Throws |
| Rodrigo Lopez (11, 37) | 81 | R | |
| 52. | Ricky Nolasco (8, 30) | 80 | R |
| 53. | Jose Contreras (11, 41) | 78 | R |
| 54. | Aaron Cook (11, 34) | 76 | R |
| Mariano Rivera (19, 43) | 76 | R | |
| 56. | Yovani Gallardo (7, 27) | 75 | R |
| 57. | Bruce Chen (15, 36) | 74 | L |
| Ubaldo Jimenez (8, 29) | 74 | R | |
| 59. | Edwin Jackson (11, 29) | 73 | R |
| Paul Maholm (9, 31) | 73 | L | |
| 61. | Chris Capuano (9, 34) | 70 | L |
| Gavin Floyd (10, 30) | 70 | R | |
| 63. | Jeff Francis (9, 32) | 69 | L |
| Scott Kazmir (9, 29) | 69 | L | |
| Kip Wells (12, 36) | 69 | R | |
| 66. | Jeremy Bonderman (9, 30) | 68 | R |
| 67. | R.A. Dickey (11, 38) | 67 | R |
| 68. | LaTroy Hawkins (19, 40) | 66 | R |
| Clayton Kershaw (6, 25) | 66 | L | |
| 70. | Erik Bedard (10, 34) | 65 | L |
| Kevin Correia (11, 32) | 65 | R | |
| 72. | Johnny Cueto (6, 27) | 64 | R |
| 73. | Scott Baker (7, 31) | 63 | R |
| Hiroki Kuroda (6, 38) | 63 | R | |
| 75. | Gio Gonzalez (6, 27) | 62 | L |
| Jeremy Guthrie (10, 34) | 62 | R | |
| David Price (6, 27) | 62 | L | |
| Max Scherzer (6, 28) | 62 | R | |
| Chien-Ming Wang (8, 33) | 62 | R | |
| 80. | Jorge De La Rosa (10, 32) | 61 | L |
| C.J. Wilson (9, 32) | 61 | L | |
| 82. | Kyle Kendrick (7, 28) | 60 | R |
| Oliver Perez (11, 31) | 60 | L | |
| 84. | Octavio Dotel (15, 39) | 59 | R |
| 85. | John Danks (7, 28) | 58 | L |
| Matt Garza (8, 29) | 58 | R | |
| Mark Hendrickson (10, 39) | 58 | L | |
| Francisco Liriano (8, 29) | 58 | L | |
| 89. | Roberto Hernandez (8, 32) | 57 | R |
| Shaun Marcum (8, 31) | 57 | R | |
| Nate Robertson (9, 35) | 57 | L | |
| 92. | Dave Bush (9, 33) | 56 | R |
| Trevor Cahill (5, 25) | 56 | R | |
| Josh Johnson (9, 29) | 56 | R | |
| 95. | Clay Buchholz (7, 28) | 55 | R |
| Phil Hughes (7, 27) | 55 | R | |
| 97. | Anibal Sanchez (8, 29) | 54 | R |
| 98. | Jair Jurrjens (7, 27) | 53 | R |
| Mike Pelfrey (8, 29) | 53 | R | |
| Chris Young (9, 34) | 53 | R |
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