20 Wins Club National League Pitchers 1926

20 Wins Club : 1926 - 1950

Twenty wins in a single season is a truly a magical plateau. Jim Bouton wrote in his classic book Ball Four, "If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher twenty wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it."

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the pitchers from 1926 through 1950 who are members of the National League 20 Wins Club. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season. Quantities are cumulative, consecutive and include instances from other major leagues also.

"Too many people try to make it (pitching) more complicated than it really is." - Robin Roberts (five time twenty-game winner in the National League)

Twenty Wins Club '1926 to 1950' In Chronological Order
Name^(Quantity)	Team	Wins	Losses	Year	Top 25
Pete Donohue⁽³⁾	Cincinnati	20	14	1926	Top 25
Ray Kremer⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	20	6
Lee Meadows⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	20	9
Flint Rhem⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	20	7
Charlie Root⁽¹⁾	Chicago	26	15	1927	Top 25
Jesse Haines⁽²⁾	St. Louis	24	10
Carmen Hill⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	22	11
Grover Alexander⁽⁹⁾	St. Louis	21	10
Larry Benton⁽¹⁾	New York	25	9	1928	Top 25
Burleigh Grimes⁽⁵⁾	Pittsburgh	25	14
Dazzy Vance⁽³⁾	Brooklyn	22	10
Bill Sherdel⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	21	10
Jesse Haines⁽³⁾	St. Louis	20	8
Freddie Fitzsimmons⁽¹⁾	New York	20	9
Pat Malone⁽¹⁾	Chicago	22	10	1929	Top 25
Ray Kremer⁽²⁾	Pittsburgh	20	12	1930	Top 25
Pat Malone⁽²⁾	Chicago	20	9	1930	Top 25
Not Acomplished	n/a	n/a	n/a	1931	Top 25
Lon Warneke⁽¹⁾	Chicago	22	6	1932	Top 25
Watty Clark⁽¹⁾	Brooklyn	20	12	1932	Top 25
Carl Hubbell⁽¹⁾	New York	23	12	1933	Top 25
Guy Bush⁽¹⁾	Chicago	20	12
Ben Cantwell⁽¹⁾	Boston	20	10
Dizzy Dean⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	20	18
Dizzy Dean⁽²⁾	St. Louis	30	7	1934	Top 25
Hal Schumacher⁽¹⁾	New York	23	10
Lon Warneke⁽²⁾	Chicago	22	10
Carl Hubbell⁽²⁾	New York	21	12
Dizzy Dean⁽³⁾	St. Louis	28	12	1935	Top 25
Carl Hubbell⁽³⁾	New York	23	12
Paul Derringer⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	22	13
Bill Lee⁽¹⁾	Chicago	20	6
Lon Warneke⁽³⁾	Chicago	20	13
Carl Hubbell⁽⁴⁾	New York	26	6	1936	Top 25
Dizzy Dean⁽⁴⁾	St. Louis	24	13	1936	Top 25
Carl Hubbell⁽⁵⁾	New York	22	8	1937	Top 25
Lou Fette⁽¹⁾	Boston	20	10
Cliff Melton⁽¹⁾	New York	20	9
Jim Turner⁽¹⁾	Boston	20	11
Bill Lee⁽²⁾	Chicago	22	9	1938	Top 25
Paul Derringer⁽²⁾	Cincinnati	21	14	1938	Top 25
Bucky Walters⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	27	11	1939	Top 25
Paul Derringer⁽³⁾	Cincinnati	25	7
Curt Davis⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	22	16
Luke Hamlin⁽¹⁾	Brooklyn	20	13
Bucky Walters⁽²⁾	Cincinnati	22	10	1940	Top 25
Claude Passeau⁽¹⁾	Chicago	20	13
Paul Derringer⁽⁴⁾	Cincinnati	20	12
Kirby Higbe⁽¹⁾	Brooklyn	22	10	1941	Top 25
Whit Wyatt⁽¹⁾	Brooklyn	22	9	1941	Top 25
Mort Cooper⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	22	7	1942	Top 25
Johnny Beazley⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	21	6	1942	Top 25
Mort Cooper⁽²⁾	St. Louis	21	8	1943	Top 25
Elmer Riddle⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	21	11
Rip Sewell⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	21	9
Bucky Walters⁽³⁾	Cincinnati	23	8	1944	Top 25
Mort Cooper⁽³⁾	St. Louis	22	7
Rip Sewell⁽²⁾	Pittsburgh	21	12
Bill Voiselle⁽¹⁾	New York	21	16
Red Barrett⁽¹⁾	Boston⁽²⁾ & St. Louis⁽²¹⁾	23	12	1945	Top 25
Hank Wyse⁽¹⁾	Chicago	22	10
* Hank Borowy⁽¹⁾	New York ^{(A.L. 10)} & Chicago ⁽¹¹⁾	21	7
Howie Pollet⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	21	10	1946	Top 25
Johnny Sain⁽¹⁾	Boston	20	14	1946	Top 25
Ewell Blackwell⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	22	8	1947	Top 25
Ralph Branca⁽¹⁾	Brooklyn	21	12
Larry Jansen⁽¹⁾	New York	21	5
Johnny Sain⁽²⁾	Boston	21	12
Warren Spahn⁽¹⁾	Boston	21	10
Johnny Sain⁽³⁾	Boston	24	15	1948	Top 25
Harry Brecheen⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	20	7	1948	Top 25
Warren Spahn⁽²⁾	Boston	21	14	1949	Top 25
Howie Pollet⁽²⁾	St. Louis	20	9	1949	Top 25
Warren Spahn⁽³⁾	Boston	21	17	1950	Top 25
Robin Roberts⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	20	11
Johnny Sain⁽⁴⁾	Boston	20	13
Name^(Quantity)	Team	Wins	Losses	Year	Top 25
*Twenty Wins Club \| = Two Leagues**

Who had the most saves during a National League twenty win season? Mordecai Brown with thirteen during his 1911 campaign.

Did you know that amongst National League twenty game winners, Amos Rusie stands alone when walking batters? In 1890, Rusie walked a record two-hundred eighty-nine batters during a twenty win season and he has the second and third most bases on balls marks as well.

The worst earned run average by a National League twenty game winner? Ray Kremer with 5.02 in 1930. Best ERA? Mordecai Brown with 1.04 in 1906.

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