20 Wins Club National League Pitchers 1976

20 Wins Club : 1976 - 2011

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 1976 through 2011 who are members of the National League 20 Wins Club.

"He (Gaylord Perry) gave me a jar of Vaseline. I thanked him and gave him a piece of sandpaper." - Don Sutton (one time National League twenty-game winner)

Twenty Wins Club '1976 - 2011' In Chronological Order
Name^(Quantity)	Team	Wins	Losses	Year	Top 25
Randy Jones⁽²⁾	San Diego	22	14	1976	Top 25
Jerry Koosman⁽¹⁾	New York	21	10
Don Sutton⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	21	10
Steve Carlton⁽³⁾	Philadelphia	20	7
J.R. Richard⁽¹⁾	Houston	20	15
Steve Carlton⁽⁴⁾	Philadelphia	23	10	1977	Top 25
Tom Seaver⁽⁵⁾	New York⁽⁷⁾& Cincinnati ⁽¹⁴⁾	21	6
John Candelaria⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	20	5
Bob Forsch⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	20	7
Tommy John⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	20	7
Rick Reuschel⁽¹⁾	Chicago	20	10
Gaylord Perry⁽⁵⁾	San Diego	21	6	1978	Top 25
Ross Grimsley⁽¹⁾	Montreal	20	11	1978	Top 25
Joe Niekro⁽¹⁾	Houston	21	11	1979	Top 25
Phil Niekro⁽³⁾	Atlanta	21	20	1979	Top 25
Steve Carlton⁽⁵⁾	Philadelphia	24	9	1980	Top 25
Joe Niekro⁽²⁾	Houston	20	12	1980	Top 25
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	1981	Top 25
Steve Carlton⁽⁶⁾	Philadelphia	23	11	1982	Top 25
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	1983	Top 25
Joaquin Andujar⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	20	14	1984	Top 25
Dwight Gooden⁽¹⁾	New York	24	4	1985	Top 25
Joaquin Andujar⁽²⁾	St. Louis	21	12
John Tudor⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	21	8
Tom Browning⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	20	9
Fernando Valenzuela⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	21	11	1986	Top 25
Mike Krukow⁽¹⁾	San Francisco	20	9	1986	Top 25
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	1987	Top 25
Orel Hershiser⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	23	8	1988	Top 25
Danny Jackson⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	23	8
David Cone⁽¹⁾	New York	20	3
Mike Scott⁽¹⁾	Houston	20	10	1989	Top 25
Doug Drabek⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	22	6	1990	Top 25
Ramon Martinez⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	20	6
Frank Viola⁽²⁾	New York	20	12
Tom Glavine⁽¹⁾	Atlanta	20	11	1991	Top 25
John Smiley⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	20	8	1991	Top 25
Tom Glavine⁽²⁾	Atlanta	20	8	1992	Top 25
Greg Maddux⁽¹⁾	Chicago	20	11	1992	Top 25
John Burkett⁽¹⁾	San Francisco	22	7	1993	Top 25
Tom Glavine⁽³⁾	Atlanta	22	6
Bill Swift⁽¹⁾	San Francisco	21	8
Greg Maddux⁽²⁾	Atlanta	20	10
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	1994	Top 25
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	1995	Top 25
John Smoltz⁽¹⁾	Atlanta	24	8	1996	Top 25
Denny Neagle⁽¹⁾	Atlanta	20	5	1997	Top 25
Tom Glavine⁽⁴⁾	Atlanta	20	6	1998	Top 25
Mike Hampton⁽¹⁾	Houston	22	4	1999	Top 25
Jose Lima⁽¹⁾	Houston	21	10	1999	Top 25
Tom Glavine⁽⁵⁾	Atlanta	21	9	2000	Top 25
Darryl Kile⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	20	9	2000	Top 25
Matt Morris⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	22	8	2001	Top 25
Curt Schilling⁽¹⁾	Arizona	22	6
Randy Johnson⁽²⁾	Arizona	21	6
Jon Lieber⁽¹⁾	Chicago	20	6
Randy Johnson⁽³⁾	Arizona	24	5	2002	Top 25
Curt Schilling⁽²⁾	Arizona	23	5
* Bartolo Colon⁽¹⁾	Montreal ⁽¹⁰⁾ & Cleveland ^{(A.L. 10)}	20	8
Russ Ortiz⁽¹⁾	Atlanta	21	7	2003	Top 25
Roy Oswalt⁽¹⁾	Houston	20	10	2004	Top 25
Dontrelle Willis⁽¹⁾	Florida	22	10	2005	Top 25
Chris Carpenter⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	21	5
Roy Oswalt⁽²⁾	Houston	20	12
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	2006	Top 25
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	2007	Top 25
Brandon Webb⁽¹⁾	Arizona	22	7	2008	Top 25
Not Accomplished	n/a	--	--	2009	Top 25
Roy Halladay⁽³⁾	Philadelphia	21	10	2010	Top 25
Adam Wainwright⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	20	11	2010	Top 25
Ian Kennedy⁽¹⁾	Arizona	21	4	2011	Top 25
Clayton Kershaw⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	21	5	2011	Top 25
Not Yet Accomplished	n/a	--	--	2012	Top 25
Name^(Quantity)	Team	Wins	Losses	Year	Top 25
*Twenty Wins Club \| = Two Leagues**

In 1991, John Smiley tossed the fewest amount of innings two-hundred seven and two-thirds by a National League twenty game winner. By comparison; Will White, who holds the record for most innings pitched by a National League twenty game winner, threw six-hundred eighty in 1879.

Did you know that can use this chart to easily determine who the first (or every) twenty game winner was from your favorite team?

In 1960, Ernie Broglio won twenty-one games and set a National League record amongst twenty game winners for fewest hits allowed with one-hundred seventy-two.

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