300 Wins Club

The 300 Wins Club is more of a personal plateau than an actual award given to any single pitcher. The passage of time has placed more significance on the attainment of this goal and memorabilia shows are often conducted and advertised using the term 300 Wins Club member.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a detailed look at this truly elite club of powerful pitchers that few belong to, and many only dream of coming near. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"Pitching has become tougher and more demanding and it's harder to throw consistently for as long a period as it would take to win three-hundred (300) games. It would take a tremendous amount of dedication to do that." - Former Pitcher & New York Yankees Pitching Coach Mel Stottlemyre
300 Wins Club

In Order By Most Wins / Ties Alphabetized

Pitcher Wins Threw Victory #300 Details
Pitching For Lg Age Date / Box Opponent Score

Cy Young

511

Right

Boston

AL

34

07-03-1901

Baltimore

9-1

Walter Johnson

417

Right

Washington

AL

32

05-14-1920

Detroit

9-8

Grover Alexander

373

Right

Chicago

NL

37

09-20-1924

New York

7-3

Christy Mathewson

373

Right

New York

NL

32

06-28-1912

Boston

10-3

Warren Spahn

363

Left

Milwaukee

NL

40

08-11-1961

Chicago

2-1

Pud Galvin

361

Right

Pittsburgh

NL

31

09-04-1888

Indianapolis

5-4

Kid Nichols

361

Right

Boston

NL

30

07-07-1900

Chicago

11-4

Roger Clemens

354

Right

New York

AL

40

06-13-2003

St. Louis

5-2

Greg Maddux

347

Right

Chicago

NL

38

08-07-2004

San Francisco

8-4

Tim Keefe

342

Right

New York

PL

33

06-04-1890

Boston

9-4

Steve Carlton

329

Left

Philadelphia

NL

38

09-23-1983

St. Louis

6-2

John Clarkson

328

Right

Cleveland

NL

31

09-21-1892

Pittsburgh

3-2

Eddie Plank

326

Left

St. Louis

FL

39

09-11-1915

Kansas City

3-2

Nolan Ryan

324

Right

Texas

AL

43

07-31-1990

Milwaukee

11-3

Don Sutton

324

Right

California

AL

41

06-18-1986

Texas

4-1

Phil Niekro

318

Right

New York

AL

46

10-06-1985

Toronto

8-0

Gaylord Perry

314

Right

Seattle

AL

43

05-06-1982

New York

7-3

Tom Seaver

311

Right

Chicago

AL

40

08-04-1985

New York

4-1

Old Hoss Radbourn

309

Right

Cincinnati

NL

36

05-14-1891

Brooklyn

4-0

Mickey Welch

307

Right

New York

NL

31

08-11-1890

Brooklyn

3-0

Tom Glavine

303

Left

New York

NL

41

08-05-2007

Chicago

8-3

Lefty Grove

300

Left

Boston

AL

41

07-25-1941

Cleveland

10-6

Early Wynn

300

Right

Cleveland

AL

43

07-13-1963

Kansas City

7-4

Pitcher Wins Threw Team Lg Age Date / Box Opponent Score
Victory #300 Details

300 Wins Club | Bold = Active Player



Pud Galvin was the first pitcher to reach the three-hundred wins plateau, but did you know that Kid Nichols was the youngest and Phil Niekro was the oldest?

Did you know that John Clarkson and Christy Mathewson are the only two pitchers to reach the three-hundred wins milestone before they appeared in five-hundred games?

Phil Niekro had the fewest wins of any member at any age including only thirty-one career victories when he was thirty-years-old, one-hundred ninety-seven career wins at forty, and yet he managed to become the first & only member to pitch a complete game shutout during his three-hundredth win.