Win (baseball)

In baseball, a pitcher is credited with a win (or "W") when, in a game won by his team, he is the team's pitcher at the time that his team takes a lead that it does not relinquish for the remainder of the game.

Records

Career wins

(Bold denotes active pitchers)

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• Cy Young - 511
• Walter Johnson - 417
• Grover Cleveland Alexander - 373
• Christy Mathewson - 373
• Pud Galvin - 364
• Warren Spahn - 363
• Kid Nichols - 361
• Tim Keefe - 342
• Roger Clemens - 341
• Steve Carlton - 329
• John Clarkson - 328
• Eddie Plank - 326
• Nolan Ryan - 324
• Don Sutton - 324
• Greg Maddux - 318
• Phil Niekro - 318
• Gaylord Perry - 314
• Tom Seaver - 311
• Charles Radbourn - 309
• Mickey Welch - 307
• Lefty Grove - 300
• Early Wynn - 300