20-Game Win Seasons for Pitchers 30 and Over

by Bill Chuck on February 21, 2013

Yesterday was Justin Verlander‘s 30th birthday and to celebrate I wrote about pitchers who won 20 games as a 30-year old.

This led to some confusion as there were some in the Twittersphere who thought I was writing about pitchers 30 and older.

I was not. Today I am.

There have been 169 different pitchers who had at least one 20+ win season upon reaching 30 and beyond (June 30 is the cutoff date to determine the age for a season)

Here are the pitchers who had a least four 20 win seasons after 30 led by the remarkable Warren Spahn, who had 10.

Rk Yrs From To Age
1 Warren Spahn 10 1951 1963 30-42
2 Cy Young 6 1901 1908 34-41
3 Joe McGinnity 6 1901 1906 30-35
4 Early Wynn 5 1951 1959 31-39
5 Carl Hubbell 5 1933 1937 30-34
6 Lefty Grove 5 1930 1935 30-35
7 Mordecai Brown 5 1907 1911 30-34
8 Dave Stewart 4 1987 1990 30-33
9 Steve Carlton 4 1976 1982 31-37
10 Gaylord Perry 4 1970 1978 31-39
11 Mike Cuellar 4 1969 1974 32-37
12 Bob Gibson 4 1966 1970 30-34
13 Bob Lemon 4 1952 1956 31-35
14 Red Ruffing 4 1936 1939 31-34
15 Walter Johnson 4 1918 1925 30-37
16 Pete Alexander 4 1917 1927 30-40
17 Christy Mathewson 4 1911 1914 30-33
18 Eddie Plank 4 1907 1915 31-39
19 Vic Willis 4 1906 1909 30-33
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 2/21/2013.


There are five active pitchers who have had a 20-win season since turning 30. Roy Halladay is the only with two, R.A. Dickey had his first last season, Chris Carpenter may not return, Bartolo Colon is a guilty PED user, and Andy Pettitte had his 20-game win season 10 years ago.

Yrs From To Age
Roy Halladay 2 2008 2010 31-33
R.A. Dickey 1 2012 2012 37-37
Bartolo Colon 1 2005 2005 32-32
Chris Carpenter 1 2005 2005 30-30
Andy Pettitte 1 2003 2003 31-31
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 2/21/2013.
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