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Most Wins of the 1930s (MLB)

Every MLB season from 1930 to 1939, added up. Games won

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Lefty Grove recorded more wins than any other MLB player in the 1930s, with 199, 11 clear of Carl Hubbell (188). He did it in 10 seasons, with a best year of 31 in 1931. The top ten runs from 199 down to 147.

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Negro League seasons over these years ran roughly 25 to 70 games against 154 or more in the American and National Leagues. This is a raw ten-year total, so it counts opportunity as well as performance.

Lefty Grove MLB leader, 1930s Lefty Grove 1930–1939 · 10 seasons
199 Wins 11 clear of Carl Hubbell
# Player Seasons W Best year
1 Lefty Grove Lefty Grove 1930–1939 (10) 199 31 (1931)
2 Carl Hubbell Carl Hubbell 1930–1939 (10) 188 26 (1936)
3 Red Ruffing Red Ruffing 1930–1939 (10) 175 21 (1939)
4 Wes Ferrell Wes Ferrell 1930–1939 (10) 170 25 (1935)
5 Lefty Gomez Lefty Gomez 1930–1939 (10) 165 26 (1934)
6 Mel Harder Mel Harder 1930–1939 (10) 158 22 (1935)
7 Larry French Larry French 1930–1939 (10) 156 18 (1933)
8 Tommy Bridges Tommy Bridges 1930–1939 (10) 150 23 (1936)
9 Paul Derringer Paul Derringer 1931–1939 (9) 148 25 (1939)
10 Dizzy Dean Dizzy Dean 1930–1939 (9) 147 30 (1934)
11 Lon Warneke Lon Warneke 1930–1939 (10) 144 22 (1934)
12 Earl Whitehill Earl Whitehill 1930–1939 (10) 131 22 (1933)
13 Bump Hadley Bump Hadley 1930–1939 (10) 121 15 (1933)
14 Freddie Fitzsimmons Freddie Fitzsimmons 1930–1939 (10) 120 19 (1930)
15 Hal Schumacher Hal Schumacher 1931–1939 (9) 117 23 (1934)
16 Ted Lyons Ted Lyons 1930–1939 (10) 117 22 (1930)
17 General Crowder General Crowder 1930–1936 (7) 115 26 (1932)
18 Charlie Root Charlie Root 1930–1939 (10) 114 17 (1931)
19 Guy Bush Guy Bush 1930–1938 (9) 112 20 (1933)
20 Johnny Allen Johnny Allen 1932–1939 (8) 108 20 (1936)
21 Bill Lee Bill Lee 1934–1939 (6) 106 22 (1938)
22 Willis Hudlin Willis Hudlin 1930–1939 (10) 105 15 (1931)
23 Ed Brandt Ed Brandt 1930–1938 (9) 104 18 (1933)
24 Van Mungo Van Mungo 1931–1939 (9) 101 18 (1934)
25 Danny MacFayden Danny MacFayden 1930–1939 (10) 101 17 (1936)
26 Bobo Newsom Bobo Newsom 1930–1939 (8) 100 20 (1939)
27 Red Lucas Red Lucas 1930–1938 (9) 98 15 (1936)
28 George Earnshaw George Earnshaw 1930–1936 (7) 96 22 (1930)
29 Bill Hallahan Bill Hallahan 1930–1938 (9) 96 19 (1931)
30 Tex Carleton Tex Carleton 1932–1938 (7) 94 17 (1933)
31 Pat Malone Pat Malone 1930–1937 (8) 94 20 (1930)
32 Curt Davis Curt Davis 1934–1939 (6) 92 22 (1939)
33 Monte Pearson Monte Pearson 1932–1939 (8) 92 19 (1936)
34 Bill Swift Bill Swift 1932–1939 (8) 91 16 (1936)
35 Fred Frankhouse Fred Frankhouse 1930–1939 (10) 91 17 (1934)
36 Elden Auker Elden Auker 1933–1939 (7) 86 18 (1935)
37 Oral Hildebrand Oral Hildebrand 1931–1939 (9) 82 16 (1933)
38 Clint Brown Clint Brown 1930–1939 (10) 81 15 (1932)
39 Bill Walker Bill Walker 1930–1936 (7) 80 17 (1930)
40 George Blaeholder George Blaeholder 1930–1936 (7) 80 15 (1933)
41 Schoolboy Rowe Schoolboy Rowe 1933–1939 (7) 80 24 (1934)
42 Ray Benge Ray Benge 1930–1938 (8) 80 14 (1931)
43 Rube Walberg Rube Walberg 1930–1937 (8) 80 20 (1931)
44 Lloyd Brown 1930–1937 (8) 78 16 (1930)
45 Lefty Stewart Lefty Stewart 1930–1935 (6) 77 20 (1930)
46 Bucky Walters Bucky Walters 1934–1939 (6) 76 27 (1939)
47 Watson Clark Watson Clark 1930–1937 (8) 75 20 (1932)
48 Waite Hoyt Waite Hoyt 1930–1938 (9) 72 15 (1934)
49 Monte Weaver Monte Weaver 1931–1939 (9) 71 22 (1932)
50 Phil Collins Phil Collins 1930–1935 (6) 70 16 (1930)
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