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Can you name the all-time Major League Baseball wins leaders with last names starting with the letters from A-Z?

Enter a pitcher (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named pitchers will show up in the table below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
This game was contributed by Sporcle user: Booger
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Note: There has never been a MLB player with a name starting with the letter "X"

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Letter	Pitcher	Wins
A		373
B		287
C		354
D		223
E		197
F		266
G		365
H		253
I		*45
J		417
K		342
L		260
M		373

Letter	Pitcher	Wins
N		361
O		204
P		326
Q		247
R		324
S		363
T		240
U		200
V		197
W		307
Y		511
Z		186

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	funyun2:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 19:21 GMT	1 point
	I'm always bad at the A-Z quizzes.

	RyanUR:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 19:30 GMT	0 points
	I forgot Bert Blyleven. I'm sure he wouldn't be too happy about that.

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	Davud1:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 19:40 GMT	8 points
	wayyyyy harder than i thought

	ted:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 20:00 GMT	0 points
	Difficult but fun. Did anyone else guess Welch thinking Bob Welch and accidentally get Mickey?

	defineexistence:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 20:06 GMT	10 points
	I can't believe there's never been a lasting starting pitcher with an 'I' last name.

	WCRoentgen:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	1 point
	Isringhausen?? That's the best we can do for "I"? Must be a MLB conspiracy against the 9th letter of the alphabet.

	mjd118:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 21:01 GMT	2 points
	really tough

	Kazbar:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 21:02 GMT	2 points
	There are a lot of great pitchers that have their last name start with "M", as I've noticed from this quiz.

	chikka2:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 21:02 GMT	3 points
	really tests baseball knowledge. Can't get it by guessing all the famous ones

	GeoExpert:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 21:12 GMT	0 points
	Isringhausen? He was a closer for a long time, surprised that there is no one else with the name beginning with 'I' with more wins.

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	russman10987:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 21:39 GMT	1 point
	I like these alphabet quizzes a lot. An even tough challenge though would be by uniform #.

	Eagle3:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 22:11 GMT	4 points
	How about a batting avg. by letter quiz? Seeing as there are already home runs and wins quizzes

	Djibouti:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 22:34 GMT	7 points
	One of these days Dan Quisenberry will make one of these quizzes and I'll get to feel smart for a moment.

	thefinestmuffins:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 22:57 GMT	0 points
	I second Eagle3's request for a batting average version--or home runs or hits or RBI or something. For some reason, I always blank on pitchers, and I have no idea why. I sit down for a pitcher-related quiz and space out so badly that I can't remember the name "Roger Clemens" or "Greg Maddux." I can picture them and tell you what teams they played for, etc., but their names just escape me in those moments. That doesn't happen with the hitters. It's all very mysterious.

	Blaise:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 23:02 GMT	0 points
	Isringhausen... I guessed him but spelled his name wrong. Quickly convinced myself that there was no way a closer would hold the prestigious title of "The Most Wins of a Pitcher Whose Last Name Starts with an 'I'"

	LoudmouthLee:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 23:55 GMT	3 points
	@Blaise - Izzy was a starting pitcher for the New York Mets for a season or two... That's where he got the majority of those wins.

	JohnJF:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 02:22 GMT	-4 points
	Forget that Jason Isringhausen was a closer; he was also TERRIBLE.

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	Eagle3:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	2 points
	Jim, I'm guessing your not American. I don't know how that came to me, I think it was just a hunch.

	Eagle3:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 05:35 GMT	-1 points
	A little addition to my batting avg. comment: If the great Sporcle Admins do create that quiz please for the sake of our memories do not include players before the year 1900.

	kasejason:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 05:51 GMT	2 points
	I tried for Randy Johnson and got Walter Johnson instead. Lucky!

	jim:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 06:03 GMT	-4 points
	Oh yes, batting avg.! - let's prolong the tediousness even more by having an ever so slightly different version of the quiz, while forgetting there are far more valid quizzes on other sports to be done.

	Jon:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 06:06 GMT	1 point
	great quiz...jimmy, baseball is the greatest sport in the world, maybe you should create a stimulating F-1 or Cricket quiz for me to be bored with...War Nigel Mansell!

	alkeiper:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 07:03 GMT	3 points
	@bobc: Quinn was kind of the Jamie Moyer of his day. A junkballer who pitched at an advanced age and contributed to some championship teams. Coincidentally in Philadelphia. George Uhle was a strong pitcher in the 1920s, twice led the league in wins. I think the 19th century pitchers are reasonable. These are not obscure names, they are Hall of Famers.

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 07:24 GMT	3 points
	Uhle is also one of the pitchers sometimes credited with inventing the slider. ... Baseball was well-established prior to 1900; your ignorance is no reason to exclude players from that time.

	GeoGod:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 07:55 GMT	1 point
	Kazuhisa Ishii had 39 wins, and Hideki Irabu had 34 wins. the only reason Irsringhausen is the leader is his longevity: 14 seasons compared to 4 and 6 respectively.

	gene:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 18:15 GMT	2 points
	I thought I was going to eat this quiz alive, but alas, the reverse was true. Kind of like a hitter waiting for a fastball and getting a change up.

	ironsij0287:	Sep 20th, 2009 at 20:42 GMT	1 point
	I feel fortunate to get 11 right. Great quiz.