More wins in a season than years on planet Earth

[leatherman]

Since 1920, these pitchers have had at least as many wins as their age in years:

Wally Bunker - 19 wins in 1964 at age 19
Wes Ferrell - 21 wins in 1929 at age 21 (and 25 wins in 1930 at age 22)
Ralph Branca - 21 wins in 1947 at age 21
Hal Schumacher - 23 wins in 1934 at age 23
Babe Ruth (before 1920, but had to include him) - 23 wins in 1916 at age 21
Jim Maloney - 23 wins in 1963 at age 23
Schoolboy Rowe - 24 wins in 1934 at age 24
Lefty Gomez - 24 wins in 1932 at age 23 (and 26 wins in 1934 at age 25)
Roger Clemens - 24 wins in 1986 at age 24
Vida Blue - 24 wins in 1971 at age 22
Dwight Gooden - 24 wins in 1985 at age 20
Bob Feller - 24 wins in 1939 at age 20 (and 27 wins in 1940 at age 21, and 25 wins in 1941 at age 22) - he had 960 innings pitched those three years!
Juan Marichal - 25 wins in 1963 at age 25
Hal Newhouser - 25 wins in 1945 at age 24 (and 26 wins in 1946 at age 25, and 29 wins in 1944 at age 23)
Dave Ferriss - 25 wins in 1946 at age 24
Tom Seaver - 25 wins in 1969 at age 24
George Uhle - 26 wins in 1923 at age 25, just missed being on the list twice when he got his 27th (and last) win of 1926 nine days after turning 28!
Steve Carlton - 27 wins in 1972 at age 27
Eddie Rommel - 27 wins in 1922 at age 25
Dizzy Dean - 28 wins in 1935 at age 25 (and 30 wins in 1934 at age 24)
Robin Roberts - 28 wins in 1952 at age 25 (he turned 26 two days after his 28th win)
Lefty Grove - 31 wins in 1931 at age 31
Jim Bagby - 31 wins in 1920 at age 30 (he turned 31 three days after his 31st win)
Denny McLain - 31 wins in 1968 at age 24

 

[Pine Tar]

Man where do you come up with this stuff----Thanks for sharing it

 

[leatherman]

Man where do you come up with this stuff----Thanks for sharing it

This one started because I noticed that Kershaw was 23 last year when he had 21 wins. I knew Gooden had 24 when he was 20, and wondered how many others had done it. It took hours for me to find all this. There were quite a few before 1920, so I used that as my starting date, but I couldn't omit Ruth.

 

[leatherman]

Continuing in the same vein...

Bob Feller and Kerry Wood are the only two players to strike out as many hitters in a game as they had years on earth.

Feller had 17 Ks when he was 17: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE193609131.shtml
Wood had 20 Ks when he was 20: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199805060.shtml