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{{Short description|Statistical achievement in Major League Baseball}}
[[File:Cy Young.jpg|right|thumb|120px|[[Cy Young]] is the all-time leader in wins.|alt=A black-and-white photograph of a man from the chest up looking to his right, wearing a baseball uniform with the letters "B" and "A".]]
In [[Major League Baseball]], the '''300-win club''' is the group of [[pitcher]]s who have [[win (baseball)|won]] 300 or more games. Twenty-four pitchers have reached this milestone. This list does not include [[Bobby Mathews]] who won 297 in the major leagues plus several more in 1869 and 1870 before the major leagues were established in 1871. Early in the history of professional baseball, many of the rules favored the pitcher over the batter; the distance pitchers threw to home plate was shorter than today, and pitchers were able to use foreign substances to alter the direction of the ball.<ref name=courant/> Moreover, a schedule with rest days after most games allowed pitchers to start a far higher proportion of their team's games than modern pitchers do, typically every other game or even more (in the second half of the 1884 season [[Old Hoss Radbourn]] started 40 games out of 43). The first player to win 300&nbsp;games was [[Pud Galvin]] in 1888. Seven pitchers recorded all or the majority of their career wins in the 19th&nbsp;century: Galvin, [[Cy Young]], [[Kid Nichols]], Keefe, [[John Clarkson]], [[Charles Radbourn]], and Welch.<ref name=barra>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/sports/baseball-300-victory-club-becomes-tougher-to-join.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=Baseball; 300-Victory Club Becomes Tougher to Join|first=Allen|last=Barra|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 26, 2003|access-date=May 9, 2012|archive-date=April 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406231937/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/sports/baseball-300-victory-club-becomes-tougher-to-join.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|url-status=live}}</ref> Four more pitchers joined the club in the first quarter of the 20th&nbsp;century: [[Christy Mathewson]], [[Walter Johnson]], [[Eddie Plank]], and [[Grover Cleveland Alexander]].<ref name=courant/> Young is the all-time leader in wins with 511, a mark that is considered [[List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable|unbreakable]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Not all records are made to be broken|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/44681509/ns/sports-baseball/page/2/|date=September 27, 2011|access-date=September 20, 2012|first=Bob|last=Harkins|publisher=NBC Sports.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104022848/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/44681509/ns/sports-baseball/page/2/|archive-date=January 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> If a modern-day pitcher won 20 games per season for 25 seasons, he would still be 11 games short of Young's mark.

Only three pitchers—[[Lefty Grove]], [[Warren Spahn]], and [[Early Wynn]]—joined the 300-win club between 1924 and 1982, which may be explained by a number of factors: the abolition of the [[spitball]]<ref name=courant>{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/2003/06/16/breaking-down-the-300-club/|title=Breaking Down The 300 Club|newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|date=June 16, 2003|first=Don|last=Amore|access-date=August 3, 2012|archive-date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120014001/http://articles.courant.com/2003-06-16/sports/0306160712_1_babe-ruth-21st-century-iron-men|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|Though it is illegal to doctor the baseball, [[Don Sutton]] and [[Gaylord Perry]], members of the 300-win club and Hall of Fame, were widely suspected of this behavior.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6R5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7278,5304807|title=John, Perry, Sutton spitball suspected|agency=The New York Times News Service|first=Murray|last=Chass|author-link=Murray Chass|newspaper=[[Star-News]]|date=June 26, 1979|access-date=June 27, 2012|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226180431/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6R5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7278,5304807|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}; [[World War&nbsp;II]] military service, such as [[Bob Feller]]'s;<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_verducci/news/2001/07/18/verducci_insider/|title=Maddux's march toward history|first=Tom|last=Verducci|author-link=Tom Verducci|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=July 18, 2001|access-date=June 27, 2012|archive-date=February 12, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020212122003/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_verducci/news/2001/07/18/verducci_insider/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the growing importance of the [[home run]] in the game.<ref name=courant/> As the home run became commonplace, the physical and mental demands on pitchers dramatically increased, which led to the use of a four-man starting rotation.<ref name=courant/><ref name=barra/> Between 1982 and 1990, the 300-win club gained six members: [[Gaylord Perry]], [[Phil Niekro]], [[Steve Carlton]], [[Nolan Ryan]], [[Don Sutton]], and [[Tom Seaver]].<ref name=barra/> These pitchers benefited from baseball's increase from a 154-game schedule to a 162-game schedule in 1961, and expansion of the league from 16 teams in 1960 to 26 by 1977. The increased use of specialized [[relief pitcher]]s, an expanded [[strike zone]], and new stadiums, including [[Shea Stadium]], [[Dodger Stadium]] and the [[Astrodome]], that were [[pitcher's park]]s all also suppressed offensive production.<ref name=barra/> Also, the increasing sophistication of training methods and sports medicine - such as [[Tommy John surgery]] - allowed players to maintain a high competitive level for a longer time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Remington|first=Alex|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Presenting-the-Tommy-John-All-Stars;_ylt=As1Qgy_HSiCj6V7H0sX.9PwRvLYF?urn=mlb,232915|title=Presenting the Tommy John All-Stars|work=Yahoo! Sports|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|date=April 9, 2010|access-date=June 27, 2012}}</ref> Randy Johnson, for example, won more games in his 40s than he did in his 20s.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCauley |first=Janie |date=June 1, 2009 |title=Big Unit approaches big number: Next up, No. 300 |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-bbn-johnson-chasing-300-060109-2009jun01-story.html |url-status=live |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011153745/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-bbn-johnson-chasing-300-060109-2009jun01-story.html |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |access-date=October 11, 2023}}</ref>

Since 1990, only four pitchers have joined the 300-win club: [[Roger Clemens]], [[Greg Maddux]], [[Tom Glavine]], and [[Randy Johnson]]. Changes in the game in the last decade of the 20th century have made attaining 300&nbsp;career wins difficult, perhaps more so than during the mid-20th&nbsp;century.<ref>{{cite web|last=Singer|first=Tom|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090602&content_id=5104542&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf|title=Johnson could close out the 300 club|work=MLB.com|date=June 5, 2009|access-date=September 8, 2012|archive-date=October 1, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161001122019/http://m.giants.mlb.com/news/article/5104542|url-status=live}}</ref> The four-man starting rotation has given way to a five-man rotation, which gives starting pitchers fewer chances to pick up wins.<ref name=barra/> No pitcher reached 20&nbsp;wins in a non-shortened season for the first time in 2006; this was repeated in 2009, 2017, and 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Mark|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091003&content_id=7297180&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=MLB denied 20-game winner in '09|work=MLB.com|date=October 3, 2009|access-date=August 3, 2012|archive-date=October 1, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161001122139/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/7297180|url-status=live}}</ref>

Recording 300&nbsp;career wins has been seen as a guaranteed admission to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=acwd6Kb2NIgk&refer=us|title=Mets' Glavine Nears 300 Wins, With Only Johnson, Mussina Close|first=Danielle|last=Sessa|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|date=March 30, 2007|access-date=June 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925165825/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=acwd6Kb2NIgk&refer=us|archive-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P81jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cAENAAAAIBAJ&pg=5771,1534538&dq=fastest+to+300+wins+baseball&hl=en|title=Yankees, Henderson continuing talks|agency=[[United Press International]]|page=9|newspaper=Record-Journal|date=December 8, 1984|access-date=June 27, 2012|archive-date=February 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202153700/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P81jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cAENAAAAIBAJ&pg=5771,1534538&dq=fastest+to+300+wins+baseball&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/25146910.html?dids=25146910:25146910&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+02%2C+1998&author=Tom+Weir&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=3%2C000+hits%2C+500+HRs%2C+300+wins+just+about+guarantee+Hall+entry&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131221648/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/25146910.html?dids=25146910:25146910&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+02,+1998&author=Tom+Weir&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=3,000+hits,+500+HRs,+300+wins+just+about+guarantee+Hall+entry&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=3,000 hits, 500 HRs, 300 wins just about guarantee Hall entry|first=Tom|last=Weir|page=14.C|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=January 2, 1998|access-date=June 27, 2012}}{{subscription required|date=June 2012}}</ref> All pitchers with 300&nbsp;wins have been elected to the Hall of Fame<ref name=kurkjian/> except for Clemens, who received only half of the vote total needed for induction in his first appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot in {{bhofy|2013}}<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://baseballhall.org/news/press-releases/2013-hall-fame-vote-shutout |title=2013 Hall of Fame Vote a Shutout |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=January 9, 2013 |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115043127/http://baseballhall.org/news/press-releases/2013-hall-fame-vote-shutout |url-status=dead }}</ref> and lost votes from that total in {{bhofy|2014}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10261922/baseball-hall-fame-class-2014-announced |title=Maddux, Glavine, Thomas to HOF |work=ESPN.com |date=January 8, 2014 |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140108194334/http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10261922/baseball-hall-fame-class-2014-announced |url-status=live }}</ref> Clemens fell off the ballot in 2022 and can only be elected via the [[Veterans Committee#Contemporary Baseball Era Player Ballot (1980–present)|players' Contemporary Baseball Era]] ballot of the [[Veterans Committee]]. Clemens' future election is seen as uncertain because of his alleged links to [[Doping in baseball|use of performance-enhancing drugs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/hof12/story/_/id/7439370/2013-hall-fame-ballot-all-performance-enhancing-drugs |title=Whopper of a list of names await in 2013 |first=Tim |last=Kurkjian |work=[[ESPN.com]] |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |quote=But Clemens is, after [[Barry Bonds|[Barry] Bonds]], the next face of the steroid era. He has been charged with lying before Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. He has no chance to make it to Cooperstown next year, or for many, many years to come. |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141101215245/http://espn.go.com/mlb/hof12/story/_/id/7439370/2013-hall-fame-ballot-all-performance-enhancing-drugs |url-status=live }}</ref> Many observers expect the club to gain few, if any, members in the foreseeable future.<ref name=kurkjian>{{cite news|last=Kurkjian|first=Tim|author-link=Tim Kurkjian|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=2956095|title=Glavine Could be Last to Reach 300 for Years|work=[[ESPN The Magazine]]|date=August 5, 2007|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=July 23, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723025904/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=2956095|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bierman|first=Fred|url=http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/johnson-is-next-and-possibly-last-in-line-to-win-300/?scp=8&sq=300%20wins&st=cse|title=Johnson Is Next, and Possibly Last, in Line to Win 300|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 9, 2009|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=July 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708125717/http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/johnson-is-next-and-possibly-last-in-line-to-win-300/?scp=8&sq=300%20wins&st=cse|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bishop|first=Greg|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/sports/baseball/03johnson.html?scp=5&sq=Randy%20Johnson&st=cse|title=Johnson Quietly Nears a Defining Moment|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 2, 2009|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=January 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107002842/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/sports/baseball/03johnson.html?scp=5&sq=Randy%20Johnson&st=cse|url-status=live}}</ref>  Ten members of the 300-win club are also members of the [[3,000 strikeout club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for Strikeouts|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=June 27, 2012|archive-date=April 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428212308/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_career.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Members==
[[File:Kid Nichols Baseball.jpg|right|thumb|120px|[[Kid Nichols]] was the youngest pitcher to win 300&nbsp;games, achieving the feat at age 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://research.sabr.org/journals/nichols-youngest-to-win-300|title=Nichols Youngest to Win 300: "Kid" in More Ways than Won|first=John J.|last=O'Malley|publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|access-date=September 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304083549/http://research.sabr.org/journals/nichols-youngest-to-win-300|archive-date=March 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>|alt=A black-and-white photograph of a man in a white baseball uniform with the letter "P" over the left side of his chest holding a baseball bat over his right shoulder.]]
[[File:Big Unit 2009.jpg|right|thumb|120px|[[Randy Johnson]] is the most recent member of the 300-win club.|alt=A man in a white baseball uniform with the word "GIANTS" written across it prepares to throw a baseball with his left hand to home plate during a game.]]
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|Name of the pitcher
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!scope="row"|Wins
|Career [[win (baseball)|wins]]
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!scope="row"|Date
|Date of the player's 300th win
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!scope="row"|Team
|The pitcher's team for his 300th win
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!scope="row"|Seasons
|The seasons this player played in the major leagues
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!scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"|{{dagger}}
|Elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]<!--
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!scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"|{{double-dagger}}
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!scope="col"|Seasons
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Cy|Young}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|511||{{dts|July 3, 1901}}||[[Boston Americans]]||1890–1911||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngcy01.shtml |title=Cy Young Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210031934/http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngcy01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Walter|Johnson}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|417||{{dts|May 14, 1920}}||[[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]||1907–1927||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnswa01.shtml |title=Walter Johnson Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=May 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508121736/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnswa01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Grover Cleveland|Alexander}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|373||{{dts|September 20, 1924}}||[[Chicago Cubs]]||1911–1930||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexape01.shtml |title=Pete Alexander Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 7, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100906161147/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexape01.shtml| archive-date=September 6, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Christy|Mathewson}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|373||{{dts|July 5, 1912}}||[[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]||1900–1916||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mathech01.shtml |title=Christy Mathewson Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325114532/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mathech01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Pud|Galvin}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|365||{{dts|September 4, 1888}}||[[Pittsburgh Alleghenys]]||1875, 1879–1892||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/galvipu01.shtml |title=Pud Galvin Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122052516/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/galvipu01.shtml? |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Warren|Spahn}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|363||{{dts|August 11, 1961}}||[[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]]||1942, 1946–1965||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spahnwa01.shtml |title=Warren Spahn Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425191534/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spahnwa01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Kid|Nichols}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|362||{{dts|June 13, 1900}}||[[Boston Beaneaters]]||1890–1901, 1904–1906||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nichoki01.shtml |title=Kid Nichols Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709015952/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nichoki01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Greg|Maddux}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|355||{{dts|August 7, 2004}}||[[Chicago Cubs]]||1986–2008||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maddugr01.shtml |title=Greg Maddux Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426213202/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maddugr01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}}
|354||{{dts|June 13, 2003}}||[[New York Yankees]]||1984–2007||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero02.shtml |title=Roger Clemens Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104094659/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero02.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Tim|Keefe}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|342||{{dts|June 4, 1890}}||[[New York Giants (PL)]]||1880–1893||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keefeti01.shtml |title=Tim Keefe Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427093754/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keefeti01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|329||{{dts|September 23, 1983}}||[[Philadelphia Phillies]]||1965–1988||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carltst01.shtml |title=Steve Carlton Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104131216/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carltst01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|John|Clarkson}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|328||{{dts|September 21, 1892}}||[[Cleveland Spiders]]||1882–1894||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clarkjo01.shtml |title=John Clarkson Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903175518/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clarkjo01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Eddie|Plank}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|326||{{dts|September 11, 1915}}||[[St. Louis Terriers]]||1901–1917||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/planked01.shtml |title=Eddie Plank Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=September 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925191625/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/planked01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Nolan|Ryan}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|324||{{dts|July 31, 1990}}||[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]||1966, 1968–1993||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanno01.shtml |title=Nolan Ryan Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104094812/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanno01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Don|Sutton}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|324||{{dts|June 18, 1986}}||[[California Angels]]||1966–1988||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/suttodo01.shtml |title=Don Sutton Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808182535/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/suttodo01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|318||{{dts|October 6, 1985}}||[[New York Yankees]]||1964–1987||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niekrph01.shtml |title=Phil Niekro Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328061059/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niekrph01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|314||{{dts|May 6, 1982}}||[[Seattle Mariners]]||1962–1983||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perryga01.shtml |title=Gaylord Perry Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212113334/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perryga01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|310||{{dts|May 9, 1891}}||[[Cincinnati Reds]]||1880–1891||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/radboch01.shtml |title=Old Hoss Radbourn Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104225820/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/radboch01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Mickey|Welch}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|307||{{dts|August 11, 1890}}||[[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]||1880–1892||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/welchmi01.shtml |title=Mickey Welch Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202105829/http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/welchmi01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|305||{{dts|August 5, 2007}}||[[New York Mets]]||1987–2008||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavito02.shtml |title=Tom Glavine Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=April 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413054500/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavito02.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Randy|Johnson}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|303||{{dts|June 4, 2009}}||[[San Francisco Giants]]||1988–2009||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsra05.shtml |title=Randy Johnson Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826231112/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsra05.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Early|Wynn}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|300||{{dts|July 13, 1963}}||[[Cleveland Indians]]||1939–1944, 1946–1963||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wynnea01.shtml |title=Early Wynn Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224093100/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wynnea01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Lefty|Grove}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|300||{{dts|July 25, 1941}}||[[Boston Red Sox]]||1925–1941||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grovele01.shtml |title=Lefty Grove Statistics and History |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414204940/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grovele01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
*[[Baseball statistics]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball leaders in games started]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders]]
*[[3,000 strikeout club]]

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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*{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/W_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for Wins|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 6, 2010|archive-date=May 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509134420/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/W_career.shtml|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pi300c.shtml|title=300 Wins Club|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=August 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726123917/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pi300c.shtml|archive-date=26 July 2010|url-status=live}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Major League Baseball statistics]]