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Who won the most games against the Cleveland Indians?

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Overall records
ANA ARI ATL BAL BOS CHA CHN CIN CLE COL DET FLO HOU KCA LAN
MIL MIN NYA NYN OAK PHI PIT SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEX TOR WAS

Most wins, career

51 Ted Lyons (10/6/1923[g1]9/24/1942[g1]
44 Lefty Grove (6/16/19257/25/1941
42 Red Ruffing (6/5/19258/31/1947[g2]
40 Eddie Lopat (5/4/19449/1/1954
38 Lefty Gomez (5/21/19317/21/1942
37 Billy Pierce (5/27/19507/7/1960
32 Jack Morris (8/17/19788/17/1993
32 Hal Newhouser (9/20/19408/28/1952[g2]
30 Whitey Ford (5/5/19538/6/1966
30 Jim Kaat (7/19/19626/24/1979
30 Mickey Lolich (5/17/1964[g2]7/1/1975
29 Jim Palmer (9/5/19654/16/1983[g1]
28 Waite Hoyt (8/5/19199/14/1931[g2]
27 Tommy Bridges (7/4/1931[g2]5/10/1942[g1]
27 Roger Clemens (8/26/19847/18/2003
27 Sad Sam Jones (6/4/19215/31/1934
27 Early Wynn (9/12/19416/30/1962
26 Eddie Rommel (9/14/19207/10/1932
25 Bump Hadley (7/8/1927[g1]5/20/1941
24 Dave McNally (4/20/19639/14/1974
24 Earl Whitehill (9/29/19239/11/1936

Most wins, relief

12 Hoyt Wilhelm (6/15/1960[g2]8/27/1969
10 Tom Morgan (5/4/19559/22/1962
10 Johnny Murphy (9/8/1935[g2]6/7/1946
9 Tom Burgmeier (7/25/19706/4/1983
9 Alex Carrasquel (7/14/19409/14/1945
9 Rich Gossage (7/11/19724/30/1993
9 Dick Hall (7/14/19629/27/1970
9 Sparky Lyle (4/21/19719/27/1977
9 Firpo Marberry (6/19/19258/12/1934
9 Wes Stock (7/31/19609/15/1966

Most wins, 1910s

1919
6 Allen Sothoron
5 Bernie Boland
5 Eddie Cicotte
3 Walter Johnson
3 Lefty Williams

Most wins, 1920s

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
23 Waite Hoyt
22 Eddie Rommel
21 Bob Shawkey
21 Urban Shocker
20 Sad Sam Jones
20 Ted Lyons
20 Jack Quinn
18 Howard Ehmke

Most wins, 1930s

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
30 Lefty Gomez
29 Lefty Grove
25 Red Ruffing
22 Tommy Bridges
21 Ted Lyons
18 Bump Hadley
17 Roy Mahaffey
14 Elden Auker
14 Chief Hogsett
14 Schoolboy Rowe

Most wins, 1940s

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
25 Hal Newhouser
22 Eddie Lopat
17 Mickey Haefner
15 Dizzy Trout
14 Joe Haynes
14 Thornton Lee
13 Tiny Bonham
13 Joe Dobson
13 Early Wynn

Most wins, 1950s

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
33 Billy Pierce
18 Eddie Lopat
16 Whitey Ford
15 Mickey McDermott
14 Jack Harshman
13 Tom Brewer
13 Ned Garver
13 Vic Raschi

Most wins, 1960s

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
18 Jim Kaat
17 Mickey Lolich
14 Whitey Ford
13 Dave McNally
12 Joe Horlen
12 Denny McLain
12 Bill Monbouquette
12 Ralph Terry
12 Hoyt Wilhelm

Most wins, 1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
21 Jim Palmer
16 Catfish Hunter
15 Rudy May
14 Mike Cuellar
13 Mickey Lolich
13 Luis Tiant
12 Joe Coleman
12 Jim Kaat
12 Wilbur Wood

Most wins, 1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
23 Jack Morris
16 Charlie Hough
12 Dave Stieb
11 Roger Clemens
10 Dan Petry
9 Richard Dotson
9 Bret Saberhagen
9 Don Sutton
9 Frank Tanana
9 Frank Viola

Most wins, 1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
13 Roger Clemens
10 Chuck Finley
10 David Wells
9 Kevin Appier
9 Randy Johnson
9 Jimmy Key
9 Jack McDowell
8 Wilson Alvarez
8 Scott Erickson
8 Juan Guzman
8 Todd Stottlemyre

Most wins, 2000s

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
13 Mark Buehrle
11 Kenny Rogers
10 Justin Verlander
9 David Wells
8 Jeremy Bonderman
8 Zack Greinke
8 Mike Maroth
8 Jamie Moyer
8 Mike Mussina
8 Johan Santana
8 Javier Vazquez
8 Jarrod Washburn

Fewest days to win 8 games

359 Eddie Lopat (5/21/1950[g1]-5/14/1951)
361 Ted Lyons (6/27/1925[g1]-6/22/1926)
376 Eddie Rommel (5/9/1922-5/19/1923)
384 General Crowder (6/20/1932-7/8/1933[g1])
385 Eddie Lopat (8/25/1949-9/13/1950)

Fewest days to win 7 games

313 Ted Lyons (10/3/1925-8/11/1926)
334 General Crowder (8/9/1932-7/8/1933[g1])
339 Ted Lyons (6/27/1925[g1]-5/31/1926[g1])
344 Eddie Rommel (6/10/1922-5/19/1923)
345 Eddie Lopat (6/4/1950-5/14/1951)

Fewest days to win 6 games

116 Eddie Lopat (5/21/1950[g1], 6/4/1950, 6/20/1950, 7/15/1950, 8/30/1950[g2], 9/13/1950
116 Ted Lyons (4/18/1926, 4/30/1926, 5/23/1926, 5/31/1926[g1], 6/22/1926, 8/11/1926
116 Bob Shawkey (5/18/1920, 6/13/1920, 7/23/1920, 8/9/1920, 8/13/1920, 9/10/1920
121 Roy Mahaffey (5/12/1933, 5/19/1933, 6/23/1933, 7/11/1933, 8/14/1933, 9/9/1933
121 Allen Sothoron (5/6/1919, 6/22/1919, 7/5/1919, 7/7/1919, 9/1/1919[g2], 9/3/1919
128 George Earnshaw (5/10/1930, 5/12/1930, 6/20/1930, 7/26/1930, 8/13/1930, 9/14/1930
133 Eddie Rommel (5/9/1922, 6/10/1922, 8/15/1922[g2], 8/16/1922, 9/16/1922, 9/18/1922
135 Waite Hoyt (5/15/1921, 6/8/1921, 8/1/1921, 8/24/1921, 9/23/1921, 9/26/1921
150 Early Wynn (4/26/1959[g1], 5/10/1959[g2], 5/27/1959, 8/30/1959[g1], 9/4/1959, 9/22/1959
154 Thornton Lee (4/24/1941, 5/30/1941[g2], 6/28/1941, 8/10/1941[g2], 9/1/1941[g1], 9/24/1941
160 Billy Pierce (4/16/1957, 5/26/1957[g1], 5/30/1957[g2], 7/6/1957, 8/13/1957, 9/22/1957

Fewest days to win 5 games

66 Ted Lyons (4/18/1926, 4/30/1926, 5/23/1926, 5/31/1926[g1], 6/22/1926
71 Spud Chandler (5/2/1946, 5/19/1946[g1], 6/9/1946[g2], 6/26/1946, 7/11/1946
74 Allen Sothoron (6/22/1919, 7/5/1919, 7/7/1919, 9/1/1919[g2], 9/3/1919
77 Red Ruffing (5/23/1937, 6/2/1937, 6/15/1937, 7/18/1937, 8/7/1937
80 Ted Lyons (5/30/1941[g1], 6/29/1941, 7/6/1941, 8/10/1941[g1], 8/17/1941[g1]

Fewest days to win 4 games

35 Eddie Rommel (8/15/1922[g2], 8/16/1922, 9/16/1922, 9/18/1922
37 Herman Pillette (4/22/1922, 4/23/1922, 5/25/1922, 5/28/1922
44 Ted Lyons (4/18/1926, 4/30/1926, 5/23/1926, 5/31/1926[g1]
46 Duke Maas (6/7/1959[g2], 6/20/1959, 7/16/1959[g1], 7/22/1959
46 Bob Shawkey (6/21/1922, 7/6/1922[g2], 8/3/1922, 8/5/1922

Fewest days to win 3 games

8 Tom Morgan (8/10/1957, 8/11/1957[g2], 8/17/1957
11 George Blaeholder (5/17/1929, 5/23/1929[g2], 5/27/1929
12 Earl Caldwell (8/7/1946, 8/8/1946[g2], 8/18/1946[g1]
14 Wilbur Wood (5/26/1973, 5/28/1973, 6/8/1973
16 Allen Sothoron (6/22/1919, 7/5/1919, 7/7/1919

Fewest days to win 2 games

1 Joe Berry (10/1/1944[g1], 10/1/1944[g2]
1 Ted Lyons (10/6/1923[g1], 10/6/1923[g2]
1 Lindy McDaniel (5/24/1970[g1], 5/24/1970[g2]
1 Schoolboy Rowe (8/3/1935[g1], 8/3/1935[g2]
1 Wes Stock (5/26/1963[g1], 5/26/1963[g2]
2 Doug Bird (7/27/1977, 7/28/1977
2 Brian Bowles (9/9/2002, 9/10/2002
2 Garland Braxton (7/9/1927[g1], 7/10/1927
2 Tom Buskey (5/3/1980, 5/4/1980[g1]
2 Earl Caldwell (8/7/1946, 8/8/1946[g2]
2 General Crowder (5/16/1933, 5/17/1933
2 Ed Farmer (7/2/1973, 7/3/1973
2 Steve Foucault (9/19/1977, 9/20/1977
2 George Frazier (7/3/1982, 7/4/1982
2 Tom Gordon (8/23/2004, 8/24/2004
2 Mickey Haefner (8/21/1945, 8/22/1945[g2]
2 Greg Harris (8/21/1991[g2], 8/22/1991
2 Doug Jones (4/26/1997, 4/27/1997
2 Jim Konstanty (6/24/1955, 6/25/1955
2 Dennis Lamp (5/23/1985, 5/24/1985
2 Bill Landis (4/11/1969, 4/12/1969
2 Damaso Marte (7/12/2003[g1], 7/13/2003
2 Joey McLaughlin (8/16/1983[g2], 8/17/1983
2 Tom Morgan (8/10/1957, 8/11/1957[g2]
2 Gene Nelson (5/9/1986, 5/10/1986
2 Herman Pillette (4/22/1922, 4/23/1922
2 Herman Pillette (6/2/1923, 6/3/1923
2 Pete Richert (7/16/1969[g2], 7/17/1969
2 Bill Risley (6/6/1994, 6/7/1994
2 Eddie Rommel (8/15/1922[g2], 8/16/1922
2 Adam Russell (7/1/2008, 7/2/2008
2 Urban Shocker (9/4/1922[g1], 9/5/1922
2 Scott Sullivan (4/10/2004, 4/11/2004
2 Stan Thomas (6/7/1975, 6/8/1975[g2]

Longest drought between wins

5413 Joe Niekro (6/19/19714/15/1986
4740 Steve Ontiveros (9/29/19879/21/2000[g1]
4730 Michael Jackson (5/16/19914/28/2004
4690 Mark Portugal (9/30/19868/4/1999
4270 Dennis Martinez (8/4/19854/14/1997
4046 Claude Osteen (7/28/19648/27/1975[g1]
3993 Nolan Ryan (7/19/19786/25/1989
3744 Pete Vuckovich (6/6/1976[g1]9/7/1986
3710 Terry Mulholland (6/24/19948/21/2004
3694 Danny Darwin (8/13/19829/24/1992

Includes all games played between 1919 and 2010.
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