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Who won the most games against the New York Mets?

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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

35 Greg Maddux (6/23/19887/24/2006
30 Steve Carlton (8/5/19669/19/1984
28 Bob Gibson (7/8/19629/12/1974
26 Juan Marichal (6/3/19625/28/1973
25 Phil Niekro (5/17/19675/1/1983
24 Don Drysdale (5/23/19626/15/1969
22 Mike Krukow (6/26/19775/30/1989
21 Burt Hooton (9/15/1971[g2]8/29/1983[g2]
21 Larry Jackson (4/11/19627/15/1968
19 Jim Maloney (8/5/1962[g2]8/4/1969
18 Jim Bunning (4/15/19647/2/1970[g1]
18 John Smoltz (7/23/19884/6/2008
18 Don Sutton (7/16/19668/25/1982
17 Tom Glavine (8/28/19915/20/2008[g1]
17 Fergie Jenkins (10/3/1965[g2]4/9/1982
17 Sandy Koufax (5/30/1962[g1]7/23/1966
17 Rick Wise (6/21/1964[g2]5/3/1981[g1]
16 John Denny (4/16/19756/10/1985
16 Bob Knepper (8/23/19785/14/1990
16 Claude Osteen (6/13/1965[g1]8/23/1973

Most wins, relief

12 Clay Carroll (9/30/19648/18/1974
12 Gene Garber (10/2/19745/8/1987
10 Kent Tekulve (9/2/19755/13/1983
9 Frank Linzy (9/17/19669/13/1970
9 Lee Smith (9/12/19806/26/1992
8 Tug McGraw (6/29/1975[g2]9/6/1983
8 Steve Reed (8/21/1993[g2]5/14/2003
7 Tim Burke (6/15/19854/12/1991
7 Gary Lavelle (8/23/19758/19/1984[g1]
7 Ron Perranoski (8/25/19627/22/1967
7 Phil Regan (7/15/19665/3/1969

Most wins, 1960s

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
24 Don Drysdale
22 Bob Gibson
22 Juan Marichal
21 Larry Jackson
19 Jim Maloney
17 Jim Bunning
17 Sandy Koufax
14 Bob Friend

Most wins, 1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
17 Steve Carlton
17 Phil Niekro
16 Burt Hooton
12 Jerry Reuss
12 Don Sutton
11 Jack Billingham
11 Dock Ellis
11 Jim Lonborg
11 Lynn McGlothen

Most wins, 1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
18 Mike Krukow
12 Bob Knepper
11 Kevin Gross
11 Bob Welch
10 Joaquin Andujar
10 Bill Gullickson
10 Mario Soto
9 Rick Rhoden
9 Rick Sutcliffe

Most wins, 1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
21 Greg Maddux
13 Tom Glavine
10 Pedro Martinez
10 Curt Schilling
9 Doug Drabek
9 Darryl Kile
9 Randy Tomlin
8 Andy Benes
8 Bruce Hurst
8 John Smoltz

Most wins, 2000s

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
13 Tim Hudson
11 Dontrelle Willis
11 Randy Wolf
10 Livan Hernandez
10 Greg Maddux
10 Brett Myers
10 Vicente Padilla
9 Ryan Dempster
9 John Smoltz
9 Javier Vazquez

Fewest days to win 8 games

370 Don Drysdale (6/7/1964[g1]-6/11/1965)
392 Don Drysdale (7/28/1964-8/23/1965)
405 Don Drysdale (7/3/1964-8/11/1965)
423 Bob Gibson (7/10/1964-9/5/1965[g1])
431 Don Drysdale (7/11/1963-9/13/1964)

Fewest days to win 7 games

319 Don Drysdale (6/7/1964[g1]-4/21/1965)
344 Don Drysdale (7/3/1964-6/11/1965)
351 Juan Marichal (9/2/1964-8/18/1965)
354 Don Drysdale (9/4/1964[g1]-8/23/1965)
380 Don Drysdale (7/28/1964-8/11/1965)

Fewest days to win 6 games

291 Juan Marichal (9/2/1964-6/19/1965)
293 Don Drysdale (7/3/1964-4/21/1965)
310 Don Drysdale (6/7/1964[g1]-4/12/1965)
319 Don Drysdale (7/28/1964-6/11/1965)
337 Bob Gibson (10/4/1964-9/5/1965[g1])

Fewest days to win 5 games

75 Jack Sanford (5/27/1962[g1], 6/2/1962[g1], 7/3/1962, 7/16/1962, 8/9/1962
99 Don Drysdale (6/7/1964[g1], 7/3/1964, 7/28/1964, 9/4/1964[g1], 9/13/1964
110 Larry Christenson (5/19/1976, 5/24/1976, 7/26/1976, 7/31/1976, 9/5/1976
118 Bob Gibson (5/11/1965, 7/2/1965, 7/16/1965, 8/20/1965, 9/5/1965[g1]
122 Jim Bunning (4/15/1964, 6/13/1964, 6/21/1964[g1], 8/9/1964, 8/14/1964[g1]

Fewest days to win 4 games

49 Mike Proly (8/12/1982, 8/14/1982, 8/15/1982[g2], 9/29/1982
51 Jack Sanford (5/27/1962[g1], 6/2/1962[g1], 7/3/1962, 7/16/1962
57 Sandy Koufax (5/28/1966, 6/5/1966[g1], 7/14/1966, 7/23/1966
63 Jim Bunning (6/13/1964, 6/21/1964[g1], 8/9/1964, 8/14/1964[g1]
64 Juan Marichal (4/17/1965, 4/25/1965[g1], 6/10/1965, 6/19/1965

Fewest days to win 3 games

4 Mike Proly (8/12/1982, 8/14/1982, 8/15/1982[g2]
14 Lew Burdette (6/5/1963, 6/12/1963, 6/18/1963
24 Chris Hammond (6/3/2002, 6/5/2002, 6/26/2002
24 Joey Jay (7/20/1962, 8/3/1962, 8/12/1962
28 Dennis Bennett (8/1/1962, 8/15/1962[g1], 8/28/1962[g2]

Fewest days to win 2 games

1 Chi-Chi Olivo (7/26/1964[g1], 7/26/1964[g2]
1 Phil Regan (4/21/1968[g1], 4/21/1968[g2]
1 Frank Williams (8/24/1984[g1], 8/24/1984[g2]
2 Jose Bautista (9/4/1993, 9/5/1993
2 Don Cardwell (6/16/1962, 6/17/1962[g2]
2 Clay Carroll (6/7/1966, 6/8/1966
2 Rollie Fingers (6/16/1980, 6/17/1980
2 Mudcat Grant (9/25/1970, 9/26/1970
2 Charlie Hough (8/18/1976, 8/19/1976
2 Al Hrabosky (5/29/1976, 5/30/1976
2 Mike Marshall (7/29/1973, 7/30/1973[g2]
2 Dave Meads (5/13/1987, 5/14/1987
2 Dale Murray (9/8/1975[g1], 9/9/1975
2 Mike Proly (8/14/1982, 8/15/1982[g2]
2 Steve Reed (5/13/2003, 5/14/2003
2 Felix Rodriguez (5/3/2000, 5/4/2000

Longest drought between wins

6075 Tim Wakefield (10/4/19925/24/2009
5482 Jamie Moyer (6/3/19886/8/2003[g2]
5104 Charlie Hough (7/10/19797/1/1993
4501 Pedro Martinez (4/26/19978/23/2009
4020 Todd Jones (9/7/19939/10/2004
3765 Rod Beck (4/28/19938/20/2003
3673 Ken Holtzman (5/2/19695/24/1979[g1]
3648 Esteban Loaiza (7/9/19957/5/2005
3490 Marvin Freeman (9/21/19864/12/1996
3361 Stan Williams (7/14/19629/27/1971

Includes all games played between 1962 and 2010.
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