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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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