Today's MLB Immaculate Grid tasks players with finding out which San Francisco Giants players have recorded 20 or more wins as a pitcher in one season. They have a long history, so there are a lot of choices.
Surprisingly, Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Barry Zito, Madison Bumgarner and other modern, decorated Giants pitchers never attained this feat. Christy Mathewson did it on multiple occasions, including a 37-win season in 1908. He was only used by 14% of players at the time of writing.
MLB Immaculate Grid Answers August 27: Which other Giants pitchers have recorded 20+ wins in a season?
The Giants have an incredibly decorated plethora of pitchers, and so many of them recorded 30 or more wins in a season. Here are some of the names:
- Mickey Welch • 1885 44
- Tim Keefe • 1886 42
- Mickey Welch • 1884 39
- Christy Mathewson • 1908 37
- Amos Rusie • 1894 36
- Tim Keefe • 1887 35
- Tim Keefe • 1888 35
- Joe McGinnity • 1904 35
- Christy Mathewson • 1904 33
- Jouett Meekin • 1894 33
- Amos Rusie • 1891 33
- Amos Rusie • 1893 33
- Mickey Welch • 1886 33
- Tim Keefe • 1885 32
- Amos Rusie • 1892 32
- Christy Mathewson • 1905 31
- Joe McGinnity • 1903 31
- Christy Mathewson • 1903 30
Surprisingly, none of the modern-era pitchers are not eligible for this list. Visit Baseball Reference for the list of every single player who's achieved the feat for San Francisco.