Over the past 75 years, only one pitcher has won more than 30 games in a season--this Tiger in 1968
... for 
pitchers in 1968, a year rightfully remembered as one where the hitters didn't ... at 
the plate than most everyone else in baseball, hitting .249 as a team with just 73 
... to have won 30 games, such a pursuit was not out of reach elsewhere in 1968.