Mike Mussina won his 18th game this evening.  So far, this season, he only has 9 losses.  There have only been 7 pitchers in baseball history with 18+ wins and 9 losses or less in a season where they were 39-years of age (like Mussina now) or older in that year.  Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Season Finder, here's the list:

  Cnt                        W  L Year Age Tm  Lg  G   GS CG SHO GF  W-L% SV   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO   ERA  ERA+ HR  BF   AB  2B 3B IBB HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB CS Pk BK WP   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  OPS+  Pit  Str
+----+-----------------+---+--+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+-----+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
    1 David Wells           19  7 2002  39 NYY AL  31  31  2   1  0  .731  0 206.1 210 100  86  45 137   3.75  118 21  873  812 51  3   2   5   6   5  13  14  4  1  0  4  .259  .300  .406  .706   86 3131 2129
    2 Warren Spahn          23  7 1963  42 MLN NL  33  33 22   7  0  .767  0 259.2 241  85  75  49 102   2.60  124 23 1037  973 25 10   4   0  10   5  36   4  2  2  0  4  .248  .282  .365  .647   93
    3 Kenny Rogers          18  9 2004  39 TEX AL  35  35  2   1  0  .667  0 211.2 248 117 112  66 126   4.76  106 24  935  848 59  8   0   9   7   4  19   2  5  6  1  2  .292  .348  .466  .814  103 3499 2135
    4 Jack Quinn            18  7 1928  44 PHA AL  31  28 18   4  2  .720  1 211.1 239  92  68  34  43   2.90  138  3  910                  7                        0  0                            0
    5 Gaylord Perry         21  6 1978  39 SDP NL  37  37  5   2  0  .778  0 260.2 241  96  79  66 154   2.73  121  9 1055  970 46  7   8   2   8   9  24  18 16  2  3  4  .248  .295  .338  .633   90
    6 Jamie Moyer           21  7 2003  40 SEA AL  33  33  1   0  0  .750  0 215   199  83  78  66 129   3.27  132 19  897  810 39  1   3   8   7   6  19  11  6  4  0  0  .246  .307  .367  .674   81 3440 2134
    7 Roger Clemens         18  4 2004  41 HOU NL  33  33  0   0  0  .818  0 214.1 169  76  71  79 218   2.98  146 15  878  778 34  4   5   6   8   7  11  23 10  2  0  5  .217  .292  .329  .621   63 3429 2181

Seasons/Careers found: 7.

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