These are the 20 pitchers with the most wins, born 1949 to 1968. All stats through year 2000. The average of these "greats" was 3 hits better than their teammates. Roger Clemens gave up 9 less hits than his teammates gave up, per 800 balls in play (a full season's worth). I am not saying that these are the 20 best pitchers of that generation. But, this is a somewhat objective list.
| LahmanID | BirthYear | BIP | tmSafe | nonHRhits | diff | /800BIP |
| reussje01 | 1949 | 12591 | 3,373 | 3,489 | 116 | 7 |
| reuscri01 | 1949 | 11997 | 3,325 | 3,367 | 42 | 3 |
| goodedw01 | 1964 | 8463 | 2,352 | 2,354 | 2 | 0 |
| blylebe01 | 1951 | 15411 | 4,220 | 4,202 | (18) | (1) |
| finlech01 | 1962 | 8817 | 2,489 | 2,478 | (11) | (1) |
| alexado01 | 1950 | 11627 | 3,067 | 3,052 | (15) | (1) |
| tananfr01 | 1953 | 13407 | 3,659 | 3,615 | (44) | (3) |
| morrija02 | 1955 | 12172 | 3,222 | 3,178 | (44) | (3) |
| martide01 | 1955 | 13375 | 3,574 | 3,525 | (49) | (3) |
| welchbo01 | 1956 | 9934 | 2,675 | 2,627 | (48) | (4) |
| keyji01 | 1961 | 8501 | 2,312 | 2,264 | (48) | (4) |
| glavito02 | 1966 | 9440 | 2,623 | 2,549 | (74) | (6) |
| johnsra05 | 1963 | 6166 | 1,759 | 1,710 | (49) | (6) |
| bluevi01 | 1949 | 10531 | 2,764 | 2,676 | (88) | (7) |
| maddugr01 | 1966 | 10414 | 2,910 | 2,810 | (100) | (8) |
| langsma01 | 1960 | 8836 | 2,499 | 2,412 | (87) | (8) |
| coneda01 | 1963 | 7794 | 2,178 | 2,099 | (79) | (8) |
| eckerde01 | 1954 | 10185 | 2,840 | 2,729 | (111) | (9) |
| hershor01 | 1958 | 10081 | 2,818 | 2,704 | (114) | (9) |
| clemero02 | 1962 | 10337 | 2,984 | 2,841 | (143) | (11) |
| totals | 210,079 | 57,644 | 56,681 | (963) | (4) |