Career Losses Leaders

Batters: PA AVG H R 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLG OPS BB
Pitchers: ERA W L W% IP SH GS CG WHIP HR/9 SV SV%
Rank Player W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SH SV SV% IP BB SO WHIP BR9 HR9
1 Warren Spahn 20 36 .357 3.99 66 64 2 24 4 0 0% 467.0 169 236 1.398 12.58 0.91
2 Sugg Cornelius 22 34 .393 4.23 77 74 3 8 1 0 0% 483.0 233 138 1.623 14.61 0.45
3 Ted Trent 19 30 .388 4.22 82 53 29 9 0 7 78% 432.2 147 189 1.387 12.48 0.58
4 Jerry Reuss 13 29 .310 4.75 55 55 0 2 0 0 0% 337.0 130 181 1.570 14.13 1.04
Jim Bibby 17 29 .370 4.48 66 65 1 3 0 0 0% 380.0 196 236 1.529 13.76 1.07
6 Nolan Ryan 24 28 .462 3.41 61 61 0 19 1 0 0% 451.1 320 508 1.425 12.82 0.60
7 Al Benton 24 27 .471 4.28 115 22 93 4 0 27 68% 264.2 132 87 1.583 14.25 0.75
Rick Reuschel 32 27 .542 3.77 83 81 2 4 1 0 0% 520.0 155 325 1.271 11.44 0.78
9 Rube Walberg 13 25 .342 4.67 92 42 50 5 3 7 58% 327.1 143 151 1.485 13.36 0.41
10 Dutch Leonard 14 23 .378 5.00 114 41 73 1 1 11 58% 307.2 112 127 1.534 13.81 0.76
Jim Palmer 20 23 .465 3.61 59 53 6 10 0 0 0% 399.0 141 255 1.266 11.39 0.92
Jim Perry 12 23 .343 3.89 52 50 2 11 2 0 0% 363.1 110 132 1.373 12.36 1.11
Dazzy Vance 10 23 .303 3.49 77 37 40 13 3 4 100% 322.2 101 202 1.249 11.24 0.36
Jerry Koosman 24 23 .511 3.56 55 55 0 16 2 0 0% 409.1 138 316 1.397 12.58 0.95
Vida Blue 14 23 .378 4.06 59 59 0 8 3 0 0% 399.0 147 248 1.366 12.29 1.15
Jim Rooker 21 23 .477 3.58 65 65 0 6 1 0 0% 412.0 173 232 1.379 12.41 0.83
17 Tom Seaver 31 22 .585 3.79 64 64 0 4 1 0 0% 436.2 143 339 1.303 11.73 0.99
Jesse Haines 21 22 .488 3.28 86 36 50 14 1 8 73% 345.1 109 99 1.297 11.68 0.39
Ross Grimsley 22 22 .500 4.34 59 59 0 9 1 0 0% 398.0 121 184 1.342 12.08 1.15
Bob Gibson 11 22 .333 4.52 55 50 5 7 1 0 0% 336.1 164 239 1.400 12.60 0.99
Earl Whitehill 20 22 .476 4.65 89 65 24 5 3 0 0% 408.0 206 182 1.588 14.29 0.40
Cocaina Garcia 18 22 .450 5.62 69 53 16 15 1 0 0% 392.1 129 140 1.603 14.43 0.80
Billy Powell 12 22 .353 4.78 43 38 5 6 0 0 0% 246.2 119 120 1.561 14.05 0.99
Mike Torrez 14 22 .389 6.51 47 47 0 6 0 0 0% 285.0 137 144 1.723 15.51 1.48
25 Willis Hudlin 23 21 .523 4.22 93 61 32 7 1 5 63% 451.2 146 136 1.470 13.23 0.34
Tom Zachary 8 21 .276 5.85 116 31 85 0 0 8 57% 240.0 85 52 1.688 15.19 0.53
Don Gullett 16 21 .432 3.81 50 49 1 11 3 1 100% 354.1 151 278 1.307 11.76 0.94
Yoyo Diaz 18 21 .462 4.80 63 51 12 3 0 1 100% 317.0 150 126 1.625 14.62 0.77
Freddie Fitzsimmons 31 21 .596 3.13 100 58 42 9 2 10 63% 497.2 142 154 1.338 12.04 0.33
Robert Evans 5 21 .192 4.99 45 31 14 4 0 0 0% 229.0 98 83 1.633 14.70 0.67
Jim Slaton 5 21 .192 5.31 62 33 29 0 0 0 0% 215.1 100 129 1.611 14.50 1.17
32 Ted Lyons 28 20 .583 4.00 131 28 103 6 1 7 54% 436.0 118 124 1.408 12.67 0.54
Bert Blyleven 28 20 .583 2.93 63 63 0 18 2 0 0% 448.1 161 407 1.189 10.70 0.86
Fred Norman 8 20 .286 5.35 41 41 0 2 0 0 0% 239.0 100 176 1.536 13.82 1.54
Mike Flanagan 16 20 .444 3.94 50 50 0 6 1 0 0% 347.0 109 232 1.303 11.72 0.86
Reggie Cleveland 11 20 .355 5.42 58 39 19 1 0 2 67% 244.0 75 107 1.533 13.80 1.29
Jim Barr 16 20 .444 4.98 55 55 0 1 0 0 0% 354.0 112 155 1.517 13.65 1.14
Paul Splittorff 23 20 .535 3.97 65 65 0 3 0 0 0% 374.0 154 159 1.484 13.36 0.65
Lee Meadows 13 20 .394 3.51 40 40 0 14 0 0 0% 297.1 83 77 1.305 11.74 0.54
40 Dizzy Dean 18 19 .486 3.24 47 35 12 23 2 4 50% 319.1 98 207 1.271 11.44 0.51
J.r. Richard 16 19 .457 4.22 42 37 5 11 2 0 0% 290.0 123 215 1.279 11.51 1.15
Slim Jones 20 19 .513 3.28 46 43 3 14 0 0 0% 340.0 123 160 1.353 12.18 0.50
Jack Kralick 6 19 .240 4.66 31 31 0 7 2 0 0% 218.1 57 123 1.392 12.53 1.20
Ed Figueroa 15 19 .441 4.01 46 46 0 2 0 0 0% 280.1 98 119 1.413 12.71 0.67
Dick Tidrow 11 19 .367 4.24 95 25 70 1 0 5 71% 271.2 83 174 1.347 12.13 0.99
Lefty Stewart 13 19 .406 5.76 94 21 73 0 0 8 62% 246.2 94 64 1.707 15.36 0.66
Otis Starks 12 19 .387 5.28 82 35 47 2 0 2 50% 278.0 127 91 1.691 15.22 0.39
Dave Goltz 21 19 .525 3.81 82 47 35 5 0 3 75% 384.2 128 235 1.287 11.58 0.77
Andy Porter 17 19 .472 4.01 44 44 0 6 0 0 0% 329.2 128 115 1.498 13.49 0.52
50 Waite Hoyt 28 18 .609 3.44 73 58 15 15 2 1 20% 457.2 112 223 1.263 11.37 0.45
Jim Kaat 25 18 .581 3.31 60 53 7 4 2 0 0% 380.2 125 193 1.235 11.11 0.69
Bump Hadley 17 18 .486 4.65 78 41 37 3 1 2 33% 308.0 150 116 1.607 14.46 0.47
Rudy May 17 18 .486 3.46 47 47 0 6 1 0 0% 319.2 107 181 1.189 10.70 0.84
Red Ruffing 15 18 .455 4.51 54 33 21 12 1 0 0% 281.1 121 165 1.557 14.01 0.86
Steve Rogers 28 18 .609 3.53 60 59 1 9 2 0 0% 415.1 141 280 1.288 11.59 0.80
Fergie Jenkins 24 18 .571 3.71 54 54 0 10 0 0 0% 373.1 90 223 1.179 10.61 1.28
Frank Tanana 25 18 .581 3.71 62 62 0 8 3 0 0% 419.2 133 348 1.237 11.13 0.77
George Giles 10 18 .357 4.82 49 35 14 5 1 1 100% 240.2 118 53 1.546 13.91 0.30
Vic Raschi 13 18 .419 4.79 43 43 0 6 0 0 0% 298.2 194 137 1.610 14.49 0.63
Darryl Kile 11 18 .379 4.32 41 41 0 1 0 0 0% 256.0 148 189 1.457 13.11 1.09
Juan Marichal 10 18 .357 4.84 46 26 20 3 1 2 67% 191.1 58 116 1.406 12.65 1.18
Jesse Petty 16 18 .471 3.02 40 36 4 14 1 0 0% 283.1 74 103 1.214 10.93 0.29
Jim Colborn 18 18 .500 4.67 61 61 0 2 0 0 0% 376.0 136 184 1.418 12.76 1.08
Jimmy Key 7 18 .280 4.46 36 36 0 0 0 0 0% 212.0 84 139 1.528 13.75 0.93
65 Dave Mcnally 3 17 .150 4.43 34 34 0 1 0 0 0% 189.0 75 93 1.550 13.95 0.95
Don Sutton 23 17 .575 4.02 61 60 1 2 0 0 0% 390.0 127 255 1.351 12.16 1.20
Hal Schumacher 15 17 .469 5.03 43 41 2 4 0 1 100% 289.2 130 111 1.595 14.35 0.93
Jim Lonborg 16 17 .485 4.48 51 49 2 2 1 0 0% 299.0 114 134 1.385 12.46 0.87
Ed Lopat 9 17 .346 4.14 37 36 1 2 0 0 0% 230.1 99 68 1.459 13.13 0.63
Rufus Lewis 10 17 .370 5.82 37 34 3 4 1 1 100% 227.1 94 116 1.579 14.21 1.23
Russ Meyer 7 17 .292 4.94 34 29 5 6 0 1 100% 200.1 92 74 1.502 13.52 1.03
Gaylord Perry 35 17 .673 3.84 72 72 0 13 3 0 0% 499.1 161 362 1.268 11.41 0.90
Mel Parnell 20 17 .541 3.35 40 40 0 18 5 0 0% 322.1 134 133 1.350 12.15 0.47
Satchel Paige 35 17 .673 2.74 134 45 89 12 3 29 74% 444.0 164 289 1.239 11.15 0.51
Webster McDonald 13 17 .433 4.48 42 41 1 8 2 0 0% 295.1 143 75 1.558 14.02 0.43
Madison Bumgarner 9 17 .346 4.17 30 30 0 4 1 0 0% 211.2 45 218 1.294 11.65 1.06
Ellis Kinder 11 17 .393 3.80 36 33 3 8 3 1 50% 241.2 88 149 1.283 11.54 0.97
George Blaeholder 9 17 .346 5.34 33 30 3 6 0 0 0% 197.1 60 63 1.632 14.69 1.00
Doug Rau 17 17 .500 4.35 57 43 14 7 3 0 0% 281.2 95 188 1.324 11.92 0.93
80 Lon Warneke 19 16 .543 4.47 48 38 10 13 1 5 83% 306.0 87 159 1.392 12.53 0.62
Lefty Grove 14 16 .467 2.97 74 26 48 5 2 4 50% 275.1 128 184 1.438 12.94 0.20
Burleigh Grimes 16 16 .500 2.65 46 32 14 5 2 0 0% 258.0 94 115 1.291 11.62 0.42
David Wells 10 16 .385 5.43 34 34 0 1 1 0 0% 192.1 52 126 1.466 13.20 1.40
Wilbur Wood 17 16 .515 4.39 50 36 14 12 0 1 100% 278.2 88 143 1.400 12.60 0.78
Joe Coleman 17 16 .515 4.38 54 43 11 3 0 1 100% 261.0 144 140 1.525 13.72 1.14
Phil Niekro 32 16 .667 3.44 65 65 0 20 8 0 0% 470.2 235 334 1.358 12.22 0.57
Skip Lockwood 11 16 .407 4.10 102 0 102 0 0 26 65% 145.0 53 88 1.455 13.10 0.87
Dennis Eckersley 13 16 .448 3.99 74 33 41 0 0 5 71% 255.0 67 199 1.188 10.69 1.38
Jeff Fassero 12 16 .429 3.82 33 33 0 4 2 0 0% 224.0 77 161 1.250 11.25 0.80
Mel Harder 13 16 .448 3.34 54 24 30 9 0 13 68% 245.1 67 89 1.182 10.64 0.33
Ron Reed 24 16 .600 2.63 80 19 61 4 2 26 70% 222.1 75 116 1.093 9.84 0.61
Crush Holloway 10 16 .385 4.34 34 33 1 8 0 0 0% 221.2 133 90 1.674 15.06 0.45
Chris Holt 6 16 .273 4.10 31 31 0 0 0 0 0% 184.1 61 89 1.297 11.67 1.03
Doyle Alexander 12 16 .429 5.35 54 36 18 3 0 1 100% 238.2 103 99 1.592 14.33 1.40
Luis Tiant 21 16 .568 4.32 49 49 0 6 3 0 0% 323.0 125 194 1.412 12.71 0.86
Jon Matlack 22 16 .579 2.91 50 49 1 9 2 0 0% 343.0 93 250 1.187 10.68 0.81
Lefty Lamarque 15 16 .484 4.15 41 41 0 12 2 0 0% 297.1 80 110 1.339 12.05 0.64
Andy Cooper 11 16 .407 5.06 76 7 69 1 0 12 46% 153.0 42 65 1.523 13.71 0.47
Early Wynn 16 16 .500 4.13 57 44 13 1 0 1 100% 263.2 96 106 1.403 12.63 0.79
Jack Banta 9 16 .360 4.29 77 0 77 0 0 22 67% 121.2 70 75 1.471 13.24 0.96