In the sport of baseball, a loss is a statistic credited to the pitcher of the losing team responsible for the run that gives the opposing team the lead with which the game is won (the go-ahead run). The losing pitcher is the pitcher responsible for the go-ahead run to reach base for a lead that the winning team never relinquishes. If a pitcher allows a run which gives the opposing team the lead, his team comes back to lead or tie the game, and then the opposing team regains the lead against a subsequent pitcher, the earlier pitcher does not get the loss.
Cy Young holds the MLB loss record with 316; Pud Galvin is second with 308. Young and Galvin are the only players to earn 300 or more losses.
Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career games lost. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player | Name of player. |
L | Total career games lost |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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List
Rank | Player | L |
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51 | Dennis Martínez | 193 |
52 | Mickey Lolich | 191 |
Rick Reuschel | 191 | |
Jerry Reuss | 191 | |
Tom Zachary | 191 | |
56 | Al Orth | 189 |
57 | Bartolo Colón | 188 |
Christy Mathewson * | 188 | |
59 | Mel Harder | 186 |
Mike Morgan | 186 | |
Jack Morris * | 186 | |
62 | Earl Whitehill | 185 |
63 | Jim Bunning * | 184 |
Bullet Joe Bush | 184 | |
Roger Clemens | 184 | |
66 | Larry Jackson | 183 |
Curt Simmons | 183 | |
68 | Danny Darwin | 182 |
Hooks Dauss | 182 | |
Waite Hoyt * | 182 | |
71 | Murry Dickson | 181 |
Dutch Leonard | 181 | |
Rick Wise | 181 | |
74 | Lee Meadows | 180 |
Tim Wakefield | 180 | |
76 | Pink Hawley | 179 |
Dolf Luque | 179 | |
78 | John Clarkson * | 178 |
Wilbur Cooper | 178 | |
80 | Bill Dinneen | 177 |
Liván Hernández | 177 | |
Rube Marquard * | 177 | |
83 | Mike Moore | 176 |
84 | Red Donahue | 175 |
85 | Doyle Alexander | 174 |
Bob Gibson * | 174 | |
Tom Hughes | 174 | |
Jim Perry | 174 | |
Amos Rusie * | 174 | |
90 | Chuck Finley | 173 |
91 | Luis Tiant | 172 |
92 | Dennis Eckersley * | 171 |
Larry French | 171 | |
94 | Ted Breitenstein | 170 |
Camilo Pascual | 170 | |
96 | Billy Pierce | 169 |
97 | Red Ames | 167 |
Jim Clancy | 167 | |
Bert Cunningham | 167 | |
Red Ehret | 167 |
See also
- Baseball statistics
- List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career games started leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders