most complete game losses in a season by a starting pitcher in the live ball era

Jim Tobin, Red Lucas and Rick Langford had 28 complete games.

	NAME	CG	L	SEASON	TM	W	L%	G	W%	GS	ERA	SO	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Jim Tobin J. Tobin	28	16	1942	BSN	12	.571	28	.429	28	3.43	62	1	0	249.0	221	95	108	18	78	6	0		1,028	6	2.24	2.82	0.79	0.65	6.0	7.6	1.20	.235	3.90	7.99
2	Red Lucas R. Lucas	28	15	1932	CIN	13	.536	28	.464	28	2.66	57	0	0	254.0	239	75	96	9	33	1	0		1,029	0	2.02	1.17	1.73	0.32	5.5	3.2	1.07	.248	3.40	8.47
3	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	25	15	1928	BSA	10	.600	25	.400	25	3.31	92	1	0	222.2	215	82	91	5	70	5	0		930	2	3.72	2.83	1.31	0.20	9.9	7.5	1.28	.277	3.68	8.69
4	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	25	15	1920	PHN	10	.600	25	.400	25	3.06	83	0	0	226.1	216	77	94	3	51	3	0		919	7	3.30	2.03	1.63	0.12	9.0	5.5	1.18	.273	3.74	8.59
5	Wes Ferrell W. Ferrell	26	13	1937	TOT	13	.500	26	.500	26	3.49	100	0	0	237.0	233	92	111	15	94	3	0		1,016	2	3.80	3.57	1.06	0.57	9.8	9.3	1.38	.271	4.22	8.85
6	Howard Ehmke H. Ehmke	22	13	1925	BSA	9	.591	22	.409	22	2.98	74	0	0	193.1	196	64	91	6	52	4	0		817	0	3.44	2.42	1.42	0.28	9.1	6.4	1.28	.279	4.24	9.12
7	Thornton Lee T. Lee	24	12	1940	CWS	12	.500	24	.500	24	2.83	82	1	0	206.2	187	65	77	8	45	2	0		838	4	3.57	1.96	1.82	0.35	9.8	5.4	1.12	.255	3.35	8.14
8	Red Lucas R. Lucas	21	12	1933	CIN	9	.571	21	.429	21	2.26	38	3	0	191.1	195	48	63	8	13	0	0		761	1	1.79	0.61	2.92	0.38	5.0	1.7	1.09	.266	2.96	9.17
9	Tommy Thomas T. Thomas	24	12	1929	CWS	12	.500	24	.500	24	2.44	50	2	0	210.1	196	57	80	9	52	0	0		867	2	2.14	2.23	0.96	0.39	5.8	6.0	1.18	.247	3.42	8.39
10	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	33	12	1923	BKN	21	.364	33	.636	33	3.08	108	2	0	297.2	305	102	128	8	85	9	0		1,261	5	3.27	2.57	1.27	0.24	8.6	6.7	1.31	.283	3.87	9.22
11	Jimmy Ring J. Ring	21	12	1921	PHN	9	.571	21	.429	21	3.18	66	0	0	186.2	165	66	86	5	64	3	0		772	12	3.18	3.09	1.03	0.24	8.5	8.3	1.23	.252	4.15	7.96
12	Jack Scott J. Scott	22	12	1920	BSN	10	.545	22	.455	22	2.59	70	3	0	198.0	198	57	78	2	51	7	0		829	4	3.18	2.32	1.37	0.09	8.4	6.2	1.26	.280	3.55	9.00
13	Scott Perry S. Perry	20	12	1920	PHA	8	.600	20	.400	20	2.09	49	1	0	176.1	167	41	68	8	46	4	0		730	2	2.50	2.35	1.07	0.41	6.7	6.3	1.21	.255	3.47	8.52
14	Rick Langford R. Langford	28	11	1980	OAK	17	.393	28	.607	28	2.91	86	2	0	253.2	236	82	96	26	55	1	0	6	1,015	7	3.05	1.95	1.56	0.92	8.5	5.4	1.15	.248	3.41	8.37
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	30	11	1975	NYY	19	.367	30	.633	30	1.90	149	7	0	265.0	174	56	65	12	64	4	0	3	1,017	6	5.06	2.17	2.33	0.41	14.7	6.3	0.90	.206	2.21	5.91
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	27	11	1974	DET	16	.407	27	.593	27	2.55	175	3	0	243.2	196	69	78	23	55	2	0	6	950	7	6.46	2.03	3.18	0.85	18.4	5.8	1.03	.249	2.88	7.24
17	Johnny Lindell J. Lindell	15	11	1953	TOT	4	.733	15	.267	15	3.43	77	1	0	131.1	104	50	65	8	78	5	0		574	7	5.28	5.35	0.99	0.55	13.4	13.6	1.39	.236	4.45	7.13
18	Ned Garver N. Garver	22	11	1950	SLA	11	.500	22	.500	22	2.46	68	2	0	201.0	186	55	70	9	77	1	0		839	6	3.04	3.45	0.88	0.40	8.1	9.2	1.31	.259	3.13	8.33
19	Early Wynn E. Wynn	19	11	1944	WSH	8	.579	19	.421	19	2.22	56	2	0	174.0	161	43	59	2	51	1	0		716	1	2.90	2.64	1.10	0.10	7.8	7.1	1.22	.262	3.05	8.33
20	Jim Tobin J. Tobin	28	11	1944	BSN	17	.393	28	.607	28	2.14	64	5	0	248.0	200	59	79	11	75	1	0		1,008	4	2.32	2.72	0.85	0.40	6.3	7.4	1.11	.221	2.87	7.26
21	Eddie Smith E. Smith	18	11	1942	CWS	7	.611	18	.389	18	2.16	53	2	0	158.0	135	38	46	8	57	2	0		652	4	3.02	3.25	0.93	0.46	8.1	8.7	1.22	.239	2.62	7.69
22	Jim Turner J. Turner	22	11	1938	BSN	11	.500	22	.500	22	2.33	53	3	0	197.1	154	51	61	8	36	4	0		775	1	2.42	1.64	1.47	0.36	6.8	4.6	0.96	.217	2.78	7.02
23	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	31	11	1938	SLA	20	.355	31	.645	31	4.22	191	0	0	272.2	248	128	139	20	145	5	0		1,179	2	6.30	4.79	1.32	0.66	16.2	12.3	1.44	.279	4.59	8.19
24	Ben Cantwell B. Cantwell	13	11	1935	BSN	2	.846	13	.154	13	2.56	18	0	0	112.2	97	32	38	6	25	2	0		455	0	1.44	2.00	0.72	0.48	4.0	5.5	1.08	.225	3.04	7.75
25	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	18	11	1929	BSA	7	.611	18	.389	18	4.24	70	1	0	155.0	161	73	87	7	73	2	0		687	2	4.06	4.24	0.96	0.41	10.2	10.6	1.51	.288	5.05	9.35

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