most losses for a pitcher with an era less than 3.50 in a single season since 1950

Since 1950, 4 pitchers are tied for the most losses with an ERA better than 3.50 in a season, with 20 games. The first three are Phil Niekro in 1979, Jerry Koosman in 1977 and Wilbur Wood in 1973.

	NAME	L	ERA	SEASON	TM	W	L%	G	W%	GS	SO	CG	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	20	3.39	1979	ATL	21	.488	44	.512	44	208	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
2	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	20	3.49	1977	NYM	8	.714	32	.286	32	192	6	1	0	226.2	195	88	102	17	81	4	0	8	940	2	7.62	3.22	2.37	0.68	20.4	8.6	1.22	.276	4.05	94	3.13	82	7.74	17.6
3	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	20	3.46	1973	CWS	24	.455	49	.545	48	199	21	4	0	359.1	381	138	166	25	91	7	1	3	1,531	7	4.98	2.28	2.19	0.63	13.0	5.9	1.31	.294	4.16	89	3.17	82	9.54	27.9
4	Turk Farrell T. Farrell	20	3.02	1962	HOU	10	.667	43	.333	29	203	11	2	4	241.2	210	81	91	21	55	5	9	2	981	9	7.56	2.05	3.69	0.78	20.7	5.6	1.10	.271	3.39	81	2.81	77	7.82	22.8
5	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	19	3.12	1974	CAL	14	.576	39	.424	35	180	12	4	0	268.2	262	93	104	27	77	8	2	4	1,127	4	6.03	2.58	2.34	0.90	16.0	6.8	1.26	.281	3.48	92	3.48	99	8.78	0.4
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	19	3.38	1973	CLE	19	.500	41	.500	41	238	29	7	0	344.0	315	129	143	34	115	5	0	9	1,410	17	6.23	3.01	2.07	0.89	16.9	8.2	1.25	.276	3.74	87	3.51	90	8.24	14.2
7	Steve Arlin S. Arlin	19	3.48	1971	SDP	9	.679	36	.321	34	156	10	4	0	227.2	211	88	114	8	103	6	1	10	988	7	6.17	4.07	1.51	0.32	15.8	10.4	1.38	.284	4.51	105	2.97	92	8.34	6.6
8	George Brunet G. Brunet	19	3.31	1967	CAL	11	.633	40	.367	37	165	7	2	1	250.0	203	92	99	19	90	4	2	9	1,027	5	5.94	3.24	1.83	0.68	16.1	8.8	1.17	.246	3.56	107	3.33	104	7.31	-4
9	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	19	2.98	1952	BSN	14	.576	40	.424	35	183	19	5	3	290.0	263	96	109	19	73	6	5		1,190	5	5.68	2.27	2.51	0.59	15.4	6.1	1.16	.268	3.38	84	2.80	79	8.16	23.6
10	Bruce Berenyi B. Berenyi	18	3.36	1982	CIN	9	.667	34	.333	34	157	4	1	0	222.1	208	83	90	8	96	2	0	5	938	16	6.36	3.89	1.64	0.32	16.7	10.2	1.37	.296	3.64	91	3.09	85	8.42	13.6
11	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	18	2.88	1978	ATL	19	.486	44	.514	42	248	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	18	3.36	1976	CAL	17	.514	39	.486	39	327	21	7	0	284.1	193	106	117	13	183	5	0	2	1,196	5	10.35	5.79	1.79	0.41	27.3	15.3	1.32	.269	3.70	99	2.91	85	6.11	16.5
13	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	18	2.65	1972	BAL	16	.529	38	.471	36	161	13	3	0	268.1	220	79	89	13	69	4	1	7	1,065	6	5.40	2.31	2.33	0.44	15.1	6.5	1.08	.253	2.99	88	2.64	84	7.38	14.7
14	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	18	3.22	1972	NYY	14	.563	36	.438	36	110	9	7	0	260.0	250	93	99	13	85	4	0	13	1,088	6	3.81	2.94	1.29	0.45	10.1	7.8	1.29	.271	3.43	111	3.22	106	8.65	-6.4
15	Bill Hands B. Hands	18	3.42	1971	CHC	12	.600	36	.400	35	128	14	1	0	242.1	248	92	112	27	50	2	1	6	1,019	5	4.75	1.86	2.56	1.00	12.6	4.9	1.23	.272	4.16	90	3.48	94	9.21	6.7
16	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	18	3.34	1969	PHI	14	.563	38	.438	35	180	13	4	1	253.0	237	94	114	16	92	5	2	3	1,071	7	6.40	3.27	1.96	0.57	16.8	8.6	1.30	.284	4.06	93	3.05	89	8.43	11
17	Don Sutton D. Sutton	18	3.47	1969	LAD	17	.514	41	.486	41	217	11	4	0	293.1	269	113	123	25	91	3	0	6	1,226	9	6.66	2.79	2.38	0.77	17.7	7.4	1.23	.274	3.77	104	3.09	97	8.25	2.7
18	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	18	3.08	1968	LAD	12	.600	39	.400	36	119	5	3	0	254.0	267	87	109	14	54	5	1	10	1,053	4	4.22	1.91	2.20	0.50	11.3	5.1	1.26	.294	3.86	112	2.86	110	9.46	-9.1
19	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	18	2.91	1968	SFG	12	.600	38	.400	36	206	13	6	0	253.2	225	82	94	14	70	3	0	17	1,040	9	7.31	2.48	2.94	0.50	19.8	6.7	1.16	.282	3.34	99	2.34	85	7.98	12
20	Bob Friend B. Friend	18	3.33	1964	PIT	13	.581	35	.419	35	128	13	3	0	240.1	253	89	98	10	50	4	0	12	1,004	2	4.79	1.87	2.56	0.37	12.7	5.0	1.26	.299	3.67	94	2.75	81	9.47	16.9
21	Dean Chance D. Chance	18	3.19	1963	LAA	13	.581	45	.419	35	168	6	2	3	248.0	229	88	109	10	90	10	4	7	1,058	7	6.10	3.27	1.87	0.36	15.9	8.5	1.29	.281	3.96	93	2.86	82	8.31	16.9
22	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	18	2.55	1963	CHC	14	.563	37	.438	37	153	13	4	0	275.0	256	78	102	11	54	6	0	3	1,126	3	5.01	1.77	2.83	0.36	13.6	4.8	1.13	.272	3.34	75	2.54	75	8.38	25.8
23	Pedro Ramos P. Ramos	18	3.45	1960	WSH	11	.621	43	.379	36	160	14	1	2	274.0	254	105	126	24	99	7	6	8	1,162	3	5.26	3.25	1.62	0.79	13.8	8.5	1.29	.264	4.14	87	3.66	90	8.34	12.8
24	Bob Friend B. Friend	18	3.38	1957	PIT	14	.563	40	.438	38	143	17	3	0	277.0	273	104	121	28	68	1	1	8	1,148	3	4.65	2.21	2.10	0.91	12.5	5.9	1.23	.270	3.93	89	3.49	93	8.87	7.9
25	Ron Kline R. Kline	18	3.38	1956	PIT	14	.563	44	.438	39	125	9	2	2	264.0	263	99	110	26	81	5	2	8	1,102	10	4.26	2.76	1.54	0.89	11.3	7.4	1.30	.274	3.75	91	3.68	96	8.97	4.1

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