Gene Garber has lost the most games by a relief pitcher in a season, with 16 games in 1979.

	NAME	L	SEASON	TM	W	L%	G	W%	GS	ERA	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	H/9
1	Gene Garber G. Garber	16	1979	ATL	6	.727	68	.273	0	4.33	56	0	0	25	106.0	121	51	66	10	24	5	55	9	461	0	4.75	2.04	2.33	0.85	12.1	5.2	1.37	.303	5.60	10.27
2	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	14	1979	MIN	10	.583	89	.417	0	2.62	79	0	0	32	140.2	131	41	46	7	47	4	84	2	578	8	5.05	3.01	1.68	0.45	13.7	8.1	1.27	.281	2.94	8.38
3	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	14	1975	LAD	9	.609	58	.391	0	3.29	64	0	0	13	109.1	98	40	46	8	39	4	46	4	469	5	5.27	3.21	1.64	0.66	13.6	8.3	1.25	.254	3.79	8.07
4	John Hiller J. Hiller	14	1974	DET	17	.452	59	.548	0	2.64	134	0	0	13	150.0	127	44	51	10	62	3	52	19	633	7	8.04	3.72	2.16	0.60	21.2	9.8	1.26	.276	3.06	7.62
5	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	14	1970	WSH	2	.875	71	.125	0	2.04	71	0	0	27	119.1	100	27	36	4	58	4	49	16	510	3	5.35	4.37	1.22	0.30	13.9	11.4	1.32	.257	2.72	7.54
6	Skip Lockwood S. Lockwood	13	1978	NYM	7	.650	57	.350	0	3.57	73	0	0	15	90.2	78	36	36	10	31	0	40	5	371	3	7.25	3.08	2.35	0.99	19.7	8.4	1.20	.265	3.57	7.74
7	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	13	1978	SDP	6	.684	67	.316	0	2.52	72	0	0	37	107.1	84	30	33	4	29	1	62	12	434	2	6.04	2.43	2.48	0.34	16.6	6.7	1.05	.244	2.77	7.04
8	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	13	1970	CWS	9	.591	77	.409	0	2.81	85	0	0	21	121.2	118	38	50	7	36	2	62	7	508	4	6.29	2.66	2.36	0.52	16.7	7.1	1.27	.294	3.70	8.73
9	Tyler Alexander T. Alexander	12	2025	TOT	4	.750	47	.250	0	4.93	67	0	0	1	80.1	89	44	48	8	21	1	12	5	341	1	7.51	2.35	3.19	0.90	19.6	6.2	1.37	.332	5.38	9.97
10	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	12	2019	CIN	3	.800	68	.200	0	4.16	89	0	0	34	67.0	61	31	31	12	21	2	55	4	279	3	11.96	2.82	4.24	1.61	31.9	7.5	1.22	.316	4.16	8.19
11	Luis Ayala L. Ayala	12	2004	MON	6	.667	81	.333	0	2.69	63	0	0	2	90.1	92	27	30	6	15	5	28	2	367	3	6.28	1.49	4.20	0.60	17.2	4.1	1.18	.309	2.99	9.17
12	Roger Mason R. Mason	12	1993	TOT	5	.706	68	.294	0	4.06	71	0	0	0	99.2	90	45	48	10	34	2	29	5	417	2	6.41	3.07	2.09	0.90	17.0	8.2	1.24	.267	4.33	8.13
13	Ken Howell K. Howell	12	1986	LAD	6	.667	62	.333	0	3.87	104	0	0	12	97.2	86	42	48	7	63	3	36	9	437	4	9.58	5.81	1.65	0.65	23.8	14.4	1.53	.304	4.42	7.92
14	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	12	1980	PIT	8	.600	78	.400	0	3.39	47	0	0	21	93.0	96	35	39	6	40	1	57	16	407	0	4.55	3.87	1.18	0.58	11.5	9.8	1.46	.288	3.77	9.29
15	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	12	1978	MIN	10	.545	54	.455	0	2.45	56	0	0	21	99.0	80	27	31	3	37	1	51	1	404	2	5.09	3.36	1.51	0.27	13.9	9.2	1.18	.251	2.82	7.27
16	Charlie Hough C. Hough	12	1977	LAD	5	.706	69	.294	0	3.46	100	0	0	22	122.1	96	47	53	10	69	7	53	6	532	8	7.36	5.08	1.45	0.74	18.8	13.0	1.35	.249	3.90	7.06
17	Jim Willoughby J. Willoughby	12	1976	BOS	3	.800	54	.200	0	2.82	37	0	0	10	99.0	94	31	38	4	31	8	40	12	419	3	3.36	2.82	1.19	0.36	8.8	7.4	1.26	.265	3.45	8.55
18	Gene Garber G. Garber	12	1975	PHI	10	.545	71	.455	0	3.60	69	0	0	14	110.0	104	44	48	13	27	2	47	11	448	1	5.65	2.21	2.56	1.06	15.4	6.0	1.19	.270	3.93	8.51
19	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	12	1974	LAD	15	.444	106	.556	0	2.42	143	0	0	21	208.1	191	56	66	9	56	1	83	1	857	5	6.18	2.42	2.55	0.39	16.7	6.5	1.19	.281	2.85	8.25
20	Ken Sanders K. Sanders	12	1971	MIL	7	.632	83	.368	0	1.91	80	0	0	31	136.1	111	29	35	9	34	4	77	10	538	0	5.28	2.24	2.35	0.59	14.9	6.3	1.06	.248	2.31	7.33
21	Roy Face R. Face	12	1961	PIT	6	.667	62	.333	0	3.82	55	0	0	17	92.0	94	39	44	12	10	1	47	4	373	5	5.38	0.98	5.50	1.17	14.7	2.7	1.13	.278	4.30	9.20
22	Roy Face R. Face	12	1956	PIT	11	.522	65	.478	0	3.32	86	0	0	5	119.1	111	44	47	10	40	1	34	13	496	1	6.49	3.02	2.15	0.75	17.3	8.1	1.27	.281	3.54	8.37
23	Gregory Soto G. Soto	11	2022	DET	2	.846	64	.154	0	3.28	60	0	0	30	60.1	49	22	32	2	34	7	54	1	263	3	8.95	5.07	1.76	0.30	22.8	12.9	1.38	.294	4.77	7.31
24	Adam Conley A. Conley	11	2019	MIA	2	.846	60	.154	0	6.53	53	0	0	2	60.2	76	44	45	10	29	3	18	6	283	2	7.86	4.30	1.83	1.48	18.7	10.2	1.73	.351	6.68	11.27
25	Erasmo Ramírez E. Ramírez	11	2016	TBR	6	.647	63	.353	0	4.02	59	0	0	2	85.0	87	38	39	14	26	3	13	5	358	7	6.25	2.75	2.27	1.48	16.5	7.3	1.33	.285	4.13	9.21

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