most losses in a season by royals pitcher

Darrell May and Paul Splittorff are tied for losing the most games for the Royals in a season, with 19 games.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Darrell May D. May	19	2004	KCR	9	.679	31	.321	31	5.61	120	3	1	0	186.0	234	116	130	38	55	2	0	4	832	2	5.81	2.66	2.18	1.84	14.4	6.6	1.55	.318	6.29	115	5.33	116	11.32	-14.3
2	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	19	1974	KCR	13	.594	36	.406	36	4.10	90	8	1	0	226.0	252	103	122	23	75	1	0	8	985	1	3.58	2.99	1.20	0.92	9.1	7.6	1.45	.288	4.86	110	4.10	116	10.04	-14.4
3	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	18	1987	KCR	13	.581	35	.419	35	3.98	166	10	2	0	241.2	231	107	114	18	120	6	0	3	1,036	14	6.18	4.47	1.38	0.67	16.0	11.6	1.45	.293	4.25	89	4.02	93	8.60	8.1
4	Danny Jackson D. Jackson	18	1987	KCR	9	.667	36	.333	34	4.02	152	11	2	0	224.0	219	100	115	11	109	7	1	1	981	5	6.11	4.38	1.39	0.44	15.5	11.1	1.46	.296	4.62	90	3.69	85	8.80	15.8
5	Larry Gura L. Gura	18	1983	KCR	11	.621	34	.379	31	4.90	57	5	0	0	200.1	220	109	119	23	76	8	1	6	881	0	2.56	3.41	0.75	1.03	6.5	8.6	1.48	.275	5.35	121	4.92	126	9.88	-23.2
6	Jordan Lyles J. Lyles	17	2023	KCR	6	.739	31	.261	31	6.28	120	3	0	0	177.2	176	124	130	39	45	6	0	0	748	10	6.08	2.28	2.67	1.98	16.0	6.0	1.24	.255	6.59	140	5.62	131	8.92	-26.3
7	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	17	2005	KCR	5	.773	33	.227	33	5.80	114	2	0	0	183.0	233	118	125	23	53	13	0	0	829	4	5.61	2.61	2.15	1.13	13.8	6.4	1.56	.335	6.15	130	4.48	104	11.46	-3.3
8	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	17	1979	KCR	15	.531	36	.469	35	4.24	77	11	0	0	240.0	248	113	137	25	77	5	0	1	1,026	1	2.89	2.89	1.00	0.94	7.5	7.5	1.35	.265	5.14	100	4.46	109	9.30	-10
9	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	17	1978	KCR	21	.447	40	.553	40	3.33	183	20	4	0	294.2	283	109	125	27	78	9	0	7	1,218	12	5.59	2.38	2.35	0.82	15.0	6.4	1.23	.278	3.82	88	3.41	91	8.64	11.5
10	Dick Drago D. Drago	17	1972	KCR	12	.586	34	.414	33	3.01	135	11	2	0	239.1	230	80	88	22	51	6	1	4	974	5	5.08	1.92	2.65	0.83	13.9	5.2	1.17	.274	3.31	98	3.17	99	8.65	0.5
11	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	16	2012	KCR	8	.667	32	.333	32	5.73	144	2	1	0	185.1	202	118	127	27	61	13	0	3	800	8	6.99	2.96	2.36	1.31	18.0	7.6	1.42	.315	6.17	139	4.62	113	9.81	-11.3
12	Jeff Francis J. Francis	16	2011	KCR	6	.727	31	.273	31	4.82	91	1	0	0	183.0	224	98	102	19	39	5	0	5	803	5	4.48	1.92	2.33	0.93	11.3	4.9	1.44	.316	5.02	116	4.09	102	11.02	-2
13	Brian Bannister B. Bannister	16	2008	KCR	9	.640	32	.360	32	5.76	113	1	0	0	182.2	215	117	127	29	58	7	0	1	811	7	5.57	2.86	1.95	1.43	13.9	7.2	1.49	.308	6.26	130	5.02	117	10.59	-15.3
14	Jose Lima J. Lima	16	2005	KCR	5	.762	32	.238	32	6.99	80	1	0	0	168.2	219	131	140	31	61	9	0	1	780	5	4.27	3.25	1.31	1.65	10.3	7.8	1.66	.314	7.47	156	5.70	132	11.69	-25.8
15	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	16	2002	KCR	9	.640	33	.360	33	5.32	109	3	1	0	208.0	229	123	134	32	68	7	0	3	912	10	4.72	2.94	1.60	1.38	12.0	7.5	1.43	.283	5.80	113	4.99	111	9.91	-10.9
16	Chad Durbin C. Durbin	16	2001	KCR	9	.640	29	.360	29	4.93	95	2	0	0	179.0	201	98	109	26	58	11	0	0	777	6	4.78	2.92	1.64	1.31	12.2	7.5	1.45	.298	5.48	103	5.03	110	10.11	-8.8
17	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	16	1988	KCR	14	.533	35	.467	35	3.80	171	9	0	0	260.2	271	110	122	18	59	4	0	5	1,089	9	5.90	2.04	2.90	0.62	15.7	5.4	1.27	.302	4.21	96	3.07	81	9.36	21.3
18	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	16	1969	KCR	4	.800	28	.200	22	3.75	108	8	1	0	158.1	136	66	80	13	73	1	2	3	679	5	6.14	4.15	1.48	0.74	15.9	10.8	1.32	.254	4.55	104	3.61	96	7.73	2.8
19	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	15	2023	KCR	2	.882	30	.118	27	5.06	97	0	0	0	142.1	158	80	82	25	23	4	0	0	593	2	6.13	1.45	4.22	1.58	16.4	3.9	1.27	.300	5.19	113	4.74	111	9.99	-7.3
20	Glendon Rusch G. Rusch	15	1998	KCR	6	.714	29	.286	24	5.88	94	1	1	1	154.2	191	101	104	22	50	4	2	0	686	1	5.47	2.91	1.88	1.28	13.7	7.3	1.56	.328	6.05	124	4.81	103	11.11	-2.5
21	Bud Black B. Black	15	1985	KCR	10	.600	33	.400	33	4.33	122	5	2	0	205.2	216	99	111	17	59	8	0	4	885	9	5.34	2.58	2.07	0.74	13.8	6.7	1.34	.293	4.86	103	3.54	88	9.45	11.5
22	Steve Busby S. Busby	15	1973	KCR	16	.484	37	.516	37	4.23	174	7	1	0	238.1	246	112	125	18	105	6	0	7	1,037	9	6.57	3.97	1.66	0.68	16.8	10.1	1.47	.311	4.72	108	3.48	89	9.29	11.6
23	Dick Drago D. Drago	15	1970	KCR	9	.625	35	.375	34	3.75	127	7	1	0	240.0	239	100	110	20	72	7	1	5	1,002	3	4.76	2.70	1.76	0.75	12.7	7.2	1.30	.282	4.13	101	3.64	93	8.96	7.4
24	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	15	1970	KCR	10	.600	38	.400	29	3.54	117	6	3	1	203.2	190	80	99	11	102	1	5	4	879	3	5.17	4.51	1.15	0.49	13.3	11.6	1.43	.276	4.37	95	3.70	94	8.40	5
25	Brad Keller B. Keller	14	2022	KCR	6	.700	35	.300	22	5.09	102	0	0	1	139.2	153	79	86	17	57	2	4	1	617	11	6.57	3.67	1.79	1.10	16.5	9.2	1.50	.310	5.54	126	4.50	115	9.86	-9.4

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	58	51	.532
Guardians	56	55	.505	3.0
Twins	55	55	.500	3.5
Tigers	51	58	.468	7.0
Royals	46	65	.414	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/1	KCR	@	COL	8:10 PM
Sun 8/2	KCR	@	COL	3:10 PM
Tue 8/4	MIN	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 8/5	MIN	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Thu 8/6	MIN	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

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Final

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43 - 67

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Schwarber

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Rice

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Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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SLG Leaders

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Rice

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Chisholm

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Gray

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Strikeout Leaders

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Cease

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2.04

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Misiorowski

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K/9 Leaders

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K/BB Leaders

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Wood

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1,225

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1,148

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Braves	65	45	.591
Phillies	57	53	.518	8.0
Marlins	56	55	.505	9.5
Nationals	55	56	.495	10.5
Mets	47	64	.423	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	67	41	.620
Cubs	62	48	.564	6.0
Pirates	55	56	.495	13.5
Cardinals	54	56	.491	14.0
Reds	52	57	.477	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	40	.633
Diamondbacks	58	52	.527	11.5
Padres	56	54	.509	13.5
Giants	47	63	.427	22.5
Rockies	43	67	.391	26.5

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Rays	64	45	.587
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Red Sox	57	51	.528	6.5
Orioles	54	56	.491	10.5
Blue Jays	51	59	.464	13.5
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White Sox	58	51	.532
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Twins	55	55	.500	3.5
Tigers	51	58	.468	7.0
Royals	46	65	.414	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	56	55	.505
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Mariners	53	57	.482	2.5
Athletics	45	64	.413	10.0
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Fri 7/17	TBR	@	BOS	0-10
Fri 7/17	LAD	@	NYY	2-1
Fri 7/17	TEX	@	ATL	1-15
Fri 7/17	CWS	@	TOR	12-4
Fri 7/17	MIN	@	CHC	5-2

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/1	STL	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sat 8/1	CWS	@	TBR	4:10 PM
Sat 8/1	MIA	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sat 8/1	MIN	@	SEA	4:10 PM
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Darrell May and Paul Splittorff are tied for losing the most games for the Royals in a season, with 19 games.

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