most losses single season pitcher since 1920

Since 1920, Paul Derringer has lost the most games in a season, with 27 games in 1933.

	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	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	27	1933	TOT	7	.794	36	.206	33	3.30	89	17	2	1	248.0	264	91	117	4	60	6	3		1,045	7	3.23	2.18	1.48	0.15	8.5	5.7	1.31	.293	4.25	101	3.09	88	9.58	11.5
2	Ben Cantwell B. Cantwell	25	1935	BSN	4	.862	39	.138	24	4.61	34	13	0	0	210.2	235	108	117	15	44	2	10		898	0	1.45	1.88	0.77	0.64	3.8	4.9	1.32	.274	5.00	123	4.31	114	10.04	-15
3	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	25	1928	BSA	10	.714	42	.286	34	3.89	118	25	1	2	289.1	303	125	147	8	96	10	8		1,246	4	3.67	2.99	1.23	0.25	9.5	7.7	1.38	.291	4.57	97	3.55	92	9.43	10.3
4	Scott Perry S. Perry	25	1920	PHA	11	.694	42	.306	34	3.62	79	20	1	1	263.2	310	106	151	14	65	7	8		1,106	3	2.70	2.22	1.22	0.48	7.1	5.9	1.42	.315	5.15	92	3.66	97	10.58	4.5
5	Jack Fisher J. Fisher	24	1965	NYM	8	.750	43	.250	36	3.94	116	10	0	1	253.2	252	111	121	22	68	4	4	6	1,054	6	4.12	2.41	1.71	0.78	11.0	6.5	1.26	.273	4.29	112	3.58	106	8.94	-5.7
6	Roger Craig R. Craig	24	1962	NYM	10	.706	42	.294	33	4.51	118	13	0	3	233.1	261	117	133	35	70	7	8	3	998	7	4.55	2.70	1.69	1.35	11.8	7.0	1.42	.294	5.13	110	4.55	114	10.07	-13.3
7	Pat Caraway P. Caraway	24	1931	CWS	10	.706	51	.294	32	6.22	55	11	1	2	220.0	268	152	177	17	101	7	12		1,035	4	2.25	4.13	0.54	0.70	5.3	9.8	1.68	.294	7.24	146	5.09	124	10.96	-25.2
8	Sam Gray S. Gray	24	1931	SLA	11	.686	43	.314	37	5.09	88	13	0	2	258.0	323	146	187	20	54	4	5		1,158	4	3.07	1.88	1.63	0.70	7.6	4.7	1.46	.305	6.52	111	4.11	92	11.27	10.3
9	Dolf Luque D. Luque	23	1922	CIN	13	.639	39	.361	33	3.31	79	18	0	0	261.0	266	96	123	7	72	1	5		1,093	4	2.72	2.48	1.10	0.24	7.2	6.6	1.30	.277	4.24	85	3.59	94	9.17	6.1
10	Eddie Rommel E. Rommel	23	1921	PHA	16	.590	46	.410	32	3.94	71	20	0	3	285.1	312	125	155	21	87	1	14		1,230	4	2.24	2.74	0.82	0.66	5.8	7.1	1.40	.277	4.89	89	4.49	104	9.84	-5.1
11	Rollie Naylor R. Naylor	23	1920	PHA	10	.697	42	.303	36	3.48	90	19	0	0	250.2	306	97	147	7	86	6	6		1,072	11	3.23	3.09	1.05	0.25	8.4	8.0	1.56	.339	5.28	88	3.49	92	10.99	8.7
12	Bill Bonham B. Bonham	22	1974	CHC	11	.667	44	.333	36	3.86	191	10	2	1	242.2	246	104	133	13	109	6	6	8	1,079	13	7.08	4.04	1.75	0.48	17.7	10.1	1.46	.307	4.93	100	3.11	81	9.12	19
13	Randy Jones R. Jones	22	1974	SDP	8	.733	40	.267	34	4.45	124	4	1	2	208.1	217	103	118	16	78	5	5	12	908	4	5.36	3.37	1.59	0.69	13.7	8.6	1.42	.293	5.10	129	3.57	102	9.37	-2
14	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	22	1974	MON	15	.595	38	.405	38	4.47	154	11	1	0	253.2	255	126	139	19	80	5	0	7	1,064	7	5.46	2.84	1.93	0.67	14.5	7.5	1.32	.293	4.93	119	3.33	91	9.05	8.9
15	Denny McLain D. McLain	22	1971	WSH	10	.688	33	.313	32	4.28	103	9	3	0	216.2	233	103	115	31	72	3	1	8	931	4	4.28	2.99	1.43	1.29	11.1	7.7	1.41	.280	4.78	127	4.39	127	9.68	-23.8
16	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	22	1966	CHC	8	.733	38	.267	37	3.98	144	9	0	0	269.1	321	119	150	28	51	5	0	5	1,169	5	4.81	1.70	2.82	0.94	12.3	4.4	1.38	.311	5.01	105	3.46	94	10.73	6.4
17	Roger Craig R. Craig	22	1963	NYM	5	.815	46	.185	31	3.78	108	14	0	2	236.0	249	99	117	28	58	6	9	2	1,014	4	4.12	2.21	1.86	1.07	10.7	5.7	1.30	.271	4.46	110	3.92	115	9.50	-12.6
18	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	22	1957	PHI	10	.688	39	.313	32	4.07	128	14	2	2	249.2	246	113	122	40	43	1	5	16	1,033	0	4.61	1.55	2.98	1.44	12.4	4.2	1.16	.251	4.40	106	4.04	107	8.87	-7.4
19	Art Ditmar A. Ditmar	22	1956	KCA	12	.647	44	.353	34	4.42	126	14	2	1	254.1	254	125	141	30	108	7	6	6	1,101	5	4.46	3.82	1.17	1.06	11.4	9.8	1.42	.270	4.99	102	4.27	102	8.99	-1.7
20	Hugh Mulcahy H. Mulcahy	22	1940	PHN	13	.629	36	.371	36	3.60	82	21	3	0	280.0	283	112	141	12	91	3	0		1,189	6	2.64	2.93	0.90	0.39	6.9	7.7	1.34	.271	4.53	94	3.82	97	9.10	3.8
21	Si Johnson S. Johnson	22	1934	CIN	7	.759	46	.241	31	5.22	89	9	0	3	215.2	264	125	150	15	84	7	5		993	4	3.71	3.51	1.06	0.63	9.0	8.5	1.61	.312	6.26	131	4.47	111	11.02	-11.4
22	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	22	1929	BSA	9	.710	35	.290	32	4.86	109	18	1	2	244.1	280	132	162	17	118	2	3		1,112	6	4.02	4.35	0.92	0.63	9.8	10.6	1.63	.304	5.97	118	4.65	109	10.31	-11.6
23	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	22	1920	PHN	11	.667	41	.333	34	3.48	109	25	0	2	284.1	288	110	137	5	69	4	4		1,175	8	3.45	2.18	1.58	0.16	9.3	5.9	1.26	.286	4.34	101	2.98	83	9.12	20.6
24	Mike Maroth M. Maroth	21	2003	DET	9	.700	33	.300	33	5.73	87	1	0	0	193.1	231	123	131	34	50	8	0	2	847	7	4.05	2.33	1.74	1.58	10.3	5.9	1.45	.295	6.10	130	5.31	120	10.75	-19.5
25	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	21	1974	DET	16	.568	41	.432	41	4.15	202	27	3	0	308.0	310	142	155	38	78	3	0	11	1,263	10	5.90	2.28	2.59	1.11	16.0	6.2	1.26	.289	4.53	109	3.65	98	9.06	3.2

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