most starts to start a year without a loss pitcher

Vic Willis has the most starts in losses in a season, with 29 starts in 1905.

	NAME	GS	L	SEASON	TM	W	L%	G	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Vic Willis V. Willis	29	29	1905	BSN	0	1.000	29	.000		101	25	0	0	237.1	259		148	6	76	9	0	990	10	3.83	2.88	1.33	0.23	10.2	7.7	1.41	.317	5.61	9.82
2	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	26	26	1933	TOT	0	1.000	26	.000	4.24	58	10	0	0	176.1	217	83	105	3	52	6	0	785	6	2.96	2.65	1.12	0.15	7.4	6.6	1.53	.321	5.36	11.08
3	Happy Townsend H. Townsend	26	26	1904	WSH	0	1.000	26	.000	4.31	92	24	0	0	204.2	245	98	137	3	73	6	0		16	4.05	3.21	1.26	0.13		8.3	1.55	.341	6.02	10.77
4	Dummy Taylor D. Taylor	26	26	1901	NYG	0	1.000	26	.000	4.44	64	20	0	0	194.2	249	96	147	4	70	9	0		4	2.96	3.24	0.91	0.18		9.1	1.64	.395	6.80	11.51
5	Bob Groom B. Groom	25	25	1909	WSH	0	1.000	25	.000		69	11	0	0	160.0	156		94	1	71	10	0	694	7	3.88	3.99	0.97	0.06	9.9	10.2	1.42	.285	5.29	8.78
6	Gus Dorner G. Dorner	25	25	1906	TOT	0	1.000	25	.000		74	22	0	0	210.1	223		134	4	76	13	0	886	2	3.17	3.25	0.97	0.17	8.4	8.6	1.42	.305	5.73	9.54
7	Fred Glade F. Glade	25	25	1905	SLA	0	1.000	25	.000		102	21	0	0	200.1	212		102	3	45	8	0		4	4.58	2.02	2.27	0.13		5.7	1.28	.328	4.58	9.52
8	Vic Willis V. Willis	25	25	1904	BSN	0	1.000	25	.000		91	21	0	0	193.2	230		132	4	58	10	0	850	8	4.23	2.70	1.57	0.19	10.7	6.8	1.49	.329	6.13	10.69
9	Scott Perry S. Perry	24	24	1920	PHA	0	1.000	24	.000	4.57	44	12	0	0	159.2	217	81	117	9	41	4	0	719	3	2.48	2.31	1.07	0.51	6.1	5.7	1.62	.335	6.59	12.23
10	Bugs Raymond B. Raymond	24	24	1908	SLN	0	1.000	24	.000		61	11	0	0	159.2	156		89	1	62	10	0	706	5	3.44	3.49	0.98	0.06	8.6	8.8	1.37	.271	5.02	8.79
11	Stoney McGlynn S. McGlynn	24	24	1907	SLN	0	1.000	24	.000		70	20	0	0	195.2	200		107	4	69	2	0	833	5	3.22	3.17	1.01	0.18	8.4	8.3	1.37	.285	4.92	9.20
12	Irv Young I. Young	24	24	1906	BSN	0	1.000	24	.000		72	21	0	0	193.0	214		115	3	51	3	0	789	4	3.36	2.38	1.41	0.14	9.1	6.5	1.37	.320	5.36	9.98
13	Harry McIntire H. McIntire	24	24	1905	BKN	0	1.000	24	.000		82	21	0	0	192.0	235		137	5	61	17	0	843	1	3.84	2.86	1.34	0.23	9.7	7.2	1.54	.339	6.42	11.02
14	Patsy Flaherty P. Flaherty	24	24	1903	CWS	0	1.000	24	.000	4.97	38	21	0	0	186.2	241	103	138	7	32	10	0		2	1.83	1.54	1.19	0.34		4.0	1.46	.331	6.65	11.62
15	Sam Gray S. Gray	23	23	1931	SLA	0	1.000	23	.000	6.55	53	4	0	0	136.0	200	99	135	14	40	1	0	649	4	3.51	2.65	1.33	0.93	8.2	6.2	1.76	.344	8.93	13.24
16	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	23	23	1928	BSA	0	1.000	23	.000	5.13	73	15	0	0	175.1	209	100	116	7	63	7	0	797	2	3.75	3.23	1.16	0.36	9.2	7.9	1.55	.312	5.95	10.73
17	Rollie Naylor R. Naylor	23	23	1920	PHA	0	1.000	23	.000	3.87	55	11	0	0	146.1	188	63	101	3	50	5	0	646	6	3.38	3.08	1.10	0.18	8.5	7.7	1.63	.347	6.21	11.56
18	George Bell G. Bell	23	23	1910	BKN	0	1.000	23	.000		54	14	0	0	181.1	177		99	2	43	1	0	724	0	2.68	2.13	1.26	0.10	7.5	5.9	1.21	.280	4.91	8.78
19	Cliff Curtis C. Curtis	23	23	1910	BSN	0	1.000	23	.000		34	5	0	0	135.2	168		104	6	70	6	0	602	6	2.26	4.64	0.49	0.40	5.6	11.6	1.75	.333	6.90	11.14
20	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	23	23	1909	WSH	0	1.000	23	.000		90	16	0	0	170.1	157		88	0	48	8	0	712	4	4.76	2.54	1.88	0.00	12.6	6.7	1.20	.277	4.65	8.30
21	Vive Lindaman V. Lindaman	23	23	1906	BSN	0	1.000	23	.000		56	20	0	0	181.0	199		96	4	59	5	0	761	6	2.78	2.93	0.95	0.20	7.4	7.8	1.43	.306	4.77	9.90
22	Kaiser Wilhelm K. Wilhelm	23	23	1905	BSN	0	1.000	23	.000		51	19	0	0	174.0	231		144	6	62	3	0	781	9	2.64	3.21	0.82	0.31	6.5	7.9	1.68	.341	7.45	11.95
23	Chick Fraser C. Fraser	23	23	1904	PHN	0	1.000	23	.000		82	21	0	0	181.0	200		128	4	65	10	0	805	9	4.08	3.23	1.26	0.20	10.2	8.1	1.46	.304	6.36	9.94
24	George Mullin G. Mullin	23	23	1904	DET	0	1.000	23	.000	3.59	79	21	0	0	190.1	214	76	122	1	70	5	0		4	3.74	3.31	1.13	0.05		8.9	1.49	.336	5.77	10.12
25	Oscar Jones O. Jones	23	23	1904	BKN	0	1.000	23	.000		56	22	0	0	202.2	227		114	5	56	9	0	876	3	2.49	2.49	1.00	0.22	6.4	6.4	1.40	.296	5.06	10.08

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