11 pitchers lost 5 games. The first three are Ed Walsh in 1908, Christy Mathewson in 1908, in 1904 and in 1905 and Cy Young in 1901.
| NAME | W | L | SEASON | TM | L% | W% | G | 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 | ||
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| 1 |  | E. Walsh | 23 | 5 | 1908 | .179 | .821 | 35 | 25 | 145 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 241.2 | 159 | 43 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 897 | 3 | 5.40 | 0.93 | 5.80 | 0.07 | 16.2 | 2.8 | 0.76 | .218 | 1.60 | 5.92 | ||||
| 2 | | G. Alexander | 20 | 4 | 1914 | .167 | .833 | 26 | 23 | 1.84 | 134 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 214.2 | 173 | 57 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5.62 | 1.93 | 2.91 | 0.21 | 5.4 | 1.02 | .254 | 2.39 | 7.25 | |||||
| 3 | | C. Mathewson | 20 | 5 | 1908 | .200 | .800 | 28 | 21 | 133 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 199.1 | 135 | 41 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 751 | 2 | 6.01 | 0.99 | 6.05 | 0.14 | 17.7 | 2.9 | 0.79 | .224 | 1.85 | 6.10 | ||||
| 4 | | C. Mathewson | 20 | 5 | 1904 | .200 | .800 | 25 | 24 | 130 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 190.0 | 155 | 58 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 757 | 4 | 6.16 | 1.80 | 3.42 | 0.28 | 17.2 | 5.0 | 1.02 | .256 | 2.75 | 7.34 | ||||
| 5 | | J. Coombs | 19 | 2 | 1910 | .095 | .905 | 22 | 18 | 107 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 174.1 | 120 | 28 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5.52 | 2.68 | 2.06 | 0.00 | 7.7 | 0.99 | .233 | 1.45 | 6.20 | ||||||
| 6 | | J. Chesbro | 19 | 7 | 1904 | .269 | .731 | 27 | 24 | 1.60 | 119 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 230.2 | 165 | 41 | 62 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.64 | 1.56 | 2.98 | 0.16 | 4.7 | 0.89 | .233 | 2.42 | 6.44 | ||||
| 7 |  | C. Young | 19 | 5 | 1901 | .208 | .792 | 24 | 22 | 1.24 | 84 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 203.0 | 179 | 28 | 52 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.72 | 0.84 | 4.42 | 0.13 | 2.5 | 0.98 | .275 | 2.31 | 7.94 | ||||
| 8 | | L. Gomez | 18 | 2 | 1934 | .100 | .900 | 22 | 21 | 2.07 | 108 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 182.1 | 132 | 42 | 51 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 723 | 1 | 5.33 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 0.35 | 14.9 | 7.5 | 1.02 | .226 | 2.52 | 6.52 | ||
| 9 | | G. Alexander | 18 | 4 | 1920 | .182 | .818 | 23 | 21 | 1.11 | 98 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 202.2 | 174 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 792 | 2 | 4.35 | 1.42 | 3.06 | 0.09 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 1.02 | .261 | 1.69 | 7.73 | ||
| 10 | | G. Alexander | 18 | 5 | 1915 | .217 | .783 | 27 | 22 | 1.20 | 135 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 195.1 | 129 | 26 | 48 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 742 | 0 | 6.22 | 1.38 | 4.50 | 0.09 | 18.2 | 4.0 | 0.81 | .223 | 2.21 | 5.94 | ||
| 11 | | G. Suggs | 18 | 3 | 1914 | .143 | .857 | 24 | 20 | 2.48 | 82 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 181.2 | 168 | 50 | 58 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4.06 | 1.68 | 2.41 | 0.20 | 5.9 | 1.11 | .366 | 2.87 | 8.32 | ||||
| 12 | | J. Wood | 18 | 2 | 1912 | .100 | .900 | 23 | 19 | 0.05 | 135 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 177.0 | 121 | 48 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 679 | 2 | 6.86 | 1.88 | 3.65 | 0.00 | 19.9 | 5.4 | 0.89 | .241 | 2.44 | 6.15 | |||
| 13 | | F. Smith | 18 | 6 | 1909 | .250 | .750 | 31 | 23 | 108 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 216.1 | 149 | 48 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4.49 | 1.62 | 2.77 | 0.00 | 4.7 | 0.87 | .221 | 2.00 | 6.20 | ||||||
| 14 | | E. Plank | 18 | 5 | 1904 | .217 | .783 | 23 | 23 | 1.45 | 124 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 211.0 | 162 | 40 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5.29 | 2.09 | 2.53 | 0.04 | 6.0 | 1.00 | .259 | 1.71 | 6.91 | |||||
| 15 | | J. Chesbro | 18 | 2 | 1902 | .100 | .900 | 21 | 19 | 2.13 | 99 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 168.2 | 150 | 40 | 45 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5.28 | 1.87 | 2.83 | 0.05 | 5.4 | 1.10 | .297 | 2.40 | 8.00 | ||||
| 16 |  | S. Carlton | 17 | 3 | 1977 | .150 | .850 | 20 | 20 | 2.14 | 145 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 111 | 40 | 42 | 13 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 641 | 2 | 7.77 | 2.41 | 3.22 | 0.70 | 22.6 | 7.0 | 0.93 | .224 | 2.25 | 5.95 | |
| 17 | | L. Grove | 17 | 1 | 1931 | .056 | .944 | 19 | 14 | 2.20 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 139.1 | 125 | 34 | 47 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 560 | 0 | 5.30 | 1.61 | 3.28 | 0.39 | 14.6 | 4.5 | 1.08 | .267 | 3.04 | 8.07 | ||
| 18 | | L. Grove | 17 | 2 | 1930 | .105 | .895 | 24 | 17 | 2.48 | 117 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 163.0 | 149 | 45 | 59 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 656 | 1 | 6.46 | 1.82 | 3.55 | 0.33 | 17.8 | 5.0 | 1.12 | .287 | 3.26 | 8.23 | ||
| 19 | | E. Rommel | 17 | 6 | 1922 | .261 | .739 | 28 | 18 | 3.44 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 167.2 | 178 | 64 | 76 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 691 | 1 | 1.72 | 1.72 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1.25 | .264 | 4.08 | 9.55 | ||
| 20 | | E. Cicotte | 17 | 4 | 1917 | .190 | .810 | 26 | 18 | 1.24 | 85 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 181.1 | 118 | 25 | 33 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 685 | 1 | 4.22 | 1.44 | 2.93 | 0.00 | 12.4 | 4.2 | 0.81 | .207 | 1.64 | 5.86 | ||
| 21 |  | W. Johnson | 17 | 5 | 1916 | .227 | .773 | 25 | 19 | 1.46 | 132 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 191.2 | 124 | 42 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 724 | 2 | 6.20 | 1.88 | 3.30 | 0.00 | 18.2 | 5.5 | 0.86 | .227 | 1.97 | 5.82 | |||
| 22 | | G. Alexander | 17 | 6 | 1916 | .261 | .739 | 25 | 23 | 1.45 | 89 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 205.0 | 174 | 42 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 776 | 2 | 3.91 | 1.23 | 3.18 | 0.18 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 0.99 | .260 | 1.84 | 7.64 | |||
| 23 | | W. Johnson | 17 | 2 | 1915 | .105 | .895 | 20 | 19 | 1.34 | 102 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 167.1 | 126 | 37 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5.49 | 1.40 | 3.92 | 0.05 | 4.0 | 0.91 | .246 | 1.99 | 6.78 | |||||
| 24 | | D. White | 17 | 4 | 1907 | .190 | .810 | 24 | 19 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 160.0 | 148 | 46 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.22 | 1.07 | 3.95 | 0.06 | 4.7 | 1.04 | .484 | 2.59 | 8.33 | ||||||
| 25 | | A. Joss | 17 | 5 | 1907 | .227 | .773 | 24 | 22 | 74 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 197.0 | 135 | 41 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.42 | 2.39 | 0.05 | 4.5 | 0.84 | .231 | 1.87 | 6.17 | ||||||
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