what pitcher had the most losses in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Phil Niekro lost the most games, with 151 games.

Interpreted as:

What pitcher had the most regular-season losses in the 1970s?

	NAME	L	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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	151	164	.479	406	.521	376	3.26	1,866	160	25	8	2881.0	2,642	1,045	1,228	259	920	76	19	53	12,043	116	5.83	2.87	2.03	0.81	15.5	7.6	1.24	.267	3.84	83	3.50	90	8.25	120.6
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	146	155	.485	348	.515	333	3.14	2,678	164	42	2	2465.0	1,731	860	984	133	1,515	75	8	34	10,453	116	9.78	5.53	1.77	0.49	25.6	14.5	1.32	.264	3.59	89	3.05	85	6.32	150.5
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	133	184	.420	369	.580	368	2.92	1,907	197	36	1	2905.0	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	1	75	11,759	68	5.91	2.35	2.52	0.64	16.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.37	80	3.02	83	7.93	199.6
4	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	130	178	.422	360	.578	354	3.38	1,841	184	33	0	2706.2	2,507	1,015	1,128	301	518	51	5	55	11,009	34	6.12	1.72	3.55	1.00	16.7	4.7	1.12	.266	3.75	86	3.29	86	8.34	158.8
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	128	148	.464	353	.536	350	2.88	2,082	145	39	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
6	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	127	124	.506	337	.494	313	3.30	1,587	85	15	5	2281.1	2,119	837	947	173	747	40	13	74	9,498	53	6.26	2.95	2.12	0.68	16.7	7.9	1.26	.280	3.74	92	3.22	89	8.36	97.6
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	126	178	.414	368	.586	366	3.18	2,097	165	32	0	2747.0	2,413	971	1,103	238	960	31	0	87	11,361	81	6.87	3.15	2.18	0.78	18.5	8.4	1.23	.271	3.61	85	3.26	89	7.91	125.5
8	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	123	136	.475	363	.525	276	3.31	1,138	113	24	22	2150.1	2,087	792	923	170	570	50	68	31	8,931	49	4.76	2.39	2.00	0.71	12.7	6.4	1.24	.274	3.86	89	3.37	91	8.73	73.8
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	117	115	.504	319	.496	277	3.43	1,496	133	20	1	2110.0	2,048	803	897	202	581	32	15	40	8,765	71	6.38	2.48	2.57	0.86	17.1	6.6	1.25	.286	3.83	94	3.23	87	8.74	107.8
10	Rick Wise R. Wise	117	133	.468	314	.532	303	3.67	1,112	107	22	0	2121.0	2,156	866	980	188	556	26	4	53	8,912	31	4.72	2.36	2.00	0.80	12.5	6.2	1.28	.280	4.16	95	3.50	93	9.15	65
11	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	115	101	.532	377	.468	264	3.69	880	77	20	11	1952.1	2,009	800	884	138	563	27	50	73	8,262	39	4.06	2.60	1.56	0.64	10.7	6.8	1.32	.281	4.08	101	3.49	98	9.26	15.3
12	Jim Slaton J. Slaton	112	104	.519	287	.481	271	3.87	873	80	21	0	1895.1	1,923	814	913	180	693	35	5	45	8,119	70	4.15	3.29	1.26	0.85	10.8	8.5	1.38	.275	4.34	103	4.07	108	9.13	-65.1
13	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	112	110	.505	396	.495	254	3.80	961	57	13	13	1854.2	1,841	784	869	164	691	31	59	38	7,896	65	4.66	3.35	1.39	0.80	12.2	8.8	1.37	.277	4.22	107	3.84	106	8.93	-47.5
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	110	166	.399	352	.601	349	3.07	1,767	117	39	2	2557.1	2,174	871	975	214	660	45	3	45	10,403	63	6.22	2.32	2.68	0.75	17.0	6.3	1.11	.254	3.43	87	3.11	88	7.65	121.3
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	109	155	.413	330	.587	327	3.07	1,600	124	32	1	2398.2	2,080	819	927	161	780	19	1	42	9,827	69	6.00	2.93	2.05	0.60	16.3	7.9	1.19	.264	3.48	88	3.12	87	7.80	125.1
16	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	109	111	.495	290	.505	259	3.61	1,110	71	13	3	1841.0	1,816	738	832	168	551	21	10	64	7,709	41	5.43	2.69	2.01	0.82	14.4	7.1	1.29	.281	4.07	100	3.46	96	8.88	26.5
17	Steve Renko S. Renko	109	94	.537	323	.463	272	3.95	1,112	47	9	4	1846.0	1,764	810	912	184	775	17	20	74	7,926	60	5.42	3.78	1.43	0.90	14.0	9.8	1.38	.271	4.45	103	3.96	106	8.60	-37
18	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	108	114	.486	323	.514	287	3.79	1,141	83	22	6	1967.0	2,000	828	942	121	742	34	18	66	8,486	73	5.22	3.40	1.54	0.55	13.4	8.7	1.39	.291	4.31	105	3.40	95	9.15	41.9
19	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	107	126	.459	329	.541	294	3.50	1,038	97	22	2	2073.2	2,066	807	928	175	626	32	15	42	8,728	72	4.51	2.72	1.66	0.76	11.9	7.2	1.30	.276	4.03	96	3.61	98	8.97	17.2
20	Rudy May R. May	107	110	.493	338	.507	271	3.46	1,238	74	22	3	1870.1	1,649	720	825	143	708	31	23	42	7,807	36	5.96	3.41	1.75	0.69	15.9	9.1	1.26	.265	3.97	100	3.43	97	7.93	20.1
21	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	106	123	.463	306	.537	286	3.66	817	79	17	1	1905.2	1,925	776	904	137	595	28	6	33	8,052	36	3.86	2.81	1.37	0.65	10.1	7.4	1.32	.276	4.27	97	3.64	98	9.09	15.1
22	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	104	134	.437	323	.563	313	3.71	985	100	14	0	2138.2	2,049	882	1,001	148	962	44	3	58	9,194	74	4.15	4.05	1.02	0.62	10.7	10.5	1.41	.269	4.21	96	3.99	105	8.62	-43.1
23	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	103	135	.433	359	.567	296	3.77	1,017	73	27	5	2045.2	2,070	857	970	157	673	87	32	76	8,670	75	4.47	2.96	1.51	0.69	11.7	7.8	1.34	.284	4.27	103	3.69	101	9.11	-12.3
24	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	103	186	.356	355	.644	352	2.58	1,559	175	44	2	2745.0	2,275	787	883	184	861	26	3	31	11,105	55	5.11	2.82	1.81	0.60	14.0	7.8	1.14	.247	2.90	73	3.28	90	7.46	110.6
25	Jim Barr J. Barr	102	91	.528	324	.472	236	3.48	636	63	19	7	1776.0	1,849	686	764	133	406	22	35	58	7,386	18	3.22	2.06	1.57	0.67	8.6	5.5	1.27	.277	3.87	93	3.57	99	9.37	5.7

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