which player has most world series games lost since 1963

Since 1963, Justin Verlander has the most losses in the World Series, with 6 games.

	NAME	L	SERIES	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	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6	World Series	1	.857	9	.143	9	5.63	50	0	0	0	48.0	45	30	33	10	20	1	0	0	208	2	9.38	3.75	2.50	1.88	24.0	9.6	1.35	.276	6.19	8.44
2	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	4	World Series	5	.444	13	.556	13	4.06	56	0	0	0	77.2	83	35	39	5	26	2	0	3	334	2	6.49	3.01	2.15	0.58	16.8	7.8	1.40	.318	4.52	9.62
3	Charlie Leibrandt C. Leibrandt	4	World Series	0	1.000	5	.000	3	4.84	13	0	0	0	22.1	21	12	12	2	5	1	2	1	91	0	5.24	2.01	2.60	0.81	14.3	5.5	1.16	.271	4.84	8.46
4	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	4	World Series	2	.667	10	.333	8	3.32	33	2	1	0	57.0	43	21	25	5	23	2	2	1	237	2	5.21	3.63	1.43	0.79	13.9	9.7	1.16	.218	3.95	6.79
5	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	3	World Series	0	1.000	3	.000	2	6.43	9	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	2	5	0	0	1	33	0	11.57	6.43	1.80	2.57	27.3	15.2	1.71	.294	6.43	9.00
6	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	3	World Series	0	1.000	6	.000	0	6.75	10	0	0	2	6.2	8	5	5	1	0	1	5	0	28	0	13.50	0.00		1.35	35.7	0.0	1.20	.438	6.75	10.80
7	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3	World Series	0	1.000	4	.000	4	6.04	19	0	0	0	25.1	29	17	17	1	11	0	0	2	110	0	6.75	3.91	1.73	0.36	17.3	10.0	1.58	.354	6.04	10.30
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3	World Series	2	.600	5	.400	5	2.09	18	1	0	0	38.2	28	9	13	1	7	1	0	1	148	0	4.19	1.63	2.57	0.23	12.2	4.7	0.91	.223	3.03	6.52
9	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3	World Series	4	.429	8	.571	8	2.16	38	3	0	0	58.1	33	14	18	8	20	0	0	0	223	1	5.86	3.09	1.90	1.23	17.0	9.0	0.91	.159	2.78	5.09
10	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	3	World Series	3	.500	6	.500	6	4.07	35	2	1	0	42.0	30	19	20	5	16	0	0	1	167	1	7.50	3.43	2.19	1.07	21.0	9.6	1.10	.225	4.29	6.43
11	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	3	World Series	1	.750	7	.250	3	7.36	10	0	0	0	22.0	32	18	21	4	9	2	0	1	108	1	4.09	3.68	1.11	1.64	9.3	8.3	1.86	.337	8.59	13.09
12	George Frazier G. Frazier	3	World Series	0	1.000	4	.000	0	11.12	4	0	0	0	5.2	10	7	7	0	3	0	1	2	30	0	6.35	4.76	1.33	0.00	13.3	10.0	2.29	.435	11.12	15.88
13	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3	World Series	3	.500	6	.500	6	3.69	18	1	0	0	31.2	29	13	15	3	14	1	0	2	139	1	5.12	3.98	1.29	0.85	12.9	10.1	1.36	.252	4.26	8.24
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3	World Series	2	.600	8	.400	8	5.26	31	1	0	0	51.1	55	30	32	7	9	2	0	0	217	2	5.44	1.58	3.44	1.23	14.3	4.1	1.25	.286	5.61	9.64
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3	World Series	5	.375	12	.625	9	3.29	33	1	0	1	63.0	57	23	24	9	17	0	2	4	262	2	4.71	2.43	1.94	1.29	12.6	6.5	1.17	.236	3.43	8.14
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	3	World Series	0	1.000	8	.000	5	4.05	22	0	0	1	33.1	28	15	15	4	15	0	1	1	142	2	5.94	4.05	1.47	1.08	15.5	10.6	1.29	.238	4.05	7.56
17	Eddie Watt E. Watt	3	World Series	0	1.000	5	.000	0	4.26	8	0	0	0	6.1	10	3	4	1	1	0	2	0	31	0	11.37	1.42	8.00	1.42	25.8	3.2	1.74	.429	5.68	14.21
18	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	3	World Series	2	.600	5	.400	5	2.93	30	3	1	0	30.2	23	10	14	7	7	1	0	1	121	0	8.80	2.05	4.29	2.05	24.8	5.8	0.98	.211	4.11	6.75
19	Al Downing A. Downing	3	World Series	0	1.000	5	.000	3	6.06	14	0	0	0	16.1	20	11	14	3	7	0	0	0	76	0	7.71	3.86	2.00	1.65	18.4	9.2	1.65	.327	7.71	11.02
20	Whitey Ford W. Ford	3	World Series	0	1.000	3	.000	3	5.71	12	0	0	0	17.1	18	11	12	3	4	0	0	1	73	0	6.23	2.08	3.00	1.56	16.4	5.5	1.27	.278	6.23	9.35
21	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2	World Series	0	1.000	2	.000	2	4.26	14	0	0	0	12.2	7	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	47	0	9.95	1.42	7.00	1.42	29.8	4.3	0.71	.172	4.26	4.97
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2	World Series	0	1.000	2	.000	2	5.23	8	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	7	1	4	1	0	0	44	0	6.97	3.48	2.00	0.87	18.2	9.1	1.26	.267	6.10	7.84
23	Blake Snell B. Snell	2	World Series	0	1.000	5	.000	4	5.09	31	0	0	0	23.0	19	13	13	4	12	1	0	0	96	2	12.13	4.70	2.58	1.57	32.3	12.5	1.35	.313	5.09	7.43
24	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	2	World Series	0	1.000	5	.000	3	6.75	22	0	0	1	17.1	17	13	15	4	12	0	1	0	80	4	11.42	6.23	1.83	2.08	27.5	15.0	1.67	.310	7.79	8.83
25	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2	World Series	0	1.000	2	.000	2	21.60	0	0	0	0	3.1	9	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	22	0	0.00	5.40	0.00	5.40	0.0	9.1	3.30	.389	24.30	24.30

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