Can you name the MLB pitchers who have lost the most games over the course of their careers? by kcostell

Can you name the MLB pitchers who have lost the most games over the course of their careers?

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Source: Baseball Almanac
For pitchers who pitched for more than two teams, the two listed teams are the ones they had the most losses with. Numbers current through the 2010 season.
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Team(s)	Pitcher	Losses
Cleveland Spiders, Boston Americans		316
Buffalo Bisons, Pittsburgh Alleghenys		308
California Angels, Houston Astros		292
Washington Senators		279
Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves		274
San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians		265
Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels		256
St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns		254
Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds		251
Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians		250
Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles		245
Boston/Milwaukee Braves		245

Team(s)	Pitcher	Losses
St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies		244
Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians		244
Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies		237
California Angels, Detroit Tigers		236
Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies		232
Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees		231
Pittsburgh Pirates		230
Chicago White Sox		230
Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves		227
Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers		226
Troy Trojans, New York Giants		225
Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees		225
222 losses	225
220 losses	225
218 losses	225
217 losses	225
216 losses	225
214 losses	225
213 losses	225
212 losses	225
212 losses	225
212 losses	225

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MLB Loss Leaders (Career) Quiz

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Created Oct 8, 2010 in Sports
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	kcostell:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 02:46 GMT	1 point
	Most losses does not mean worst pitcher, as you can see from looking at some of the names on this list. In fact, 22 of the 24 pitchers here have a winning record over the course of their careers. The two exceptions (the 254 loss pitcher who spent most of his career with the Browns and the 230 loss pitcher who played for the Pirates) can plead the mitigating factor of being on some truly awful teams some years. Jamie Moyer, with 204 losses (and 267 wins), has the most losses among pitchers active in 2010.

	Novrand:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 04:49 GMT	1 point
	A very fun quiz. Thanks a lot! I did get that Pirates pitcher, but it is only because I am a life long Pirates fan. He did play for the Pirates for quite a few years when they had miserable teams, unlike today... ;) However, he was also with the Pirates when they had a few decent seasons. Obviously, not enough though. Thanks again!

	HollywoodLeo:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 07:37 GMT	1 point
	Maddux also played for the Dodgers and Padres.

	HollywoodLeo:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 07:39 GMT	2 points
	And you're right that most losses doesn't mean worst pitcher. In fact, you'd have to expect it to be the better pitchers. A bad pitcher isn't going to be starting long enough to climb the stat boards with that stat.

	kcostell:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 14:25 GMT	1 point
	Leo, As I mentioned in the quiz description, I only mentioned the two teams for each pitcher where they had the most losses. Some of the players pitched for as many as 8 teams over the course of their careers, and including every team for every player would have turned the left column into a mess.

	HollywoodLeo:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 17:09 GMT	1 point
	Whoops. I'm not normally the type to overlook the description. It figures one of the few times I do I put my foot in my mouth in the comments section.