Losses Year-by-Year Leaders '1876 - 2008'
Year	American League	Games	Team(s)	Year	National League	Games	Team(s)
1876	-	-	-	1876	Jim Devlin	35	Louisville
1877	-	-	-	1877	Jim Devlin	25	Louisville
					Terry Larkin		Hartford
1878	-	-	-	1878	Sam Weaver	31	Milwaukee
1879	-	-	-	1879	George Bradley	40	Troy
					Jim McCormick		Cleveland
1880	-	-	-	1880	Will White	42	Cincinnati
1881	-	-	-	1881	Jim Whitney	33	Boston
1882	-	-	-	1882	Lee Richmond	33	Worcester
1883	-	-	-	1883	John Coleman	48	Philadelphia
1884	-	-	-	1884	John Harkins	32	Cleveland
1885	-	-	-	1885	Jim Whitney	32	Boston
1886	-	-	-	1886	Stump Wiedman	36	Kansas City
1887	-	-	-	1887	John Healy	29	Indianapolis
1888	-	-	-	1888	Hank O'Day	29	Washington
1889	-	-	-	1889	Harry Staley	26	Pittsburgh
1890	-	-	-	1890	Amos Rusie	34	New York
1891	-	-	-	1891	Silver King	29	Pittsburgh
1892	-	-	-	1892	George Cobb	37	Baltimore
1893	-	-	-	1893	Duke Esper	28	Washington
1894	-	-	-	1894	Pink Hawley	27	St. Louis
1895	-	-	-	1895	Ted Breitenstein	30	St. Louis
1896	-	-	-	1896	Bill Hart	29	St. Louis
1897	-	-	-	1897	Red Donahue	35	St. Louis
1898	-	-	-	1898	Jack Taylor	29	St. Louis
1899	-	-	-	1899	Jim Hughey	30	Cleveland
1900	-	-	-	1900	Bill Carrick	22	New York
1901	Pete Dowling	26	Cleveland	1901	Dummy Taylor	27	New York
			Milwaukee
1902	Bill Dinneen	21	Boston	1902	Stan Yerkes	21	St. Louis
1903	Patsy Flaherty	25	Chicago	1903	Togie Pittinger	22	Boston
1904	Happy Townsend	26	Washington	1904	Oscar Jones	25	Brooklyn
					Vic Willis		Boston
1905	Fred Glade	25	St. Louis	1905	Vic Willis	29	Boston
1906	Joe Harris	21	Boston	1906	Gus Dorner	26	Boston
	Cy Young		Boston				Cincinnati
1907	Al Orth	21	New York	1907	Stoney McGlynn	25	St. Louis
	Barney Pelty		St. Louis
1908	Joe Lake	22	New York	1908	Bugs Raymond	25	St. Louis
1909	Bob Groom	26	Washington	1909	George Ferguson	23	Boston
1910	Ed Walsh	20	Chicago	1910	George Bell	27	Brooklyn
1911	Jack Powell	19	St. Louis	1911	Earl Moore	19	Philadelphia
					Bill Steele		St. Louis
1912	Russ Ford	21	New York	1912	Lefty Tyler	22	Boston
1913	Jim Scott	20	Chicago	1913	Dan Griner	22	St. Louis
	Carl Weilman		St. Louis
1914	Joe Benz	19	Chicago	1914	Red Ames	23	Cincinnati
1915	Weldon Wyckoff	22	Philadelphia	1915	Dick Rudolph	19	Boston
					Pete Schneider		Cincinnati
1916	Joe Bush	24	Philadelphia	1916	Lee Meadows	23	St. Louis
1917	Bob Groom	19	St. Louis	1917	Jesse Barnes	21	Boston
	Allen Sothoron		St. Louis		Eppa Rixey		Philadelphia
1918	Eddie Cicotte	19	Chicago	1918	Rube Marquard	18	Brooklyn
	Scott Perry		Philadelphia		Joe Oeschger		Philadelphia
1919	Harry Harper	21	Washington	1919	Lee Meadows	20	Philadelphia
							St. Louis
1920	Scott Perry	25	Philadelphia	1920	Eppa Rixey	22	Philadelphia
1921	Eddie Rommel	23	Philadelphia	1921	George Smith	20	Philadelphia
1922	Slim Harriss	20	Philadelphia	1922	Dolf Luque	23	Cincinnati
1923	Herman Pillette	19	Detroit	1923	Wilbur Cooper	19	Pittsburgh
	Eddie Rommel		Philadelphia
1924	Howard Ehmke	17	Boston	1924	Jesse Barnes	20	Boston
	Alex Ferguson		Boston
	Joe Shaute		Cleveland
1925	Sam Jones	21	New York	1925	Burleigh Grimes	19	Brooklyn
1926	Milt Gaston	18	St. Louis	1926	Jesse Petty	17	Brooklyn
	Paul Zahniser		Boston		Charlie Root		Chicago
1927	Slim Harriss	21	Boston	1927	Jack Scott	21	Philadelphia
1928	Red Ruffing	25	Boston	1928	Ed Brandt	21	Boston
1929	Red Ruffing	22	Boston	1929	Watty Clark	19	Brooklyn
1930	Milt Gaston	20	Boston	1930	Larry French	18	Pittsburgh
	Jack Russell		Boston		Benny Frey		Cincinnati
1931	Pat Caraway	24	Chicago	1931	Si Johnson	19	Cincinnati
	Sam Gray		St. Louis
1932	Bump Hadley	21	Chicago	1932	Ownie Carroll	19	Cincinnati
			St. Louis
1933	Ted Lyons	21	Chicago	1933	Paul Derringer	27	Cincinnati
							St. Louis
1934	Bobo Newsom	20	St. Louis	1934	Si Johnson	22	Cincinnati
1935	Bobo Newsom	18	St. Louis	1935	Ben Cantwell	25	Boston
			Washington
1936	Gordon Rhodes	20	Philadelphia	1936	Bucky Walters	21	Philadelphia
1937	Harry Kelley	21	Philadelphia	1937	Wayne LaMaster	19	Philadelphia
1938	George Caster	20	Philadelphia	1938	Hugh Mulcahy	20	Philadelphia
1939	Vern Kennedy	20	Detroit	1939	Max Butcher	17	Philadelphia
			St. Louis				Pittsburgh
					Bob Klinger		Pittsburgh
1940	George Caster	19	Philadelphia	1940	Hugh Mulcahy	22	Philadelphia
	Dutch Leonard		Washington
1941	Bobo Newsom	20	Detroit	1941	Rip Sewell	17	Pittsburgh
1942	Eddie Smith	20	Chicago	1942	Jim Tobin	21	Boston
1943	Lum Harris	21	Philadelphia	1943	Nate Andrews	20	Boston
1944	Bill Dietrich	17	Chicago	1944	Ken Raffensberger	20	Philadelphia
	Early Wynn		Washington
1945	Bobo Newsom	20	Philadelphia	1945	Dick Barrett	20	Philadelphia
1946	Dick Fowler	16	Philadelphia	1946	Dave Koslo	19	New York
	Lou Knerr		Philadelphia
	Phil Marchildon		Philadelphia
1947	Hal Newhouser	17	Detroit	1947	Johnny Schmitz	18	Chicago
1948	Fred Sanford	21	St. Louis	1948	Dutch Leonard	17	Philadelphia
1949	Paul Calvert	17	Washington	1949	Howie Fox	19	Cincinnati
	Ned Garver		St. Louis
	Sid Hudson		Washington
1950	Alex Kellner	20	Philadelphia	1950	Bob Rush	20	Chicago
1951	Ted Gray	14	Detroit	1951	Paul Minner	17	Chicago
	Alex Kellner		Philadelphia		Ken Raffensberger		Cincinnati
	Bob Lemon		Cleveland		Willie Ramsdell		Cincinnati
	Billy Pierce		Chicago
	Duane Pillette		St. Louis
	Dizzy Trout		Detroit
1952	Art Houtteman	20	Detroit	1952	Murry Dickson	21	Pittsburgh
1953	Harry Byrd	20	Philadelphia	1953	Murry Dickson	19	Pittsburgh
					Warren Hacker		Chicago
1954	Don Larsen	21	Baltimore	1954	Murry Dickson	20	Philadelphia
1955	Jim Wilson	18	Baltimore	1955	Sam Jones	20	Chicago
1956	Art Ditmar	22	Kansas City	1956	Ron Kline	18	Pittsburgh
					Robin Roberts		Philadelphia
1957	Chuck Stobbs	20	Washington	1957	Robin Roberts	22	Philadelphia
1958	Pedro Ramos	18	Washington	1958	Ron Kline	16	Pittsburgh
1959	Pedro Ramos	19	Washington	1959	Bob Friend	19	Pittsburgh
1960	Pedro Ramos	18	Washington	1960	Glen Hobbie	20	Chicago
1961	Pedro Ramos	20	Minnesota	1961	Bob Friend	19	Pittsburgh
					Art Mahaffey		Philadelphia
1962	Chuck Estrada	17	Baltimore	1962	Roger Craig	24	New York
	Ed Rakow		Kansas City
1963	Orlando Pena	20	Kansas City	1963	Roger Craig	22	New York
1964	Diego Segui	17	Kansas City	1964	Tracy Stallard	20	New York
1965	Bill Monbouquette	18	Boston	1965	Jack Fisher	24	New York
	Dave Morehead		Boston
	John O'Donoghue		Kansas City
1966	Mel Stottlemyre	20	New York	1966	Dick Ellsworth	22	Chicago
1967	George Brunet	19	California	1967	Jack Fisher	18	New York
1968	George Brunet	17	California	1968	Claude Osteen	18	Los Angeles
					Ray Sadecki		San Francisco
1969	Luis Tiant	20	Cleveland	1969	Clay Kirby	20	San Diego
1970	Mickey Lolich	19	Detroit	1970	Steve Carlton	19	St. Louis
1971	Denny McLain	22	Washington	1971	Steve Arlin	19	San Diego
1972	Pat Dobson	18	Baltimore	1972	Steve Arlin	21	San Diego
	Mel Stottlemyre		New York
1973	Stan Bahnsen	21	Chicago	1973	Steve Carlton	20	Philadelphia
1974	Mickey Lolich	21	Detroit	1974	Bill Bonham	22	Chicago
					Randy Jones		San Diego
					Steve Rogers		Montreal
1975	Wilbur Wood	20	Chicago	1975	Rick Reuschel	17	Chicago
1976	Nolan Ryan	18	California	1976	Steve Rogers	17	Montreal
					Dick Ruthven		Atlanta
1977	Vida Blue	19	Oakland	1977	Jerry Koosman	20	New York
	Wayne Garland		Cleveland		Phil Niekro		Atlanta
	Rick Langford		Oakland
1978	Rick Wise	19	Cleveland	1978	Phil Niekro	18	Atlanta
1979	Phil Huffman	18	Toronto	1979	Phil Niekro	20	Atlanta
1980	Brian Kingman	20	Oakland	1980	Phil Niekro	18	Atlanta
1981	Juan Berenguer	13	Kansas City	1981	Steve Mura	14	San Diego
			Toronto		Pat Zachry		New York
	Jerry Koosman		Chicago
			Minnesota
	Luis Leal		Toronto
1982	Matt Keough	18	Oakland	1982	Bruce Berenyi	18	Cincinnati
	Frank Tanana		Texas
1983	Larry Gura	18	Kansas City	1983	Mike Torrez	17	New York
1984	La Marr Hoyt	18	Chicago	1984	Jeff Russell	18	Cincinnati
1985	Matt Young	19	Seattle	1985	Jose DeLeon	19	Pittsburgh
1986	Richard Dotson	17	Chicago	1986	Rick Mahler	18	Atlanta
	Mike Morgan		Seattle
1987	Mike Moore	19	Seattle	1987	Bob Knepper	17	Houston
1988	Bert Blyleven	17	Minnesota	1988	Tom Glavine	17	Atlanta
1989	Doyle Alexander	18	Detroit	1989	Don Carman	15	Philadelphia
					Orel Hershiser		Los Angeles
					Ken Hill		St. Louis
1990	Tim Leary	19	New York	1990	Jose DeLeon	19	St. Louis
1991	Kirk McCaskill	19	California	1991	Bud Black	16	San Francisco
1992	Erik Hanson	17	Seattle	1992	Tom Candiotti	15	Los Angeles
					Orel Hershiser		Los Angeles
1993	Scott Erickson	19	Minnesota	1993	Doug Drabek	18	Houston
1994	Tim Belcher	15	Detroit	1994	Andy Benes	14	San Diego
1995	Jason Bere	15	Chicago	1995	Paul Wagner	16	Pittsburgh
	Kevin Gross		Texas
	Mike Moore		Detroit
1996	Jim Abbott	18	California	1996	Frank Castillo	16	Chicago
					Pat Rapp		Florida
1997	James Baldwin	15	Chicago	1997	Mark Leiter	17	Philadelphia
	Cal Eldred		Milwaukee
	Tim Wakefield		Boston
1998	Tom Candiotti	16	Oakland	1998	Darryl Kile	17	Colorado
	Juan Guzman		Baltimore
			Toronto
	Jaime Navarro		Chicago
1999	Brian Moehler	16	Detroit	1999	Steve Trachsel	18	Chicago
2000	Brad Radke	16	Minnesota	2000	Omar Daal	19	Arizona
							Philadelphia
2001	Jose Mercedes	17	Baltimore	2001	Bobby Jones	19	San Diego
					Albie Lopez		Arizona
2002	Tanyon Sturtze	18	Tampa Bay	2002	Livan Hernandez	16	San Francisco
					Glendon Rusch		Milwaukee
					Ben Sheets		Milwaukee
2003	Mike Maroth	21	Detroit	2003	Jeff D'Amico	16	Pittsburgh
2004	Darrell May	19	Kansas City	2004	Brandon Webb	16	Arizona
2005	Zack Greinke	17	Kansas City	2005	Kip Wells	18	Pittsburgh
2006	Rodrigo Lopez	18	Baltimore	2006	Jason Marquis	16	St. Louis
					Ramon Ortiz		Washington
2007	Daniel Cabrera	18	Baltimore	2007	Kip Wells	17	St. Louis
2008	Justin Verlander	17	Detroit	2008	Aaron Harang	17	Cincinnati
					Barry Zito		San Francisco
Year	American League	Games	Team(s)	Year	National League	Games	Team(s)
Current Through 2008 Season

	Did you know that Cy Young, who has won more games than any other pitcher, also holds the Major League record for career losses with three-hundred sixteen (316)? The single season record for games lost (click the link to see who) does not appear on this page as it occurred during the 1883 season. Do you know who it was? Pedro Ramos (1958 through 1961) and Phil Niekro (1977 through 1980) hold the record for consecutive seasons leading the league in losses.