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BobbyStrawberry 02-12-2025 11:44 AM
Wednesday Trivia - Losses
 
There's always talk about pitcher wins...

Name the top five career leaders in all-time pitching losses.

Cliff Bowman 02-12-2025 11:46 AM
Cy Young
Bobo Newsome

BobbyStrawberry 02-12-2025 11:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman (Post 2495608)
Cy Young
Bobo Newsome
Young is correct! He is #1 all time with 315 losses.

Newsom is a bit lower - his 222 losses are #26 all-time.

bnorth 02-12-2025 12:08 PM
Nolan Ryan for sure.

jayshum 02-12-2025 12:12 PM
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson

BobbyStrawberry 02-12-2025 12:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bnorth (Post 2495613)
Nolan Ryan for sure.
Ryan is right! He is #3 with 292 losses.

Quote:
Originally Posted by jayshum (Post 2495618)
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
WaJo is correct! He is #4 on the list - 279 losses.

Mathewson is quite a bit lower on the list. He only lost 188 games.


Now we're missing only #2 and #5...

Cliff Bowman 02-12-2025 12:22 PM
Phil Niekro?
Early Wynn?

bk400 02-12-2025 12:47 PM
Warren Spahn?

Peter_Spaeth 02-12-2025 01:10 PM
Sutton?

BobbyStrawberry 02-12-2025 01:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman (Post 2495621)
Phil Niekro?
Early Wynn?
Niekro is right! He is #5. (274 losses)

Wynn is #14 on the list.

Quote:
Originally Posted by bk400 (Post 2495629)
Warren Spahn?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth (Post 2495635)
Sutton?
Spahn (#12) and Sutton (#7) are great guesses but they are also incorrect.


Just looking for #2 now...

bk400 02-12-2025 02:45 PM
Wracking my brain on this one. I suspect that the answer is going to be really obvious in hindsight. Must be missing something very fundamental...

Peter_Spaeth 02-12-2025 02:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bk400 (Post 2495657)
Wracking my brain on this one. I suspect that the answer is going to be really obvious in hindsight. Must be missing something very fundamental...
At this point I would guess 19th century but there are many candidates and have no clue.

BobbyStrawberry 02-12-2025 03:07 PM
He is a 19th century HOFer. Only Cy Young pitched more career innings than he did.

tiger8mush 02-12-2025 05:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry (Post 2495664)
He is a 19th century HOFer. Only Cy Young pitched more career innings than he did.
Galvin? Rusie? Clarkson?

BobbyStrawberry 02-12-2025 07:03 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by tiger8mush (Post 2495705)
Galvin? Rusie? Clarkson?
Galvin is correct! His 310 career losses are #2 all time.

Well done everyone 👏


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