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Those are some tough seasons.

One that comes to mind is Walter Johnson's 1909 season, where his ERA and Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) were just 2.22 and 2.16 respectively, but he ended up with a record of 13 wins and a whopping 25 losses. That year, the Washington Nationals won just 42 games, and finished dead last, 56 out of 1st place, and 20 games back of the next to last team. They averaged only 2.4 runs a game, while the 1st place Tigers averaged over 4.

During 20 of the 36 games he started, Washington scored 1 run or less.
Walter had 27 complete games and 4 shutouts. All of his shutouts were 1-0 victories except one, which was 2-0.

For comparison, George Mullin, a starting pitcher for Detroit, had the same 2.22 ERA a worse FIP than WaJo at 2.29, but still went 29-8.

By the way, I went the Nats/Mets game on Tuesday at Nats Park and went to Walter's, a sports bar named in honor of Walter Johnson located across the street from the stadium. They have a framed print of his T206 portrait hanging on the wall, among other large pictures of him. The men's bathroom has baseball card themed wallpaper with his T205, T206 and T207 cards.