List of Major League Baseball career losses leaders

Cy Young, the all-time leader in games lost.

In the sport of baseball, a loss is a statistic credited to the pitcher of the losing team responsible for the run that gives the opposing team the lead with which the game is won (the go-ahead run). The losing pitcher is the pitcher responsible for the go-ahead run to reach base for a lead that the winning team never relinquishes. If a pitcher allows a run that gives the opposing team the lead, his team comes back to lead or tie the game, and then the opposing team regains the lead against a subsequent pitcher, the earlier pitcher does not get the loss.

Cy Young holds the MLB loss record with 316; Pud Galvin is second with 308. Young and Galvin are the only players to earn 300 or more losses.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career games lost. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player Name of player.
L Total career games lost
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.

List

Justin Verlander, the active leader, is tied for 154th all-time in career loses with 153.
  • Stats updated as of July 4, 2025.
Rank Player L
1 Cy Young* 316
2 Pud Galvin* 308
3 Nolan Ryan* 292
4 Walter Johnson* 279
5 Phil Niekro* 274
6 Gaylord Perry* 265
7 Don Sutton* 256
8 Jack Powell 254
9 Eppa Rixey* 251
10 Bert Blyleven* 250
11 Bobby Mathews 248
12 Robin Roberts* 245
Warren Spahn* 245
14 Steve Carlton* 244
Early Wynn* 244
16 Jim Kaat* 237
17 Frank Tanana 236
18 Gus Weyhing 232
19 Tommy John 231
20 Bob Friend 230
Ted Lyons* 230
22 Greg Maddux* 227
23 Ferguson Jenkins* 226
24 Tim Keefe* 225
Red Ruffing* 225
26 Bobo Newsom 222
27 Tony Mullane 220
28 Jack Quinn 218
29 Sad Sam Jones 217
30 Charlie Hough 216
31 Jim McCormick 214
32 Red Faber* 213
33 Paul Derringer 212
Chick Fraser 212
Burleigh Grimes* 212
36 Mickey Welch* 210
37 Jerry Koosman 209
Jamie Moyer 209
39 Grover Cleveland Alexander* 208
Kid Nichols* 208
41 Tom Seaver* 205
Vic Willis* 205
43 Joe Niekro 204
Jim Whitney 204
45 Tom Glavine* 203
46 George Mullin 196
Adonis Terry 196
48 Claude Osteen 195
49 Eddie Plank* 194
Charles Radbourn* 194
Rank Player L
51 Dennis Martínez 193
52 Mickey Lolich 191
Rick Reuschel 191
Jerry Reuss 191
Tom Zachary 191
56 Al Orth 189
57 Bartolo Colón 188
Christy Mathewson* 188
59 Mel Harder 186
Mike Morgan 186
Jack Morris* 186
62 Earl Whitehill 185
63 Jim Bunning* 184
Bullet Joe Bush 184
Roger Clemens 184
66 Larry Jackson 183
Curt Simmons 183
68 Danny Darwin 182
Hooks Dauss 182
Waite Hoyt* 182
71 Murry Dickson 181
Dutch Leonard 181
Rick Wise 181
74 Lee Meadows 180
Tim Wakefield 180
76 Pink Hawley 179
Dolf Luque 179
78 John Clarkson* 178
Wilbur Cooper 178
80 Bill Dinneen 177
Liván Hernández 177
Rube Marquard* 177
83 Mike Moore 176
84 Red Donahue 175
85 Doyle Alexander 174
Bob Gibson* 174
Tom Hughes 174
Jim Perry 174
Amos Rusie* 174
90 Chuck Finley 173
91 Luis Tiant 172
92 Dennis Eckersley* 171
Larry French 171
94 Ted Breitenstein 170
Camilo Pascual 170
96 Billy Pierce 169
97 Red Ames 167
Jim Clancy 167
Bert Cunningham 167
Red Ehret 167


See also


  • "Career Leaders & Records for Losses". Baseball-Reference.com.
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