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If a pitcher allows a run which 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 ...
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
Denny McLain pitched to a 31–6 record during the 1968 Major League Baseball season. In baseball and softball, a win–loss record (also referred to simply as a record) is a statistic that indicates the number of wins (denoted "W") and losses (denoted "L") credited to a pitcher. For example, a 20–10 win–loss record would represent 20 wins ...
Earlier in the year, ... Most losses in a single MLB season (since 1900): 1962 New York Mets: 120. 2024 Chicago White Sox: 120. 2003 Detroit Tigers: 119. 1916 Philadelphia Athletics: 117.
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
The White Sox are on pace to go 39-123, which would break the 1962 New York Mets' record for the most losses in MLB history. The Mets went 40-120 in their inaugural season.
During and after World War I, the Athletics had nine consecutive losing seasons including the lowest win percentage in post-1900 major league baseball of .235 in 1916 and only 36 wins in 1919. Between 1934 and 1967 in Philadelphia and later Kansas City the team had sequences of thirteen and fifteen consecutive losing seasons and overall won ...