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1979 MLB Losses Leaders

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Phil Niekro led all of MLB in losses in 1979 with 20, 2 ahead of Phil Huffman (18).

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Phil Niekro Led all of MLB in 1979 Phil Niekro Atlanta Braves
20 Losses 2 clear of Phil Huffman
Showing Losses and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team L W ERA IP
1 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL 20 21 3.39 342.0
2 Phil Huffman TOR 18 6 5.77 173.0
3 Paul Splittorff Paul Splittorff KCA 17 15 4.24 240.0
4 Matt Keough Matt Keough OAK 17 2 5.04 176.2
5 Gene Garber Gene Garber ATL 16 6 4.33 106.0
6 Bob Shirley Bob Shirley SDN 16 8 3.38 205.0
7 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL 16 15 3.66 292.1
8 Rick Langford Rick Langford OAK 16 12 4.28 218.2
9 Tom Underwood Tom Underwood TOR 16 9 3.69 227.0
10 Mike Marshall Mike Marshall MIN 15 10 2.65 142.2
11 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN 15 12 3.82 226.0
12 Floyd Bannister Floyd Bannister SEA 15 10 4.05 182.1
13 Lynn McGlothen Lynn McGlothen CHN 14 13 4.12 212.0
14 Jerry Reuss Jerry Reuss LAN 14 7 3.54 160.0
15 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins TEX 14 16 4.07 259.0
16 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 14 14 5.01 237.0
17 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan CAL 14 16 3.60 222.2
18 Lary Sorensen Lary Sorensen ML4 14 15 3.98 235.1
19 Rich Wortham CHA 14 14 4.90 204.0
20 Pete Falcone Pete Falcone NYN 14 6 4.16 184.0
21 John Henry Johnson John Henry Johnson TEX +1 14 4 4.63 167.0
22 Eddie Solomon Eddie Solomon ATL 14 7 4.21 186.0
23 John D'Acquisto John D'Acquisto SDN 13 9 4.92 133.2
24 J. R. Richard J. R. Richard HOU 13 18 2.71 292.1
25 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman MIN 13 20 3.38 263.2
26 Randy Lerch Randy Lerch PHI 13 10 3.74 214.0
27 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz MIN 13 14 4.16 250.2
28 Ken Kravec CHA 13 15 3.74 250.0
29 Mike Torrez Mike Torrez BOS 13 16 4.49 252.1
30 Craig Swan Craig Swan NYN 13 14 3.29 251.1
31 Fred Norman Fred Norman CIN 13 11 3.64 195.1
32 Rick Waits Rick Waits CLE 13 16 4.44 231.0
33 Joaquin Andujar Joaquin Andujar HOU 12 12 3.43 194.0
34 Bob Owchinko Bob Owchinko SDN 12 6 3.74 149.1
35 Bob Stanley Bob Stanley BOS 12 16 3.99 216.2
36 Larry Gura KCA 12 13 4.47 233.2
37 Randy Jones Randy Jones SDN 12 11 3.63 263.0
38 Mike Parrott Mike Parrott SEA 12 14 3.77 229.1
39 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 12 13 3.00 248.2
40 Jim Barr Jim Barr CAL 12 10 4.20 197.0
41 Steve Comer Steve Comer TEX 12 17 3.68 242.1
42 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN 12 18 3.62 239.0
43 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper SFN 12 9 4.64 207.1
44 Nino Espinosa Nino Espinosa PHI 12 14 3.65 212.0
45 Rick Honeycutt SEA 12 11 4.04 194.0
46 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA 12 14 4.08 236.0
47 Steve McCatty Steve McCatty OAK 12 11 4.22 185.2
48 Dock Ellis Dock Ellis NYN +2 12 4 5.84 138.2
49 Dave Heaverlo Dave Heaverlo OAK 11 4 4.20 85.2
50 Dave LaRoche Dave LaRoche CAL 11 7 5.57 85.2
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