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That would be John Coleman of the 1883 Philadelphia Quakers who lost 48 games (w/l record was 12-48). Since 1900, the most losses in a season by a pitcher is 29 by Hall of Famer Vic Willis of the Boston Braves in 1905 (w/l record was 12-29). Since 1950, the most losses in a season by a pitcher is 24 by Roger Craig of the 1962 New York Mets (w/l record was 10-24) and Jack Fisher of the 1965 New York Mets (w/l record was 8-24).

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Cy Young lost 316 games, but he also won 511

Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:

CAREER

LOSSES 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

T7 Jack Powell 256

T7 Don Sutton 256

9 Eppa Rixey 251

10 Bert Blyleven 250

T11 Robin Roberts 245

T11 Warren Spahn 245

T13 Steve Carlton 244

T13 Early Wynn 244

15 Jim Kaat 237

16 Frank Tanana 236

17 Gus Weyhing 232

18 Tommy John 231

T19 Ted Lyons 230

T19 Bob Friend 230

21 Ferguson Jenkins 226

T22 Red Ruffing 225

T22 Tim Keefe 225

24 Bobo Newsom 222

25 Tony Mullane 220

26 Jack Quinn 218

27 Sad Sam Jones 217

28 Charlie Hough 216

T29 Jim McCormick 214

T29 Greg Maddux 214

T31 Chick Fraser 213

T31 Red Faber 213

T33 Paul Derringer 212

T33 Burleigh Grimes 212

35 Mickey Welch 211

36 Jerry Koosman 209

T37 Kid Nichols 208

T37 Grover C Alexander 208

T39 Tom Seaver 205

T39 Vic Willis 205

T41 Jim Whitney 204

T41 Joe Niekro 204

43 Tom Glavine 199

T44 George Mullin 196

T44 Adonis Terry 196

T46 Old Hoss Radbourn 195

T46 Claude Osteen 195

48 Eddie Plank 194

49 Dennis Martinez 193

T50 Jerry Reuss 191

T50 Tom Zachary 191

T50 Mickey Lolich 191

T50 Rick Reuschel 191

54 Al Orth 189

55 Christy Mathewson 188

T56 Mike Morgan 186

T56 Jack Morris 186

T56 Mel Harder 186

59 Earl Whitehill 185

T60 Jim Bunning 184

T60 Roger Clemens 184

T62 Curt Simmons 183

T62 Joe Bush 183

T62 Larry Jackson 183

T65 Hooks Dauss 182

T65 Waite Hoyt 182

T65 Danny Darwin 182

T68 Dutch Leonard 181

T68 Rick Wise 181

T68 Murry Dickson 181

71 Lee Meadows 180

T72 Dolf Luque 179

T72 Pink Hawley 179

T74 Jamie Moyer 178

T74 Wilbur Cooper 178

T76 John Clarkson 177

T76 Bill Dinneen 177

T76 Rube Marquard 177

79 Mike Moore 176

80 Red Donahue 175

T81 Bob Gibson 174

T81 Doyle Alexander 174

T81 Amos Rusie 174

T81 Long Tom Hughes 174

T81 Jim Perry 174

86 Chuck Finley 173

87 Luis Tiant 172

T88 Dennis Eckersley 171

T88 Larry French 171

T90 Ted Breitenstein 170

T90 Camilo Pascual 170

92 Billy Pierce 169

T93 Jim Clancy 167

T93 Red Ehret 167

T93 Red Ames 167

T93 Bert Cunningham 167

T97 Don Drysdale 166

T97 Howard Ehmke 166

T97 George Uhle 166

T97 Will White 166

T97 Catfish Hunter 166

T102 Si Johnson 165

T102 Mark Baldwin 165

T102 Bump Hadley 165

T105 Win Mercer 164

T105 Tom Candiotti 164

T105 Milt Gaston 164

T105 Milt Pappas 164

109 Bill Hutchison 163

T110 Bob Feller 162

T110 Herb Pennock 162

T112 Vida Blue 161

T112 Dizzy Trout 161

T114 Bucky Walters 160

T114 Charlie Root 160

T114 Pedro Ramos 160

T114 Mike Torrez 160

T118 Danny MacFayden 159

T118 Brickyard Kennedy 159

T120 Jim Slaton 158

T120 Jesse Haines 158

T120 Mark Langston 158

T120 Kevin Gross 158

T124 Bill Lee 157

T124 Bill Doak 157

T124 Bobby Witt 157

T124 David Wells 157

T124 Ned Garver 157

T129 Stump Wiedman 156

T129 Wilbur Wood 156

T129 Willis Hudlin 156

T129 Rudy May 156

T129 Doc White 156

T134 Woodie Fryman 155

T134 Bob Knepper 155

T136 Ken Raffensberger 154

T136 Earl Moore 154

T136 Carl Hubbell 154

T136 Steve Trachsel 154

T140 Silver King 153

T140 Fernando Valenzuela 153

T142 Jim Palmer 152

T142 Steve Rogers 152

T142 Bob Rush 152

T142 Charlie Buffinton 152

T142 Sid Hudson 152

T142 Frank Dwyer 152

T148 Bob Shawkey 150

T148 Ken Holtzman 150

T148 Hal Newhouser 150

T148 Orel Hershiser 150

T148 Frank Viola 150

T148 Claude Passeau 150

T148 Jesse Barnes 150

T148 Randy Johnson 150

T148 Bob Groom 150

T157 Eddie Cicotte 149

T157 Jimmy Ring 149

T157 Stan Bahnsen 149

T160 Vern Law 147

T160 Earl Hamilton 147

T162 Curt Schilling 146

T162 Bob Welch 146

T162 Tim Wakefield 146

T162 Steve Renko 146

T162 Guy Hecker 146

T162 Ed Brandt 146

T162 Harry Howell 146

T162 Freddie Fitzsimmons 146

T162 Clark Griffith 146

T162 Bill Sherdel 146

T172 John Smoltz 145

T172 Rube Benton 145

T174 Lew Burdette 144

T174 Ron Kline 144

T174 Mike Mussina 144

T174 Kevin Brown 144

T178 Floyd Bannister 143

T178 Kenny Rogers 143

T178 Rube Waddell 143

T178 Rick Honeycutt 143

T178 Slim Sallee 143

T178 Mike Flanagan 143

T178 Scott Sanderson 143

T178 Paul Splittorff 143

T186 Terry Mulholland 142

T186 Stan Coveleski 142

T186 Juan Marichal 142

T186 Joe McGinnity 142

T190 Rube Walberg 141

T190 Lefty Grove 141

T190 Jack Russell 141

T193 Dazzy Vance 140

T193 Ron Reed 140

T193 Tim Belcher 140

T193 Babe Adams 140

T197 Wild Bill Donovan 139

T197 Charlie Getzien 139

T197 Bob Smith 139

T197 Jack Fisher 139

T197 Andy Benes 139

T197 Jack Taylor 139

T197 Mel Stottlemyre 139

T197 Brad Radke 139

T197 Rick Sutcliffe 139

T197 Clarence Mitchell 139

T207 Tommy Bridges 138

T207 Don Cardwell 138

T207 Kid Carsey 138

T210 Kevin Appier 137

T210 Dave Stieb 137

T210 Jim Lonborg 137

T210 Hippo Vaughn 137

T210 Dick Ellsworth 137

T215 John Burkett 136

T215 Mark Gubicza 136

T215 Guy Bush 136

T215 Egyptian Healy 136

T215 Bobby Mathews 136

T215 Scott Erickson 136

T215 Tully Sparks 136

T215 Bill Gullickson 136

T215 Bob Forsch 136

T215 Burt Hooton 136

T225 Red Lucas 135

T225 Slim Harriss 135

T225 Joe Coleman 135

T225 Virgil Trucks 135

T229 Doug Drabek 134

T229 Nap Rucker 134

T229 Ray Burris 134

T229 Sam McDowell 134

T229 Willie Sudhoff 134

T234 Bob Harmon 133

T234 Jouett Meekin 133

T234 Matt Kilroy 133

T237 Jack Stivetts 132

T237 Al Leiter 132

T237 Jack Chesbro 132

T237 Chris Short 132

T237 Vern Kennedy 132

T237 Bob Buhl 132

T243 Fritz Peterson 131

T243 Danny Jackson 131

T243 Curt Davis 131

T243 Kid Gleason 131

T243 Ray Sadecki 131

T243 Frank Killen 131

T249 Ray Benge 130

T249 Mike Caldwell 130

T249 Chuck Stobbs 130

T249 George Mogridge 130

T249 Mike Cuellar 130

T254 Three Finger Brown 129

T254 Dave Stewart 129

T254 Pat Dobson 129

T257 Livan Hernandez 128

T257 Bill Dietrich 128

T257 Larry Benton 128

T257 Mike McCormick 128

T257 Casey Patten 128

T257 Tommy Thomas 128

T257 Bob Lemon 128

T257 Wes Ferrell 128

T265 Bill Singer 127

T265 Chief Bender 127

T265 Dick Ruthven 127

T265 Sadie McMahon 127

T269 Jon Matlack 126

T269 Carl Mays 126

T269 David Cone 126

T269 Ed Walsh 126

T269 Jaime Navarro 126

T274 Dave Roberts 125

T274 George Bradley 125

T274 Rick Rhoden 125

T274 Jersey Bakely 125

T274 George Blaeholder 125

T274 Kevin Tapani 125

T280 Toad Ramsey 124

T280 Pedro Astacio 124

T280 Jeff Fassero 124

T280 Walt Terrell 124

T280 Thornton Lee 124

T285 Larry Dierker 123

T285 Ed Whitson 123

T285 Randy Jones 123

T285 Cy Falkenberg 123

T289 Greg Swindell 122

T289 Hoyt Wilhelm 122

T289 Ed Morris 122

T289 John Candelaria 122

T293 Hardie Henderson 121

T293 Dupee Shaw 121

T293 Tom Gordon 121

T293 Todd Stottlemyre 121

T293 Johnny Vander Meer 121

T293 Lon Warneke 121

T293 Jon Lieber 121

T293 Hal Schumacher 121

T301 Elton Chamberlin 120

T301 Art Nehf 120

T301 Bill Hart 120

T301 Ray Caldwell 120

T301 Hal Carlson 120

T306 Dave McNally 119

T306 Charlie Leibrandt 119

T306 Mudcat Grant 119

T306 Eddie Rommel 119

T306 Lindy McDaniel 119

T306 Harry Staley 119

T306 Darryl Kile 119

T306 Dock Ellis 119

T306 Jose DeLeon 119

T315 Pete Donohue 118

T315 Bob Ewing 118

T315 Rollie Fingers 118

T315 Denny Galehouse 118

T315 Sherry Smith 118

T315 Shane Rawley 118

T315 Joaquin Andujar 118

T315 Johnny Klippstein 118

T323 Urban Shocker 117

T323 Dick Drago 117

T323 Frank Kitson 117

T323 Claude Hendrix 117

T323 Mike Krukow 117

T323 Joe Horlen 117

T323 Jimmy Key 117

T323 Bret Saberhagen 117

T323 Barney Pelty 117

T323 Jack Taylor 117

T323 Harry McIntire 117

T323 Gary Bell 117

T323 Syl Johnson 117

T323 Joe Nuxhall 117

T337 Woody Williams 116

T337 Jesse Tannehill 116

T337 Johnny Podres 116

T337 Howie Pollet 116

T337 Johnny Sain 116

T337 Frank Lary 116

T337 Bud Black 116

T337 Lefty Tyler 116

T337 Ron Darling 116

T337 Mike Witt 116

T337 Joe Oeschger 116

T337 Mike Boddicker 116

T349 Sam Gray 115

T349 Scott Stratton 115

T349 Tommy Bond 115

T349 Zane Smith 115

T349 General Crowder 115

T349 Bob Purkey 115

T349 Fritz Ostermueller 115

T349 Dean Chance 115

T349 Van Lingle Mungo 115

T358 Johnny Schmitz 114

T358 Jeff Weaver 114

T358 Sonny Siebert 114

T361 Rich Dotson 113

T361 Eddie Smith 113

T361 Javier Vazquez 113

T361 Jim Scott 113

T361 Bruce Hurst 113

T361 Jeff Suppan 113

T361 Togie Pittinger 113

T361 Harry Gumbert 113

T361 Andy Pettitte 113

T361 Ken Forsch 113

T361 Gene Garber 113

T361 Jack Billingham 113

T361 Harvey Haddix 113

T361 Milt Wilcox 113

T375 Nelson Briles 112

T375 Jim Tobin 112

T375 Dutch Leonard 112

T375 Jim Barr 112

T375 Frank Smith 112

T375 Aaron Sele 112

T375 Pat Hentgen 112

T375 Dwight Gooden 112

T375 Mike Marshall 112

T375 Esteban Loaiza 112

T375 Jeff Pfeffer 112

T375 Bill Monbouquette 112

T375 Ed Lopat 112

T375 Alex Kellner 112

T389 Turk Farrell 111

T389 Gerry Staley 111

T389 Henry Boyle 111

T389 Rick Mahler 111

T389 Diego Segui 111

T389 Clyde Wright 111

T395 Johnny Antonelli 110

T395 Bill Hands 110

T395 Hank O'Day 110

T395 Jack Coombs 110

T395 Andy Ashby 110

T400 Joe Shaute 109

T400 Deacon Phillippe 109

T400 Ken Hill 109

T400 Marty Pattin 109

T400 Jim Rooker 109

T400 Geoff Zahn 109

T400 Dave Goltz 109

T400 Jose Mesa 109

T400 Earl Wilson 109

T400 Hideo Nomo 109

T400 Jack Scott 109

T411 John Denny 108

T411 Herm Wehmeier 108

T411 Jim Abbott 108

T411 Steve Gromek 108

T411 Kirk McCaskill 108

T411 Scott McGregor 108

T411 Dick Rudolph 108

T411 Ben Cantwell 108

T411 Mike Scott 108

T420 Dave Koslo 107

T420 Al Downing 107

T420 Henry Porter 107

T420 Howie Camnitz 107

T420 Allie Reynolds 107

T420 Ray Herbert 107

T420 Steve Hargan 107

T420 Goose Gossage 107

T428 Reggie Cleveland 106

T428 Ken Johnson 106

T428 Steve Barber 106

T428 Dennis Leonard 106

T428 Max Butcher 106

T428 Whitey Ford 106

T428 Ed Reulbach 106

T428 Luther Taylor 106

T428 Rick Langford 106

T428 Don Robinson 106

T438 Kaiser Wilhelm 105

T438 Denny Lemaster 105

T438 Juan Pizarro 105

T438 Ismael Valdes 105

T438 Tim Leary 105

T438 Charles Nagy 105

T438 Moe Drabowsky 105

T438 Lloyd Brown 105

T438 Doc Medich 105

T438 Jack Lynch 105

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Righthander John Coleman lost 48 games for Philadelphia in 1883, which was the final season that a pitcher had to release the ball at a point below the hip ... basically underhanded.

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Cy Young with 316 career losses. * Cleveland (NL) 135 losses * St. Louis 35 losses * Boston (NL) 5 losses * Boston (AL) 112 losses * Cleveland (AL) 29 losses

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According to this article, it is Tim Wakefield: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/54919-tim-wakefield-500-appearances-for-red-sox-and-counting

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Mel Stottlemyre lost the most games as a New York Yankees pitcher. Mel lost 139 games from 1964-1974.

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Cy Young, 316 losses. He also had the most wins all-time, 511.

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