When talking about the 2024 year, Chris Flexen led all players in losses with 14. Holding down second was Chris Bassitt, enjoying a L’s total of 13. Having a total of 13, Andrew Heaney* were sitting in the 3rd position. With the fourth and fifth spot were Luis Castillo (12) and the Tyler Anderson* (12).
2024 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Chris Flexen |
14 |
2nd |
Chris Bassitt |
13 |
3rd |
Andrew Heaney* |
13 |
4th |
Luis Castillo |
12 |
5th |
Tyler Anderson* |
12 |
6th |
Kutter Crawford |
12 |
7th |
Patrick Corbin* |
12 |
8th |
Griffin Canning |
12 |
9th |
Dakota Hudson |
12 |
10th |
Jake Irvin |
11 |
11th |
Matt Waldron |
11 |
12th |
MacKenzie Gore* |
11 |
13th |
Spencer Arrighetti |
11 |
14th |
Trevor Rogers* |
11 |
15th |
Ross Stripling |
11 |
16th |
Logan Gilbert |
10 |
17th |
Dylan Cease |
10 |
18th |
George Kirby |
10 |
19th |
Nestor Cortes* |
10 |
20th |
Kevin Gausman |
10 |
21st |
Miles Mikolas |
10 |
22nd |
Austin Gomber* |
10 |
23rd |
Andrew Abbott* |
10 |
24th |
Garrett Crochet* |
10 |
25th |
Ryan Feltner |
10 |
26th |
Nick Pivetta |
10 |
27th |
Carlos Carrasco |
10 |
28th |
Kyle Hendricks |
10 |
29th |
Michael Soroka |
10 |
30th |
Logan Webb |
9 |
2023 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Jordan Lyles |
17 |
2nd |
Zack Greinke |
15 |
3rd |
Lucas Giolito |
15 |
4th |
Patrick Corbin |
15 |
5th |
JP Sears |
14 |
6th |
Kyle Freeland |
14 |
7th |
Rich Hill |
14 |
8th |
Johan Oviedo |
14 |
9th |
Joey Wentz |
13 |
10th |
Patrick Sandoval |
13 |
11th |
Josiah Gray |
13 |
12th |
Miles Mikolas |
13 |
13th |
Logan Webb |
13 |
14th |
Hunter Brown |
13 |
15th |
Michael Kopech |
12 |
16th |
Sandy Alcantara |
12 |
17th |
Jose Berrios |
12 |
18th |
Charlie Morton |
12 |
19th |
Adam Wainwright |
11 |
20th |
Brady Singer |
11 |
21st |
Jordan Montgomery |
11 |
22nd |
Drew Smyly |
11 |
23rd |
Framber Valdez |
11 |
24th |
Brayan Bello |
11 |
25th |
Lance Lynn |
11 |
26th |
Carlos Hernandez |
10 |
27th |
Luis Medina |
10 |
28th |
Reid Detmers |
10 |
29th |
Trevor Williams |
10 |
30th |
Tanner Houck |
10 |
2022 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Patrick Corbin |
19 |
2nd |
Marco Gonzales |
15 |
3rd |
Madison Bumgarner |
15 |
4th |
Brad Keller |
14 |
5th |
Miles Mikolas |
13 |
6th |
Aaron Nola |
13 |
7th |
German Marquez |
13 |
8th |
Cole Irvin |
13 |
9th |
Kris Bubic |
13 |
10th |
Erick Fedde |
13 |
11th |
Daniel Lynch |
13 |
12th |
Hunter Greene |
13 |
13th |
Nick Pivetta |
12 |
14th |
Robbie Ray |
12 |
15th |
Adam Wainwright |
12 |
16th |
Mitch Keller |
12 |
17th |
JT Brubaker |
12 |
18th |
Frankie Montas |
12 |
19th |
Alex Wood |
12 |
20th |
Zach Plesac |
12 |
21st |
Mike Minor |
12 |
22nd |
Joan Adon |
12 |
23rd |
Gregory Soto |
11 |
24th |
Jordan Lyles |
11 |
25th |
Kyle Freeland |
11 |
26th |
Triston McKenzie |
11 |
27th |
Tyler Alexander |
11 |
28th |
Chad Kuhl |
11 |
29th |
Trevor Rogers |
11 |
30th |
Mark Melancon |
10 |
2021 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Luis Castillo |
16 |
2nd |
Patrick Corbin |
16 |
3rd |
Sandy Alcantara |
15 |
4th |
Cole Irvin |
15 |
5th |
Jorge Lopez |
14 |
6th |
Matt Harvey |
14 |
7th |
Jake Arrieta |
14 |
8th |
Marcus Stroman |
13 |
9th |
Jordan Lyles |
13 |
10th |
Adbert Alzolay |
13 |
11th |
JT Brubaker |
13 |
12th |
Kolby Allard |
12 |
13th |
Zach Davies |
12 |
14th |
Tarik Skubal |
12 |
15th |
Jon Gray |
12 |
16th |
Mike Foltynewicz |
12 |
17th |
Mike Minor |
12 |
18th |
Brad Keller |
12 |
19th |
John Gant |
11 |
20th |
German Marquez |
11 |
21st |
Tyler Anderson |
11 |
22nd |
Yu Darvish |
11 |
23rd |
Taijuan Walker |
11 |
24th |
Merrill Kelly |
11 |
25th |
Mitch Keller |
11 |
26th |
Sean Manaea |
10 |
27th |
Zack Wheeler |
10 |
28th |
Hyun Jin Ryu |
10 |
29th |
Brandon Woodruff |
10 |
30th |
Antonio Senzatela |
10 |
2020 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Luke Weaver |
9 |
2nd |
Trevor Williams |
8 |
3rd |
Matthew Boyd |
7 |
4th |
Rick Porcello |
7 |
5th |
Patrick Corbin |
7 |
6th |
German Marquez |
6 |
7th |
Luis Castillo |
6 |
8th |
Aaron Civale |
6 |
9th |
Kyle Gibson |
6 |
10th |
Adrian Houser |
6 |
11th |
Jordan Lyles |
6 |
12th |
Mike Minor |
6 |
13th |
Kolby Allard |
6 |
14th |
Kris Bubic |
6 |
15th |
Cole Sulser |
5 |
16th |
Brandon Woodruff |
5 |
17th |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
18th |
Aaron Nola |
5 |
19th |
Chris Paddack |
5 |
20th |
Martin Perez |
5 |
21st |
Robbie Ray |
5 |
22nd |
Brady Singer |
5 |
23rd |
Alec Mills |
5 |
24th |
Frankie Montas |
5 |
25th |
Anibal Sanchez |
5 |
26th |
Austin Voth |
5 |
27th |
Alex Cobb |
5 |
28th |
Steven Matz |
5 |
29th |
Patrick Sandoval |
5 |
30th |
Joe Musgrove |
5 |
2019 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Spencer Turnbull |
17 |
2nd |
Reynaldo Lopez |
15 |
3rd |
Sandy Alcantara |
14 |
4th |
Merrill Kelly |
14 |
5th |
Miles Mikolas |
14 |
6th |
Jakob Junis |
14 |
7th |
Dylan Bundy |
14 |
8th |
Brad Keller |
14 |
9th |
Aaron Sanchez |
14 |
10th |
Trevor Bauer |
13 |
11th |
Marco Gonzales |
13 |
12th |
Zach Eflin |
13 |
13th |
Daniel Norris |
13 |
14th |
Marcus Stroman |
13 |
15th |
Jordan Zimmermann |
13 |
16th |
Raisel Iglesias |
12 |
17th |
Ivan Nova |
12 |
18th |
Matthew Boyd |
12 |
19th |
Joe Musgrove |
12 |
20th |
Rick Porcello |
12 |
21st |
Jeff Samardzija |
12 |
22nd |
Trevor Richards |
12 |
23rd |
Jhoulys Chacin |
12 |
24th |
Tyler Mahle |
12 |
25th |
Adam Conley |
11 |
26th |
Matt Strahm |
11 |
27th |
Lance Lynn |
11 |
28th |
Julio Teheran |
11 |
29th |
Ariel Jurado |
11 |
30th |
Yusei Kikuchi |
11 |
2018 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
James Shields |
16 |
2nd |
Dylan Bundy |
16 |
3rd |
Tanner Roark |
15 |
4th |
Andrew Cashner |
15 |
5th |
Alex Cobb |
15 |
6th |
Jason Hammel |
14 |
7th |
Nick Pivetta |
14 |
8th |
Felix Hernandez |
14 |
9th |
Marco Estrada |
14 |
10th |
Dylan Covey |
14 |
11th |
Homer Bailey |
14 |
12th |
Kyle Gibson |
13 |
13th |
Lucas Giolito |
13 |
14th |
Matthew Boyd |
13 |
15th |
Andrew Suarez |
13 |
16th |
Cole Hamels |
12 |
17th |
Luis Castillo |
12 |
18th |
Jose Urena |
12 |
19th |
Vince Velasquez |
12 |
20th |
Jakob Junis |
12 |
21st |
Bartolo Colon |
12 |
22nd |
Danny Duffy |
12 |
23rd |
Francisco Liriano |
12 |
24th |
Wei-Yin Chen |
12 |
25th |
Michael Fulmer |
12 |
26th |
Sal Romano |
11 |
27th |
Dallas Keuchel |
11 |
28th |
Zack Godley |
11 |
29th |
Zack Greinke |
11 |
30th |
Kyle Hendricks |
11 |
2017 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Rick Porcello |
17 |
2nd |
Tyler Chatwood |
15 |
3rd |
Ricky Nolasco |
15 |
4th |
Wade Miley |
15 |
5th |
Matt Moore |
15 |
6th |
Clayton Richard |
15 |
7th |
Jeff Samardzija |
15 |
8th |
Ivan Nova |
14 |
9th |
Derek Holland |
14 |
10th |
Bartolo Colon |
14 |
11th |
Joe Biagini |
13 |
12th |
Patrick Corbin |
13 |
13th |
Jason Hammel |
13 |
14th |
Julio Teheran |
13 |
15th |
Mike Leake |
13 |
16th |
Ian Kennedy |
13 |
17th |
Mike Foltynewicz |
13 |
18th |
Jordan Zimmermann |
13 |
19th |
Miguel Gonzalez |
13 |
20th |
Chris Archer |
12 |
21st |
Ty Blach |
12 |
22nd |
Kevin Gausman |
12 |
23rd |
Mike Pelfrey |
12 |
24th |
Gerrit Cole |
12 |
25th |
Martin Perez |
12 |
26th |
Yu Darvish |
12 |
27th |
John Lackey |
12 |
28th |
Masahiro Tanaka |
12 |
29th |
Sonny Gray |
12 |
30th |
Michael Fulmer |
12 |
2016 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Chris Archer |
19 |
2nd |
James Shields |
19 |
3rd |
Jimmy Nelson |
16 |
4th |
Robbie Ray |
15 |
5th |
R.A. Dickey |
15 |
6th |
Jerad Eickhoff |
14 |
7th |
Ricky Nolasco |
14 |
8th |
Patrick Corbin |
13 |
9th |
Anibal Sanchez |
13 |
10th |
Tom Koehler |
13 |
11th |
Doug Fister |
13 |
12th |
Jaime Garcia |
13 |
13th |
Francisco Liriano |
13 |
14th |
Wade Miley |
13 |
15th |
Matt Shoemaker |
13 |
16th |
Matt Wisler |
13 |
17th |
Hisashi Iwakuma |
12 |
18th |
Matt Moore |
12 |
19th |
Michael Pineda |
12 |
20th |
Jose Quintana |
12 |
21st |
Yordano Ventura |
12 |
22nd |
Drew Pomeranz |
12 |
23rd |
Jered Weaver |
12 |
24th |
Kevin Gausman |
12 |
25th |
Mike Leake |
12 |
26th |
CC Sabathia |
12 |
27th |
Drew Smyly |
12 |
28th |
Ubaldo Jimenez |
12 |
29th |
Tyler Duffey |
12 |
30th |
Dallas Keuchel |
12 |
2015 MLB Pitching Losses Leaders
L Rank |
Team |
L |
1st |
Shelby Miller |
17 |
2nd |
Corey Kluber |
16 |
3rd |
Andrew Cashner |
16 |
4th |
Jesse Chavez |
15 |
5th |
John Danks |
15 |
6th |
Ian Kennedy |
15 |
7th |
Aaron Harang |
15 |
8th |
Rick Porcello |
15 |
9th |
Tom Koehler |
14 |
10th |
Matt Garza |
14 |
11th |
Kyle Lohse |
13 |
12th |
Chris Archer |
13 |
13th |
Bartolo Colon |
13 |
14th |
Johnny Cueto |
13 |
15th |
Jeff Samardzija |
13 |
16th |
Anthony DeSclafani |
13 |
17th |
Jimmy Nelson |
13 |
18th |
Kyle Kendrick |
13 |
19th |
Tyson Ross |
12 |
20th |
Max Scherzer |
12 |
21st |
Jerome Williams |
12 |
22nd |
Jon Lester |
12 |
23rd |
Garrett Richards |
12 |
24th |
Alex Wood |
12 |
25th |
Trevor Bauer |
12 |
26th |
Alfredo Simon |
12 |
27th |
Carlos Carrasco |
12 |
28th |
Jeremy Hellickson |
12 |
29th |
Miguel Gonzalez |
12 |
30th |
Jered Weaver |
12 |