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win loss record pitching wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 winning pitcher 2 losing pitcher 3 background 4 decision records 5 see also 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents win loss record pitching 7 languages 한국어 bahasa melayu polski simple english svenska tiếng việt 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia baseball statistic 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 and 10 losses in each game one pitcher on the winning team is awarded a win the winning pitcher and one pitcher on the losing team is given a loss the losing pitcher in their respective statistics these pitchers are collectively known as the pitchers of record the designation of win or loss for a pitcher is known as a decision and only one pitcher for each team receives a decision a starting pitcher who does not receive credit for a win or loss is said to have no decision in certain situations another pitcher on the winning team who pitched in relief of the winning pitcher can be credited with a save and holds can be awarded to relief pitchers on both sides but these are never awarded to the pitcher who is awarded the win the decisions are awarded by the official scorer of the game in accordance with the league s rules the official scorer does not assign a winning or losing pitcher in some games which are forfeited such as those that are tied at the time of forfeiture if the game is tied a rare event no pitcher is awarded any decision a pitcher s winning percentage is calculated by dividing the number of wins by the number of decisions wins plus losses and it is commonly expressed to three decimal places winning pitcher edit a pitcher is awarded with a win if he pitches prior to the half inning when his team maintains the lead that it never relinquishes there are two exceptions to this rule the first is that a starting pitcher must complete a minimum of five innings the length of an official game to earn a win failure to do so results in the ineligibility to be the winning pitcher even if he last pitched prior to the half inning when he maintains his team s lead the official scorer awards the win to the relief pitcher who in the official scorer s judgment was the most effective the second exception applies if the relief pitcher who last pitched prior to the half inning when the winning team took the lead the last time was ineffective in a brief appearance in the official scorer s judgment in which case the win is awarded to the succeeding relief pitcher who in the official scorer s judgment was the most effective 1 in the mlb all star game every pitcher is considered as a relief pitcher for the purpose of this rule for example shohei ohtani the starter for the american league was awarded the win in the 2021 all star game despite throwing only 14 pitches in a single inning 2 losing pitcher edit a pitcher is charged with a loss if he is charged with the go ahead run that proves to be the opposing team s game winning run meaning his team does not later tie the game or regain the lead if a pitcher is charged with 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 prior pitcher will not be charged with the loss if a pitcher leaves the game with his team in the lead or with the score tied but with the go ahead run on base and this runner subsequently scores the go ahead run the pitcher who allowed this runner to reach base is responsible for the loss this is true regardless of the manner in which this batter originally reached base and how he subsequently scored if the relief pitching successfully completes the half inning without surrendering the go ahead run the departed pitcher cannot receive a loss for example on april 13 2007 carlos zambrano of the chicago cubs was facing the cincinnati reds in the top of the 5th inning he was taken out of the game with the cubs leading 5 4 and the bases loaded the pitcher who replaced him will ohman proceeded to allow two of the inherited runners to score giving the reds a 6 5 lead although zambrano was not pitching at the time the runs were scored he was charged with the loss as the base runners who scored were his responsibility 3 background edit the pitchers who receive the win and the loss are known collectively as the pitchers of record a pitcher who starts a game but leaves without earning either a win or a loss that is before either team gains or surrenders the ultimate lead is said to have received a no decision regardless of his individual performance a pitcher s total wins and losses are commonly noted together for instance a pitching record of 12 10 indicates 12 wins and 10 losses in the early years of major league baseball before 1900 top pitchers regularly had 30 or more wins in one season with old hoss radbourn of the providence grays holding the record with 60 wins in 1884 4 5 6 since 1900 however pitchers have made fewer and fewer starts and the standard has changed gradually as hitting improved better pitching was needed this meant among other things throwing the ball much harder and it became unrealistic to ask a pitcher to throw nearly as hard as he could for over 100 pitches a game without giving him several days to recover in the first third of the 20th century especially after the live ball era winning 30 games became the rare mark of excellent achievement this standard diminished to 25 games during the 1940s through 1980s the only pitcher to win 30 or more games during that time was denny mclain in 1968 in what was an anomalous pitching dominated season 7 since 1990 this has changed even further with winning 20 or more games in a single season achieved by only a handful of pitchers each season for example in 2004 only three of the more than 500 major league pitchers did so in 2006 and again in 2009 no pitcher in either league won 20 games 8 the last pitcher to win 25 games was bob welch in 1990 since 2013 update only 15 pitchers have won 20 games in a season most recently kyle wright in 2022 9 the new york times wrote in 2011 that as advanced statistics have expanded a pitcher s win loss record has decreased in importance many times a win is substantially out of the pitcher s control even a dominant pitcher cannot record a win if his team does not score any runs for him for example félix hernández won the cy young award in 2010 in spite of a 13 12 record 10 during that season the mariners scored the fewest runs in the majors that season while hernandez posted an era of 2 27 and pitched a league high 249 2 3 innings 11 similarly in 2004 milwaukee brewers starter ben sheets had a losing record of 12 14 despite displaying a league best 8 25 strikeout to walk ratio and was among the top 5 pitchers in era 2 70 and whip 0 98 12 later jacob degrom won consecutive cy young awards despite recording 10 wins in 2018 and 11 wins in 2019 13 14 in addition to their dependence on run support wins for a starting pitcher are also dependent on bullpen support a starting pitcher can pitch well leaving the game with the lead and then watch helplessly from the dugout as relievers gives up the lead that would entitle the starting pitcher to a no decision instead of a win despite the strong performances regardless of whether or not the team ends up winning starting pitchers on teams with a weak bullpen tend to have fewer wins because of this likewise a pitcher can give a poor performance and give up many runs and leave the game earlier than desired but still win because his team scored even more runs some prefer the quality start statistic as an indication of how many times a starting pitcher gave his team a realistic chance to win 15 decision records edit pud galvin 1883 holds the major league record for most decisions 75 in a season 16 during the 1908 season ed walsh had 55 decisions which remains the most in a season since 1900 17 wilbur wood holds the season record for the live ball era 1920 present recording 44 decisions in 1973 18 as of 2024 update roy halladay and adam wainwright 31 decisions each in 2010 were the last pitchers to have had 30 or more decisions in a season 19 the career record is held by cy young who had 826 decisions between 1890 and 1911 20 21 see also edit baseball portal list of major league baseball career wins leaders list of major league baseball career losses leaders quality start wins above replacement references edit official baseball rules pdf major league baseball 2025 pp 138 140 july 10 2021 all star game play by play and box score baseball reference com retrieved august 9 2021 cincinnati reds vs chicago cubs play by play april 13 2007 espn com retrieved october 11 2015 bonilla alex april 10 2019 old hoss radbourn 59 or 60 wins baseball reference retrieved august 5 2023 single season leaders records for wins baseball reference com retrieved june 18 2025 stilwell jonathan fall 2010 an analysis of pre modern pitchers society for american baseball research retrieved june 18 2025 wendel tim december 11 2016 lolich and mclain the national pastime museum archived from the original on november 19 2017 newman mark october 3 2009 mlb denied 20 game winner in 09 major league baseball retrieved october 11 2015 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link mlb pitchers with most wins in a season since 2013 statmuse retrieved june 18 2025 kepner tyler may 25 2011 hapless but not hopeless blue jays reyes carries on the new york times p b11 cite news cs1 maint deprecated archival service link 2010 seattle mariners statistics baseball reference ben sheets statistics and history baseball reference retrieved october 11 2015 fletcher jeff november 13 2019 mets jacob degrom cruises to landslide victory to take 2nd straight cy young award bbwaa retrieved june 18 2025 jacob degrom stats height weight position rookie status more baseball reference com retrieved june 18 2025 prospectus hit and run a quality stat better than wins baseball prospectus march 11 2011 retrieved october 11 2015 player pitching season career stats finder for single seasons in the regular season requiring decisions 70 sorted by descending decisions stathead retrieved may 30 2024 player pitching season career stats finder for single seasons since 1900 in the regular season requiring decisions 50 sorted by descending decisions stathead retrieved may 30 2024 player pitching season career stats finder for single seasons since 1920 in the regular season requiring decisions 40 sorted by descending decisions stathead retrieved may 30 2024 player pitching season career stats finder for single seasons since 2005 in the regular season requiring decisions 30 sorted by descending season stathead retrieved may 30 2024 player pitching season career stats finder for combined seasons in the regular season requiring decisions 600 sorted by descending decisions stathead retrieved may 30 2024 mlb pitcher with most career wins plus losses statmuse retrieved june 18 2025 external links edit since 1957 wins without facing a batter v t e baseball statistics batting batting average on base percentage slugging percentage hit single double triple home run extra base hit grand slam total bases rbi game winning rbi walk bunt sacrifice bunt sacrifice fly on base plus slugging times on base walk to strikeout ratio walk percentage base running run stolen base stolen base percentage caught stealing pitching win loss record innings pitched save hold run earned era strikeout looking walk perfect game no hitter whip bb 9 k 9 quality start complete game shutout wild pitch strikeout to walk ratio maddux baa fielding fielding percentage assist putout error total chances fielder s choice defensive indifference passed ball sabermetrics adjusted era base runs batting average on balls in play batting park factor catcher s era defensive runs saved exit velocity extrapolated runs fielding independent pitching game score isolated power jaffe wins above replacement score pop time power speed number range factor runs created runs produced secondary average speed score nerd out of zone plays made ultimate zone rating value over replacement player weighted on base average wins above replacement win probability added win shares retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title win loss_record_ pitching oldid 1370336829 category pitching statistics hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use mdy dates from october 2016 articles containing potentially dated statements from 2024 all articles containing potentially dated statements cs1 maint deprecated archival service this page was last edited on 20 august 2026 at 15 03 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc 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