{"product_id":"9781943816590","title":"20-Game Losers","description":"You have to be a very good pitcher to lose 20 games in one season. Why would a manager keep putting you out there to pitch, time after time, if you didn't have a chance to win the game? More than 25 percent of the pitchers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame are pitchers who lost 20 or more games in a single season. One of them even lost 20 or more games for 10 years in a row! \u003cp\u003eThe names in this book are often well-known names. Cy Young lost more than 20 games in three different seasons. Other 20-game losers were Steve Carlton, Walter Johnson, Phil Niekro, Robin Roberts, and Red Ruffing, to name a few. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe've included here every one of the 23 Hall of Famers who are 20-game losers, as well as some lesser-known names, over sixty biographies in all. Mike Maroth and Brian Kingman, the two most recent pitchers to lose 20 games, are here. So is Jack Nabors thanks to his 1-20 season. You will find Guy Hecker, whose record of 52-20 constituted the best winning percentage of any 20-game loser. And we feature one woebegone pitching staff which had four 20-game losers in the same season. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy our count 499 major-league pitchers have had seasons in which they lost 20 or more games. Only two of them had ERAs over 6.00. This take on pitching records offers plenty of quirks to explore. 53 members of SABR combined their efforts to create this truly fascinating book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e20-GAME LOSER, PROFILES OF THE 20-LOSS SEASONSby David E. Skelton\u003cbr\u003eTHE VANISHING 20-GAME LOSER by Barry Mednick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePITCHERS:\u003cbr\u003eSTEVE ARLIN by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eBILL BAILEY by Eric Frost\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE BAUMGARDNER by Joe Schuster\u003cbr\u003eBOOM-BOOM BECK by Paul E. Doutrich\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE BELL by John Struth\u003cbr\u003eBILL BONHAM by Joel Rippel\u003cbr\u003eED BRANDT by C. Paul Rogers III\u003cbr\u003eBUSTER BROWN by Mark S. Sternman\u003cbr\u003eHARRY BYRD by Armand Peterson\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE CASTER by Chris Rainey\u003cbr\u003eJOHN COLEMAN by Justin Mckinney\u003cbr\u003eCLIFF CURTIS by Alan Drude\u003cbr\u003eART DITMAR by David E. Skelton\u003cbr\u003eGUS DORNER by Paul Hofmann\u003cbr\u003eCECIL FERGUSON by Jeff Findley\u003cbr\u003eDANA FILLINGIM by Niall Adler\u003cbr\u003eSAM GRAY by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eDAN GRINER by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eGUY HECKER by Bob Bailey\u003cbr\u003eRANDY JONES by Alan Cohen\u003cbr\u003eVERN KENNEDY by Joel Rippel\u003cbr\u003eHENRY KEUPPER by Emmet R. Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eBRIAN KINGMAN by Chad Moody\u003cbr\u003eDON LARSEN by Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eMIKE MAROTH by Barbara Mantegani and Dave Raglin\u003cbr\u003eAL MATTERN by Bob LeMoine\u003cbr\u003eJIM MCCORMICK by Chris Rainey\u003cbr\u003eSTONEY MCGLYNN by Steve Schmitt\u003cbr\u003eHARRY MCINTIRE by John Struth\u003cbr\u003eJACK NABORS by Stephen V. Rice\u003cbr\u003eROLLIE NAYLOR by Phil Williams\u003cbr\u003eSUNNY JIM PASTORIUS by Glen Sparks\u003cbr\u003eORLANDO PEÑA by Joel Rippel\u003cbr\u003eSCOTT PERRY by Phil Williams\u003cbr\u003eFRED SANFORD by Warren Corbett\u003cbr\u003eJACK SCOTT by Skip Nipper\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE ALLEN SMITH by Jeff English\u003cbr\u003eJIM TOBIN by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eCLYDE WRIGHT by Paul E. Doutrich\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHALL OF FAMERS:\u003cbr\u003e20-GAME LOSERS POPULATE THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME by Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eSTEVE CARLTON by Cosme Vivanco\u003cbr\u003eJACK CHESBRO by Wayne McElreavy\u003cbr\u003eJOHN CLARKSON by Brian McKenna\u003cbr\u003eCANDY CUMMINGS by David Fleitz\u003cbr\u003ePUD GALVIN by Charles Hausberg\u003cbr\u003eJESSE HAINES by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eWALTER JOHNSON by Charles Carey\u003cbr\u003eTIM KEEFE by Charlie Bevis\u003cbr\u003eTED LYONS by Warren Corbett\u003cbr\u003eRUBE MARQUARD by Joe Wancho\u003cbr\u003eJOE MCGINNITY by Don Doxsie\u003cbr\u003ePHIL NIEKRO by Tom Hufford\u003cbr\u003eHANK O'DAY by Dennis Bingham\u003cbr\u003eOLD HOSS RADBOURN by Brian McKenna\u003cbr\u003eEPPA RIXEY by Jan Finkel\u003cbr\u003eROBIN ROBERTS by C. Paul Rogers III\u003cbr\u003eRED RUFFING by Warren Corbett\u003cbr\u003eAMOS RUSIE by Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eED WALSH by Stuart Schimler\u003cbr\u003eJOHN MONTGOMERY WARD by Bill Lamb\u003cbr\u003eMICKEY WELCH by Bill Lamb\u003cbr\u003eVIC WILLIS by Daniel R. Levitt\u003cbr\u003eCY YOUNG by Bill Nowlin and David Southwick\u003cbr\u003eA STAFF WITH FOUR 20-GAME LOSERS by Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eCHICK FRASER by Mike Lynch\u003cbr\u003eKAISER WILHELM by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eVIC WILLIS by Daniel R. 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