Year-by-Year Top-Tens Leaders & Records for Losses

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Year-by-Year Top-Tens Leaders & Records for Losses

Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Year-by-Year Top-Tens Yearly League

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Statistic Description: Losses

This table lists the MLB top ten for each season in this category. When possible we have used the leaderboard standards at that time to compute the top ten players for this statistic.

Years	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
2012	Volstad (6) Arrieta (6) Kuroda (6) Noesi (6) Richard (6) Morton (6) Santana (6)							Chen (5) Liriano (5) Ross (5) Floyd (5) Bard (5) Hochevar (5) Correia (5) Rodriguez (5) Delgado (5) Colon (5) Wainwright (5) Moyer (5) Matusz (5) Haren (5) Lincecum (5) Leake (5) Halladay (5) Bedard (5) Hughes (5) Moore (5) Blanton (5) Cahill (5) Kennedy (5) Zimmermann (5) Drabek (5) Volquez (5) Bass (5)
2011	Lowe (17) Guthrie (17)		Kuroda (16) Francis (16)		Hernandez (15) Happ (15)		Latos (14) Maholm (14) Myers (14) Duensing (14) Chacin (14) Hernandez (14) Lilly (14) Cahill (14) Dempster (14) Lincecum (14)
2010	Saunders (17)	Millwood (16) Lopez (16)		Duke (15) Burnett (15) Shields (15) Maholm (15) Kazmir (15)					Zito (14) Greinke (14) Guthrie (14) Braden (14) Hernandez (14) Fister (14) Wells (14)
2009	Guthrie (17)	Duke (16)	Davis (14) Harang (14)		Arroyo (13) Garland (13) Lee (13) Lannan (13) Zito (13) Hochevar (13) Liriano (13) Volstad (13) Holland (13) Contreras (13) Marquis (13) Cahill (13)
2008	Verlander (17) Harang (17) Zito (17)			Vazquez (16) Bannister (16) Smith (16)			Lannan (15) Silva (15)		Looper (14) Batista (14) Cain (14) Washburn (14) Cueto (14) Pettitte (14) Duke (14) Backe (14)
2007	Cabrera (18)	Wells (17) Contreras (17)		Cain (16)	Willis (15) Maholm (15) Olsen (15) Washburn (15) Williams (15) Davies (15) Jackson (15) Arroyo (15)
2006	Lopez (18)	Ortiz (16) Marquis (16)		Silva (15) Cook (15) Hendrickson (15) Duke (15) Morris (15)					Peavy (14) Weaver (14) Washburn (14) Hernandez (14) Escobar (14) Maddux (14) Moyer (14)
2005	Wells (18)	Greinke (17)	Robertson (16) Wright (16) Lima (16)			Tomko (15) Maddux (15) Vazquez (15) Redman (15) Westbrook (15) Franklin (15) Lawrence (15) Milton (15) Lowe (15)
2004	May (19)	Franklin (16) Webb (16)		Hernandez (15) Ponson (15) Fossum (15) Hendrickson (15) Johnson (15)					Eaton (14) Lawrence (14) Johnson (14) Sheets (14) Glavine (14)
2003	Maroth (21)	Bonderman (19)	Cornejo (17)	D'Amico (16) Lackey (16)		Washburn (15) Graves (15) Lawrence (15) Lidle (15)				Thomson (14) Glavine (14) Buehrle (14) Redding (14) Garcia (14) Bernero (14)
2002	Sturtze (18)	Suppan (16) Hernandez (16) Sparks (16) Rusch (16) Sheets (16)					Castillo (15) Ritchie (15) Hampton (15) Redman (15) Finley (15)
2001	Jones (19) Lopez (19)		Haynes (17) Anderson (17) Mercedes (17)			Durbin (16) Weaver (16)		Reitsma (15) Ritchie (15) Hernandez (15)
2000	Daal (19)	Clement (17) Parris (17)		Holt (16) Radke (16) Lima (16)			Mays (15) Yoshii (15) Weaver (15) Trachsel (15) Mussina (15) Escobar (15)
1999	Trachsel (18)	Moehler (16) Springer (16)		Meadows (15) Parque (15) Witt (15)			Appier (14) Radke (14) Jimenez (14) Rosado (14) Reynolds (14) Hermanson (14) Valdez (14) Hitchcock (14) Hawkins (14) Benson (14) Fassero (14)
1998	Kile (17)	Candiotti (16) Guzman (16) Blair (16) Navarro (16)				Vazquez (15) Thompson (15) Rusch (15) Sirotka (15) Remlinger (15) Saunders (15)
1997	Leiter (17)	Baldwin (15) Wakefield (15) Eldred (15) Cooke (15)				Lieber (14) Sanders (14) Smiley (14) Williams (14) Navarro (14)
1996	Abbott (18)	Hanson (17) Robertson (17)		Radke (16) Finley (16) Rapp (16) Castillo (16)				Haney (14) Isringhausen (14) VanLandingham (14) Wells (14) Williams (14) Bones (14) Quantrill (14) Rodriguez (14) Smiley (14) Lira (14)
1995	Wagner (16)	Bere (15) Gross (15) Moore (15)			Fassero (14) Radke (14) Gubicza (14) Burkett (14) Candiotti (14) Guzman (14) Hentgen (14)
1994	Belcher (15)	Benes (14)	Harris (12) Deshaies (12) Weathers (12) Banks (12)				Erickson (11) Guzman (11) Ashby (11) Fleming (11) Eldred (11) Darling (11) Cooke (11)
1993	Erickson (19)	Drabek (18)	Armstrong (17) Harris (17) Tanana (17)			Young (16) Hough (16) Eldred (16)			Deshaies (15) Tapani (15) Morgan (15) Pugh (15) Benes (15) Gooden (15)
1992	Hanson (17)	Perez (16)	Abbott (15) Hershiser (15) Armstrong (15) Sutcliffe (15) Candiotti (15)					Wegman (14) Witt (14) Langston (14) Belcher (14) Kamieniecki (14) Benes (14) Johnson (14) Young (14) Abbott (14) Wilson (14)
1991	McCaskill (19)	Black (16) Swindell (16)		Nagy (15) Viola (15) Boyd (15) Darling (15)				Holman (14) Gordon (14) Cone (14) Terrell (14) Browning (14) Drabek (14)
1990	DeLeon (19) Leary (19)		Young (18) Morris (18) Anderson (18)			Langston (17) Stottlemyre (17) Magrane (17)			Rasmussen (15) Moore (15) Morgan (15) Maddux (15)
1989	Alexander (18) Terrell (18)		Viola (17)	Hawkins (15) Carman (15) Hershiser (15) Hill (15) Witt (15)					Perez (14) Smith (14) Langston (14) Darling (14) Leary (14) Key (14) Clancy (14) Smithson (14) Farrell (14) Morris (14) Tanana (14)
1988	Glavine (17) Blyleven (17)		Witt (16) Rawley (16) Saberhagen (16) Hough (16) Terrell (16) Mahler (16)						Tibbs (15) Bosio (15) Moyer (15) Boddicker (15) Smith (15) Bautista (15) Moore (15) Kilgus (15) Finley (15)
1987	Moore (19)	Candiotti (18) Jackson (18) Gubicza (18)			Knepper (17) Morgan (17)		Show (16) Ryan (16) Hershiser (16) Honeycutt (16) Gross (16)
1986	Mahler (18)	Morgan (17) Dotson (17)		Reuschel (16) Smith (16)		Guzman (15) McGregor (15) Heaton (15)			Blyleven (14) Smithson (14) Bannister (14) Clancy (14) Hershiser (14) Correa (14) Carlton (14) Sutcliffe (14) Langston (14)
1985	DeLeon (19) Young (19)		Darwin (18)	Heaton (17) Boddicker (17) LaPoint (17)			Hough (16) Blyleven (16) Laskey (16) Tibbs (16)
1984	Hoyt (18) Russell (18)		Moore (17) Davis (17) McMurtry (17) Valenzuela (17)				Beattie (16) Cocanower (16)		Koosman (15) Tanana (15) Robinson (15) Rogers (15) Heaton (15) Dotson (15) Clancy (15)
1983	Gura (18)	Torrez (17) Stoddard (17)		Martinez (16) Carlton (16) Barker (16) Andujar (16)				Viola (15) Beattie (15) Young (15)
1982	Keough (18) Tanana (18) Berenyi (18)			Honeycutt (17)	Langford (16) Morris (16)		Dotson (15) Hoyt (15) Jenkins (15) Sorensen (15) Leal (15) Medich (15) Knepper (15)
1981	Mura (14) Zachry (14)		Koosman (13) Leal (13) Boggs (13) Berenguer (13)				Clancy (12)	Leonard (11) May (11) Zahn (11) Reuschel (11)
1980	Kingman (20)	Zahn (18) Niekro (18)		Honeycutt (17)	Torrez (16) Clancy (16) Knepper (16) Trout (16) Parrott (16)					Morris (15) Stieb (15) Krukow (15) Beattie (15) Haas (15)
1979	Niekro (20)	Huffman (18)	Splittorff (17) Keough (17)		Shirley (16) Langford (16) Martinez (16) Underwood (16) Garber (16)					Sutton (15) Bannister (15) Marshall (15)
1978	Wise (19)	Niekro (18)	Leonard (17) Forsch (17)		Kravec (16) Jefferson (16)		Koosman (15) Abbott (15) Flanagan (15) Espinosa (15) Waits (15) Lamp (15) Keough (15) Reuschel (15) Barrios (15) Rasmussen (15)
1977	Niekro (20) Koosman (20)		Langford (19) Garland (19) Blue (19)			Arroyo (18) Shirley (18) Garvin (18) Augustine (18)				Jefferson (17) Rasmussen (17)
1976	Ryan (18)	Rogers (17) Roberts (17) Gossage (17) Ruthven (17)				Strom (16) Travers (16) Blyleven (16) Johnson (16) Ross (16) Falcone (16)
1975	Wood (20)	Coleman (18) Slaton (18) Lolich (18) Jenkins (18)				Reuschel (17) Perry (17)		Medich (16) Osteen (16) Morton (16) Dierker (16) Broberg (16)
1974	Jones (22) Rogers (22) Bonham (22)			Lolich (21)	Wright (20)	Splittorff (19) Greif (19) LaGrow (19) Tanana (19) Wood (19) Bibby (19)
1973	Bahnsen (21)	Wood (20) Carlton (20)		Wright (19) Perry (19)		Kirby (18)	Greif (17) McNally (17) Blyleven (17) May (17) Barr (17) Hooton (17)
1972	Arlin (21)	Stottlemyre (18) Dobson (18)		Blyleven (17) Drago (17) McNally (17) Wood (17)				Greif (16) Perry (16) Perry (16) Ryan (16) Wise (16) Bahnsen (16) Singer (16) Marichal (16)
1971	McLain (22)	Arlin (19)	Morton (18) Hands (18)		Roberts (17) Singer (17) Parsons (17) Murphy (17) Wright (17) Perry (17) McDowell (17)
1970	Carlton (19) Lolich (19)		Niekro (18) Krausse (18)		John (17) Janeski (17)		Jenkins (16) Short (16) Horlen (16) Kirby (16) Jarvis (16)
1969	Kirby (20) Tiant (20)		Stoneman (19)	Jackson (18) Niekro (18) Sutton (18)			Cloninger (17) Lemaster (17) Ellis (17)			Robertson (16) Bahnsen (16) Rooker (16) Horlen (16) Peterson (16) McGlothlin (16) Murphy (16)
1968	Osteen (18) Sadecki (18)		Jackson (17) Singer (17) Brunet (17)			Chance (16) Wilson (16) Coleman (16) Merritt (16) Culver (16)
1967	Brunet (19)	Fisher (18) Barber (18)		Nash (17) Osteen (17) Hunter (17) Krausse (17) Perry (17)					McLain (16) Richert (16) Drysdale (16)
1966	Ellsworth (22)	Stottlemyre (20)	Ellis (19)	Chance (17)	Holtzman (16) Drysdale (16)		Jackson (15) Jackson (15) Briles (15) Bell (15)
1965	Fisher (24)	Jackson (21)	Jackson (20)	O'Donoghue (18) Monbouquette (18) Bruce (18) Morehead (18)				Lonborg (17)	Spahn (16) Newman (16)
1964	Stallard (20)	Cisco (19)	Friend (18) Ellsworth (18)		Fisher (17) Segui (17)		Jackson (16) Drysdale (16) Johnson (16)			Morehead (15) Stigman (15) Narum (15) Brown (15)
1963	Craig (22)	Pena (20)	Rudolph (19)	Chance (18) Jackson (18) Jay (18)			Jackson (17) Johnson (17) Drysdale (17) Stallard (17)
1962	Craig (24)	Ellsworth (20) Jackson (20) Farrell (20)			Hook (19)	Rakow (17) Anderson (17) Estrada (17)			Woodeshick (16) Cardwell (16) Johnson (16) Daniels (16)
1961	Ramos (20)	Friend (19) Mahaffey (19)		McClain (18) Buzhardt (18)		Perry (17) Daley (17) Kaat (17)			Pascual (16) Sullivan (16) McCormick (16) Bell (16)
1960	Hobbie (20)	Ramos (18) Hook (18)		Daley (16) Cardwell (16) Roberts (16) Sullivan (16) Buzhardt (16)					Brewer (15) Herbert (15) Lary (15)
1959	Friend (19) Ramos (19)		Purkey (18)	Kemmerer (17) Roberts (17)		McCormick (16)	Spahn (15) Pierce (15) Burdette (15) Jones (15)
1958	Ramos (18)	Kline (16) Wynn (16)		Kemmerer (15) Harshman (15) Podres (15) Lary (15)				Donovan (14) Simmons (14) Roberts (14) Mizell (14) Friend (14)
1957	Roberts (22)	Stobbs (20)	Antonelli (18) Friend (18)		Pascual (17) Wynn (17)		Ramos (16) Rush (16) Lary (16) Kline (16)
1956	Ditmar (22)	Pascual (18) Roberts (18) Kline (18)			Gomez (17) Friend (17)		Law (16)	Stobbs (15)	Worthington (14) Hoeft (14) Mizell (14) Lemon (14) Jones (14) Poholsky (14) Wilson (14)
1955	Jones (20)	Wilson (18)	Porterfield (17)	Antonelli (16) Haddix (16) Garver (16) Hearn (16)				Lary (15) Hacker (15)		Surkont (14) Jackson (14) Spahn (14) Stobbs (14) Roberts (14)
1954	Larsen (21)	Dickson (20)	Surkont (18) Portocarrero (18)		Coleman (17) Kellner (17)		Gromek (16)	Erskine (15) McDermott (15) Hoeft (15) Roberts (15) Turley (15) Porterfield (15) Rush (15) Simmons (15)
1953	Byrd (20)	Hacker (19) Dickson (19)		Lindell (17)	Jansen (16) Roberts (16) LaPalme (16) Podbielan (16)				Lemon (15) Gray (15) Minner (15)
1952	Dickson (21)	Houtteman (20)	Trucks (19) Spahn (19)		Friend (17) Gray (17)		Pollet (16)	Byrd (15) Drews (15) Hooper (15)
1951	Minner (17) Raffensberger (17) Ramsdell (17)			Dickson (16) Surkont (16)		Blackwell (15) Roberts (15)		Pierce (14) Lemon (14) Pillette (14) Spahn (14) Kellner (14) Sain (14) Trout (14) Fox (14) Gray (14)
1950	Kellner (20) Rush (20)		Raffensberger (19) Brissie (19)		Scarborough (18) Garver (18) Wehmeier (18)			Spahn (17)	Werle (16) Jones (16) Schmitz (16) Wight (16) Pierce (16)
1949	Fox (19)	Rush (18)	Calvert (17) Hudson (17) Sain (17) Raffensberger (17) Garver (17)					Gumpert (16) Leonard (16) Jansen (16)
1948	Sanford (21)	Wight (20)	Wynn (19)	Leonard (17)	Dickson (16) Houtteman (16) Hudson (16)			Marchildon (15) Masterson (15) Peterson (15) Sain (15) Feller (15)
1947	Schmitz (18)	Higbe (17) Newhouser (17)		Masterson (16) Kramer (16) Dickson (16) Sanford (16)				Judd (15) Kinder (15) Wynn (15) Roe (15)
1946	Koslo (19)	Knerr (16) Fowler (16) Marchildon (16)			Gromek (15) Reynolds (15) Voiselle (15) Raffensberger (15) Strincevich (15) Savage (15) Feller (15) Brecheen (15)
1945	Barrett (20) Newsom (20)		Tobin (19)	Heusser (16)	Trout (15) Kramer (15) Kennedy (15) Schanz (15) Bowman (15)					Haefner (14) Humphries (14) Voiselle (14)
1944	Raffensberger (20)	Javery (19) Tobin (19)		Barrett (18)	Dietrich (17) Wynn (17)		Gregg (16) Gerheauser (16) Voiselle (16) Barrett (16) Schanz (16)
1943	Harris (21)	Andrews (20)	Gerheauser (19)	Barrett (18)	Newhouser (17)	Black (16) Vander Meer (16) Chase (16) Javery (16)				Hughson (15) Wittig (15) Walters (15) Kraus (15) Wolff (15)
1942	Tobin (21)	Melton (20) Smith (20)		Newsom (19) Johnson (19)		Hughes (18) Trout (18)		Hudson (17)	Wynn (16) Javery (16) Hoerst (16)
1941	Newsom (20)	Milnar (19)	Chase (18)	Sewell (17) Smith (17)		Salvo (16)	Marchildon (15) Walters (15) Johnson (15) Auker (15) Bagby (15)
1940	Mulcahy (22)	Leonard (19) Higbe (19) Caster (19)			Rigney (18)	Kennedy (17) Posedel (17) Lee (17) Chase (17)				Hudson (16) Bagby (16)
1939	Kennedy (20)	Chase (19)	Krakauskas (17) Klinger (17) Butcher (17)			Kramer (16) Davis (16) Mulcahy (16)			Higbe (15) Melton (15) Lee (15)
1938	Caster (20) Mulcahy (20)		French (19)	Turner (18) Hollingsworth (18) Passeau (18)			Ross (16) Newsom (16)		Hamlin (15) Leonard (15) Wilson (15)
1937	Kelley (21)	LaMaster (19) Caster (19) Ferrell (19) Hogsett (19)				Mulcahy (18) Knott (18) Passeau (18)			Grissom (17) Smith (17) Hildebrand (17)
1936	Walters (21)	Rhodes (20) Bowman (20)		Mungo (19) Derringer (19)		Knott (17)	Swift (16) Ostermueller (16) Caldwell (16) Auker (16) Fink (16) Hogsett (16)
1935	Cantwell (25)	Brandt (19)	Newsom (18) Smith (18)		Van Atta (16)	MacFayden (15) Jorgens (15) Gomez (15) Frankhouse (15) Hadley (15) Thomas (15) Tietje (15)
1934	Johnson (22)	Derringer (21)	Newsom (20)	Gaston (19)	French (18) Collins (18) Blaeholder (18)			Cain (17) Davis (17)		Mungo (16) Hadley (16) Frey (16)
1933	Derringer (27)	Lyons (21)	Hadley (20) Beck (20)		Blaeholder (19)	Johnson (18) Dean (18)		Benge (17) Brown (17) Harder (17)
1932	Hadley (21)	Carroll (19) Stewart (19)		Lucas (17) Malone (17) Gaston (17)			Weiland (16) French (16) Brandt (16)			Lyons (15) Johnson (15) Dean (15) Jones (15) MacFayden (15)
1931	Caraway (24) Gray (24)		Johnson (19)	Seibold (18) Russell (18) Benge (18)			Stewart (17)	Whitehill (16) Bridges (16) Collins (16)
1930	Russell (20) Gaston (20)		French (18) Frey (18) Coffman (18)			Willoughby (17) Henry (17) Lisenbee (17)			Lucas (16) Hudlin (16) Crowder (16) Seibold (16)
1929	Ruffing (22)	Lyons (20)	Gaston (19) Clark (19)		Russell (18) MacFayden (18) Thomas (18)			Seibold (17) Smith (17) Benton (17) Carroll (17)
1928	Ruffing (25)	Brandt (21)	Root (18) Benge (18) Rixey (18)			Shaute (17) Ring (17) Uhle (17) Smith (17) Delaney (17)
1927	Harriss (21) Scott (21)		Smith (18) Wiltse (18) Petty (18)			Robertson (17) Blankenship (17) Pruett (17) Buckeye (17) Gaston (17)
1926	Zahniser (18) Gaston (18)		Petty (17) Root (17)		Luque (16) Lyons (16) Wingfield (16) Johnson (16) Dean (16) Genewich (16)
1925	Jones (21)	Ehmke (20)	Wingfield (19) Grimes (19)		Ruffing (18) Blake (18) Luque (18)			Pennock (17) Mitchell (17)		Ring (16) Barnes (16)
1924	Barnes (20)	Genewich (19) Haines (19)		Ferguson (17) Carlson (17) Shaute (17) Ehmke (17)				Glazner (16) Morrison (16) Sothoron (16) Coveleski (16) Bush (16)
1923	Pillette (19) Rommel (19) Cooper (19)			Robertson (18) Grimes (18)		Piercy (17) Vangilder (17) Quinn (17) Ehmke (17) Weinert (17)
1922	Luque (23)	Oeschger (21)	Harriss (20)	Francis (18) Meadows (18) Ring (18)			Pennock (17) Shocker (17) Faber (17) Ehmke (17)
1921	Rommel (23)	Smith (20) Wilkinson (20)		Ring (19) Luque (19)		Rixey (18)	Kerr (17) McQuillan (17)		Harriss (16) Davis (16) Jones (16) Hubbell (16) Meadows (16) Hasty (16) Zachary (16)
1920	Perry (25)	Naylor (23)	Rixey (22)	Dauss (21) Fillingim (21) Scott (21)			Haines (20)	Smith (18) Shaw (18) Ehmke (18)
1919	Harper (21)	Meadows (20) Jones (20)		Rudolph (18) Naylor (18)		Shaw (17) Perry (17)		Boland (16) Jacobs (16)		Johnson (15) Kinney (15)
1918	Cicotte (19) Perry (19)		Oeschger (18) Marquard (18)		Ragan (17)	Dauss (16) Bagby (16)		Doak (15) Nehf (15) Bush (15) Schneider (15) Danforth (15)
1917	Rixey (21) Barnes (21)		Douglas (20) Doak (20)		Miller (19) Jacobs (19) Groom (19) Schneider (19) Sothoron (19)					Davenport (17) Leonard (17) Bush (17)
1916	Bush (24)	Myers (23) Meadows (23)		Johnson (20) Nabors (20)		Schulz (19) Schneider (19)		Weilman (18)	Bagby (17) Toney (17)
1915	Wyckoff (22) Quinn (22)		Bailey (20)	Rudolph (19) Weilman (19) Schneider (19) Krapp (19)				Bedient (18) Lowdermilk (18) Davenport (18) Doak (18) Perritt (18) Benton (18)
1914	Ames (23)	Marquard (22)	Keupper (20) Groom (20) Cullop (20)			Benz (19) Mayer (19) Camnitz (19) Dickson (19)				Moseley (18) Reulbach (18) Scott (18) Johnson (18) Cheney (18) Douglas (18) Benton (18) Hamilton (18)
1913	Griner (22)	Scott (21) Harmon (21)		Camnitz (20) Baumgardner (20)		Weilman (19)	Allen (18) Ragan (18) Ford (18)			Hess (17) Tyler (17) Leonard (17) Leverenz (17)
1912	Tyler (22)	Ford (21) Rucker (21)		Benton (20)	Warhop (19) Dickson (19) Kahler (19)			Ragan (18) Harmon (18) Lake (18) Fromme (18)
1911	Moore (19) Powell (19) Steele (19)			Walsh (18) Rucker (18) Brown (18)			Hughes (17) Wood (17) Gaspar (17) Groom (17)
1910	Bell (27)	Curtis (24)	Brown (23)	Walsh (20)	Mattern (19) Frock (19) Gray (19)			Scott (18) Bailey (18) Rucker (18)
1909	Groom (26)	Johnson (25)	Ferguson (23)	Beebe (21) Mattern (21)		Rucker (19) Gray (19)		Lush (18)	Morgan (17) McIntire (17) Smith (17)
1908	Raymond (25)	Wilhelm (22) Lake (22)		Pastorius (20) Chesbro (20) McIntire (20)			Vickers (19) Dorner (19) Rucker (19) Winter (19)
1907	McGlynn (25)	Young (23)	Orth (21) Pelty (21)		Smith (20) Mullin (20)		Karger (19) Ewing (19) Beebe (19)			McGinnity (18) Moren (18) Walsh (18)
1906	Dorner (26)	Young (25)	Lindaman (23)	Pfeffer (22)	Young (21) McIntire (21) Harris (21)			Falkenberg (20) Fraser (20)		Dinneen (19) Karger (19) Duggleby (19)
1905	Willis (29)	Glade (25) McIntire (25)		Wilhelm (23) Overall (23)		Howell (22)	Eason (21) Taylor (21) Mullin (21) Young (21) Fraser (21) Patten (21)
1904	Townsend (26)	Willis (25) Jones (25)		Fraser (24)	Mullin (23) Patten (23) Jacobson (23) Cronin (23) Hughes (23)					Howell (21) Pittinger (21)
1903	Flaherty (25)	Orth (22) Patten (22) Pittinger (22)			McGinnity (20)	McFarland (19) Powell (19)		Wilson (18) Willis (18) Garvin (18)
1902	Yerkes (21) Dinneen (21)		Willis (20) Miller (20) White (20)			Wiltse (19) Sparks (19) Evans (19)			Mercer (18) Duggleby (18) Moore (18) Orth (18) McGinnity (18) Iburg (18) Taylor (18)
1901	Taylor (27)	Dowling (25)	Hughes (23)	Carrick (22)	Howell (21)	McGinnity (20) Garvin (20) Reidy (20)			Taylor (19) Hahn (19) Powell (19)
1900	Carrick (22)	Hahn (20) Scott (20)		Young (19) Jones (19)		Hawley (18) Garvin (18)		Willis (17) Taylor (17) Mercer (17)
1899	Hughey (30)	Carrick (27)	Leever (23)	Knepper (22)	Taylor (21) Weyhing (21)		Dinneen (20)	Powell (19) Nichols (19)		McFarlan (18) Sudhoff (18) Bates (18) Seymour (18)
1898	Taylor (29)	Sudhoff (27)	Weyhing (26)	Hughey (24)	Yeager (22) Kennedy (22)		Dunn (21)	Dowling (20) Fraser (20) Killen (20)
1897	Donahue (35)	Hart (27)	Killen (23) McJames (23)		Mercer (20) Taylor (20) Kennedy (20)			Orth (19) Young (19) Fraser (19)
1896	Hart (29)	Hill (28)	Fraser (27)	Breitenstein (26)	Donahue (24) Clarke (24)		Taylor (21) Hawley (21)		Kennedy (20) McJames (20) German (20)
1895	Breitenstein (30)	Mercer (23) Rusie (23)		Hawley (22)	Hutchinson (21) Weyhing (21)		Inks (20)	Ehret (19) McDermott (19)		Parrott (18)
1894	Hawley (27)	Menefee (25)	Mercer (23) Breitenstein (23)		Knell (21) Dwyer (21) Young (21) Ehret (21)				Kennedy (20)	McGill (19) Parrott (19) Hemming (19)
1893	Esper (28)	Breitenstein (24) Hutchinson (24)		Stratton (23)	Mullane (22) Gleason (22)		Maul (21) Rusie (21)		Baldwin (20) Kennedy (20)
1892	Cobb (37)	Hutchinson (36)	Rusie (31)	Baldwin (27)	Killen (26)	McMahon (25)	Crane (24) King (24) Gleason (24)			Chamberlain (23)
1891	Carsey (37)	King (29)	Baldwin (28)	Knell (27)	Mullane (26)	Rhines (24) McMahon (24)		Dwyer (23) Chamberlain (23)		Young (22) Crane (22) Gleason (22) Stivetts (22) Gruber (22)
1890	Rusie (34)	Beatin (30)	Haddock (26)	Hutchinson (25) Bakley (25) Staley (25)			Keefe (24) Barr (24) Cunningham (24) Baldwin (24)
1889	Baldwin (34)	Ewing (30)	Ehret (29)	Swartzel (27)	Staley (26)	Kilroy (25)	Boyle (23)	Bakley (22) Getzien (22)		Weyhing (21) Foreman (21)
1888	Porter (37)	Bakley (33)	Ramsey (30)	O'Day (29) Cunningham (29)		Galvin (25) Getzien (25)		Healy (24) Shreve (24)		Morris (23)
1887	Mays (34)	Crowell (31)	Smith (30)	Healy (29)	Weyhing (28)	Ramsey (27)	Morrison (25) Seward (25)		Boyle (24) Porter (24)
1886	Wiedman (36)	Kilroy (34)	Whitney (32)	Shaw (31) Radbourn (31)		Lynch (30)	Mays (27) Ramsey (27) Mullane (27)			Kirby (26)
1885	Henderson (35)	Whitney (32)	Buffinton (27)	Shaw (26) Galvin (26)		Getzien (25)	Boyle (24) Morris (24) Wiedman (24)			Daily (23) Hecker (23)
1884	McKeon (41)	Sullivan (35) Terry (35)		Barr (34)	Shaw (33)	Harkins (32)	Bakley (30)	Daily (28) O'Day (28)		Mullane (26) Neagle (26) Atkinson (26)
1883	Coleman (48)	Mountain (33) Henderson (33)		Galvin (29)	Keefe (27)	Radbourn (25)	Wiedman (24)	Neagle (23) Welch (23) Hecker (23)
1882	Richmond (33)	McCormick (30)	Landis (29)	Keefe (26)	Mullane (24)	Galvin (23)	Mountain (22)	Whitney (21)	Wiedman (20) Derby (20)
1881	Whitney (33)	McCormick (30)	Keefe (27)	Richmond (26) Derby (26)		Galvin (24)	Ward (18) Welch (18)		Corey (15)	Corcoran (14) Nolan (14)
1880	White (42)	Galvin (35)	Richmond (32)	Welch (30)	Bond (29)	McCormick (28)	Ward (24)	Purcell (17)	Corcoran (14) Foley (14)
1879	Bradley (40) McCormick (40)		McCormick (33)	White (31)	Galvin (27)	Larkin (23)	Ward (19) Bond (19)		Purcell (17)	Mitchell (15)
1878	Weaver (31)	Larkin (26)	Nolan (22)	White (21)	Bond (19)	Ward (13) Golden (13)		McCormick (8)	Healey (7) Nichols (7)
1877	Devlin (25) Larkin (25)		Nichols (23) Bradley (23)		Bond (17)	Cummings (14)	Mathews (12)	Blong (9)	McVey (8)	Booth (7)
1876	Devlin (35)	Mathews (34)	Dean (26)	Knight (22)	Zettlein (20) Fisher (20)		Bradley (19)	Bond (13)	Borden (12) Spalding (12)
1875	Mathews (38)	Nichols (29)	Bradley (26)	Zettlein (22)	Cassidy (21)	Fisher (19) Golden (19)		Bond (16) Devlin (16)		Stearns (14) McBride (14)
1874	Bond (32)	Zettlein (30)	Cummings (26)	Fisher (23)	Mathews (22) McBride (22) Brainard (22)			Spalding (16) Manning (16)		Stearns (14)
1873	Britt (36)	Stearns (25)	Mathews (23)	McBride (19)	Campbell (16)	Zettlein (15)	Cummings (14) Spalding (14)		Brainard (7)	Greason (6)
1872	Britt (28)	Cummings (20)	Mathews (18)	Zettlein (16)	Bentley (15)	McBride (14)	Stearns (11)	Pratt (9) Brainard (9) Martin (9)
1871	Pratt (17)	Fisher (16) Wolters (16)		Brainard (15) McMullin (15)		Mathews (11)	Spalding (10)	Zettlein (9)	McBride (5)	Bechtel (2) Pabor (2)
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