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The Phils tonight escape from the dark recesses of interleague only temeritously to face a pitcher who is having an historic season. Sounds bad, right?
Well, the history Anthony is potentially making is the most losses for a pitcher without a win. He is currently 0-8 in ten starts and owns a 6.34 ERA. There are only eleven pitchers in baseball history who have recorded more than eight losses without winning a game in an entire season.
Here they are:
| Player | Yr | W | L | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | K-9IP |
| Terry Felton | 1982 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 6 | 117.3 | 4.99 | 1.49 | 1.21 | 7.06 |
| Russ Miller | 1928 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 12 | 108.0 | 5.42 | 1.58 | 0.56 | 1.58 |
| Steve Gerkin | 1945 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 102.0 | 3.62 | 1.36 | 0.93 | 2.21 |
| Bill Stearns | 1872 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 99.0 | 6.91 | 1.99 | 0.67 | 0.18 |
| Charlie Stecher | 1890 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 68.0 | 10.32 | 2.51 | 0.30 | 2.38 |
| Earl Hamilton | 1917 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 83.0 | 3.14 | 1.53 | 0.46 | 2.06 |
| Edgar Gonzalez | 2004 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 46.3 | 9.32 | 1.94 | 1.72 | 6.02 |
| Heathcliff Slocumb | 1997 | 0 | 9 | 76 | 0 | 75.0 | 5.16 | 1.77 | 1.31 | 7.68 |
| Rod Beck | 1996 | 0 | 9 | 63 | 0 | 62.0 | 3.34 | 1.06 | 4.80 | 6.97 |
| Stump Wiedman | 1880 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 113.7 | 3.40 | 1.32 | 2.78 | 1.98 |
| Tom Tuckey | 1909 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 90.7 | 4.27 | 1.39 | 0.73 | 1.59 |
| Bill Grahame | 1910 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 43.0 | 3.56 | 1.37 | 0.92 | 2.51 |
| Ed O'Neil | 1890 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 68.0 | 9.26 | 2.29 | 0.42 | 2.51 |
| John Franco | 1998 | 0 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 64.7 | 3.62 | 1.47 | 2.03 | 8.21 |
| John Malarkey | 1895 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 100.7 | 5.99 | 1.94 | 0.53 | 2.86 |
| Milt Wilcox | 1986 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 55.7 | 5.50 | 1.83 | 0.93 | 4.20 |
| Neil Allen | 1987 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 74.3 | 5.93 | 1.79 | 1.17 | 5.09 |
| Russ Ortiz | 2006 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 63.0 | 8.14 | 2.00 | 1.10 | 6.29 |
| Todd Burns | 1993 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 5 | 95.7 | 5.08 | 1.42 | 1.10 | 4.23 |
Reyes projects to 18 losses should he last the entire season. That would be five losses better (or worse) than the worst, Felton.
As for the worst winning percentage for an ERA title qualifier (using today's rules), only two registered a big goose egg:
| W PCT | Player | Yr | W | L | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | K-9IP |
| .000 | Lou Galvin | 1884 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 2.88 | 1.24 | 1.70 | 6.12 |
| .000 | Stump Wiedman | 1880 | 0 | 9 | 113.7 | 3.40 | 1.32 | 2.78 | 1.98 |
| .048 | Jack Nabors | 1916 | 1 | 20 | 212.7 | 3.47 | 1.42 | 0.78 | 3.13 |
| .053 | Frank Bates | 1899 | 1 | 18 | 161.7 | 6.90 | 2.20 | 0.12 | 0.72 |
| .059 | Art Hagan | 1883 | 1 | 16 | 152.0 | 5.27 | 1.73 | 1.18 | 2.72 |
| .059 | Tom Sheehan | 1916 | 1 | 16 | 188.0 | 3.69 | 1.55 | 0.57 | 2.59 |
| .071 | Fred Corey | 1882 | 1 | 13 | 139.0 | 3.56 | 1.43 | 1.89 | 2.33 |
| .077 | Tricky Nichols | 1882 | 1 | 12 | 118.3 | 5.02 | 1.45 | 1.24 | 1.60 |
| .087 | Joe Harris | 1906 | 2 | 21 | 235.0 | 3.52 | 1.18 | 1.48 | 3.79 |
| .091 | Les German | 1896 | 2 | 20 | 169.3 | 6.43 | 1.91 | 0.27 | 1.06 |
| .095 | Jose DeLeon | 1985 | 2 | 19 | 162.7 | 4.70 | 1.40 | 1.67 | 8.24 |
| .100 | Ed Trumbull | 1884 | 1 | 9 | 84.0 | 4.71 | 1.65 | 1.39 | 4.61 |
| .105 | Dutch Henry | 1930 | 2 | 17 | 155.0 | 4.88 | 1.67 | 0.73 | 2.03 |
| .105 | John Hamill | 1884 | 2 | 17 | 156.7 | 4.48 | 1.53 | 1.16 | 2.87 |
| .105 | Matt Keough | 1979 | 2 | 17 | 176.7 | 5.04 | 1.69 | 1.22 | 4.84 |
| .111 | Art Houtteman | 1948 | 2 | 16 | 164.3 | 4.66 | 1.45 | 1.42 | 4.05 |
| .111 | Dale Williams | 1876 | 1 | 8 | 83.0 | 4.23 | 1.53 | 2.25 | 0.98 |
| .111 | Frank Mountain | 1882 | 2 | 16 | 144.0 | 3.69 | 1.53 | 0.83 | 1.81 |
| .111 | Jack Wadsworth | 1890 | 2 | 16 | 169.7 | 5.20 | 1.67 | 0.32 | 1.38 |
| .115 | Kaiser Wilhelm | 1905 | 3 | 23 | 242.3 | 4.53 | 1.49 | 1.01 | 2.82 |
| .118 | Jim Hughey | 1899 | 4 | 30 | 283.0 | 5.41 | 1.73 | 0.61 | 1.72 |
| .118 | John Healy | 1889 | 2 | 15 | 147.0 | 5.69 | 1.65 | 1.27 | 4.35 |
| .125 | Amos Booth | 1877 | 1 | 7 | 86.0 | 3.56 | 1.48 | 1.38 | 1.88 |
| .125 | Don Larsen | 1954 | 3 | 21 | 201.7 | 4.37 | 1.50 | 0.90 | 3.57 |
| .125 | J. Fisher | 1884 | 1 | 7 | 70.7 | 3.57 | 1.26 | 3.23 | 5.35 |
That said, watch Reyes shut the Phils out tonight.
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