ccp, Thanks for moving this to the right thread before we got in trouble. )
"how can a guy with 5,000 + strikeouts and lifetime ERA 3.18
lose that many games?
"I remember at least when he was with the Angels the team was terrible and he would lose countless games 1-0, 2-1 , 3-2 etc"
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I was just going to say that, give up 3 earned runs plus an unearned run and your team scores fewer. (
Very few modern-era pitchers are among the leading, career earned run leaders, (Nolan Ryan #249):
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/earned_run_avg_career.shtml
