One time LAD 1 – 0 Losers

Phil Gurnee ♦ July 5, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

Bringing this little 1 – 0 loser arc thread to a close we now look at all the pitchers who lost one game 1 – 0.  This is a fun list with many names you won’t see often, combined with two of the greatest pitchers of any era.

Several scrapheap projects. Al Downing had been part of the last great Yankee teams of the early 60’s but by the time he became a Dodger in 1971 his career was headed nowhere. Downing rediscovered his touch as a Dodger and would win 20 games for the first time. Al would finish 3rd in Cy Young voting.  As a Dodger, he would go onto to throw 16 games with a game score of 75 or more, and of those 16 games, this would be the only game he would lose. He was called Gentleman Al for his gentle nature.

Who is this Kershaw guy?

Giovanni Carrara? Are you kidding me???

Nomo, Kuroda, and Maeda – how about that.

Jim Brewer – I don’t ever recall him being a starter for the Dodgers. Looks like he was pressed into service because of a Sept doubleheader and acquitted himself quite well.

Joe Moeller as a teenager

John Ely – must have been the game that got him on the sports illustrated cover.

Rubby De La Rosa – all the promise and then the surgery.

Player                      Date  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO GSc
Al Downing            1976-09-08 L 0-1 8.0 3  0  1  3  78
Andy Ashby            2003-07-26 L 0-1 7.0 5  1  2  3  64
Bob Ojeda             1992-08-28 L 0-1 7.0 4  1  3  5  67
Brad Penny            2005-06-20 L 0-1 6.0 6  1  0  4  60
Brian Bohanon         1998-09-11 L 0-1 8.0 7  1  5  8  67
Clayton Kershaw       2012-09-11 L 0-1 7.0 3  0  3  5  71
Darren Dreifort       2000-04-24 L 0-1 6.0 5  0  3  2  61
Giovanni Carrara      2001-06-08 L 0-1 5.0 4  1  0  3  58
Greg Maddux           2008-09-14 L 0-1 7.0 2  0  0  3  76
Hideo Nomo            2002-04-14 L 0-1 6.2 4  1  4  6  64
Hiroki Kuroda         2010-08-13 L 0-1 7.0 4  1  2  3  66
Ismael Valdez         1995-09-06 L 0-1 8.0 3  1  0  6  78
Jason Schmidt         2007-06-05 L 0-1 6.0 1  0  3  4  71
Jim Brewer         1967-09-10(2) L 0-1 7.0 3  0  3  4  72
Jim Neidlinger        1990-08-07 L 0-1 7.2 2  0  2  6  77
Joe Moeller        1962-04-29(2) L 0-1 7.0 3  1  3  3  67
John Ely              2010-05-27 L 0-1 7.1 4  1  2  4  68
Josh Beckett          2013-04-14 L 0-1 8.1 6  1  1  9  75
Kenta Maeda           2016-06-08 L 0-1 6.2 5  1  1  9  68
Kevin Brown           2000-04-25 L 0-1 7.0 5  1  3  4  64
Mark Hendrickson      2006-08-22 L 0-1 6.0 5  1  0  4  62
Mike Morgan           1991-04-30 L 0-1 8.0 2  1  2  5  77
Nathan Eovaldi        2012-06-08 L 0-1 6.0 5  0  2  6  66
Odalis Perez          2002-09-24 L 0-1 8.0 5  1  0  8  76
Pedro Astacio         1993-09-07 L 0-1 7.1 4  1  3  6  69
Rick Honeycutt        1984-07-31 L 0-1 6.0 5  1  3  2  57
Rubby De La Rosa      2011-06-29 L 0-1 7.0 6  1  2  4  63
Sandy Vance           1970-05-22 L 0-1 7.0 2  1  6  3  66
Shawn Hillegas        1987-08-24 L 0-1 7.0 3  1  4  6  69
Stan Williams         1960-09-19 L 0-1 7.0 5  1  0  6  69
Tim Leary             1988-10-02 L 0-1 5.0 3  1  3  3  57
Tommy John            1976-04-21 L 0-1 7.0 8  0  3  3  61

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