This comes at the request of a reader.

When has a pitcher: 1) had an above average ERA, 2) lost over two-thirds of his decisions, while 3) working as a starting pitcher.

Sort for guys with an ERA+ of 100 or better, with winning percentages .333 or lower, while starting at least 20 games.

I'll sort by name so you can find guys who got screwed more than once.

It's happened 136, so about once every year.

Guys who got screwed more an once: Masato Yoshii, Tully Sparks, Rollie Naylor, Bill Hill, Pink Hawley, Ned Garvin, and George Bell.  Yoshii's the only guy to have this happen to him twice in the last 85 years.

For a more extreme version, here's guys with losing records with ERA+s of 150 or better.  Many of them, especially the older ones, gave up a disproportionately large number of unearned runs.

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