Ten Worst NL Pitchers With Better Records Than Roy Halladay in 2010

On Wednesday, the last day of June in the 2010 Major League Baseball season, Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a complete game in which he allowed 13 hits but also struck out 10 batters while walking none.

He gave up four earned runs and took the loss.

In one sense, Halladay bears the blame for the loss.

He took the ball in the eighth inning up 3-2, and gave up a Jay Bruce two-run home run to seal the win.

In reality though, the blame falls to Roy's supporting cast: the Phillies hitters for their terrible run support and the Phillies bullpen for their terrible everything.

One day after closer Brad Lidge blew a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, Halladay was the only option going into the eighth where another team would have turned over the one-run leader to trusted relievers.

And so July 1st will come tomorrow and Roy Halladay, one of the best pitchers in baseball and the pitcher with the now-sixth best ERA in the National League at 2.42, has six complete games, three shutouts, a perfect game, and a 9-7 record.

To put that 9-7 record in perspective, here's a list of 10 far-inferior National League pitchers with better records, winning percentage-wise.

10. Jason Hammel, Colorado Rockies

He is a Tampa Bay castaway pitching in Coors' Field.

Sounds like a nasty (in a bad sense) combination.

Hammel gives up tons of hits, has a terrible WHIP, and an ERA of 4.32.

Hammel is 6-3 on the season.

9. Barry Zito, San Francisco Giants

Barry freakin' Zito as my San Francisco friends call him, or at least used to call him.

He's actually having a solid year- for him- but is nowhere near Halladay's caliber.

Zito has a 3.43 ERA with a 1.229 WHIP and a 1.87 K/BB ratio.

And he is 7-4.

8. Mike Leake, Cincinnati Reds

Mike Leake is a rookie Major League Baseball starting pitcher.

He has never thrown a pitch in the minor leagues.

On Tuesday, he got roughed by... just a second... I've got it here somewhere... Oh right it was the Phillies.

Leake has given up five or more earned runs in three of his last four starts.

He only has one loss in that time and is currently 5-1.

7. Chris Narveson, Milwaukee Brewers

Narveson hasn't been a starter all season, but he has been terrible all season.

He has a 5.17 ERA, well over a hit per inning (85 in 78.1), and a hilarious 1.506 WHIP.

This guy is 7-4.

6. Anibal Sanchez, Florida Marlins

Mediocre 9:1 hits per nine innings pitched ratio? Check.

Terrible 1.371 WHIP? Check.

Painful 1.86:1 K/BB ratio? Check.

Anibal Sanchez has a 7-4 record.

5. Chad Billingsley, Los Angeles Dodgers

The Dodgers' Chad Billingsley has a 4.25 ERA, a huge 1.379 WHIP, and 9.3 hits per nine innings allowed. His K/BB ratio is 2.48.

Billingsley is 6-4.

4. Johnny Cueto, Cincinnati Reds

The Reds' Johnny Cueto has a good-but-not-great 3.74 ERA and allows nearly a hit per inning pitched. His K/BB ratio is 2.55, and his WHIP is 1.257.

Cueto is 8-2.

3. Bronson Arroyo, Cincinnati Reds

The Reds' Bronson Arroyo has a 4.49 ERA, a 1.33 K/BB ratio, and gives up home runs like popsicles at a beach party.

He has a 1.288 WHIP and strikes out less than half a batter per inning.

Arroyo is 7-4.

2. Derek Lowe, Atlanta Braves

Braves pitcher Derek Lowe lost to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.

He now has a 4.53 ERA, allows over a hit per inning, has a 1.46 K/BB ratio, and a 1.411 WHIP.

Lowe is 9-6.

1. Jamie Moyer, Philadelphia Phillies

Say what you will about Moyer, but he has been solid for the Phils in 2010.

He's no Halladay though.

Moyer's 4.30 ERA is almost two runs worse than Halladay, he's allowed the fourth most home runs in the NL, and going into today had exactly half as many strikeouts as Halladay (102 to 51) with the same number of walks (17).

Jamie Moyer is 9-6.