In the short term (like playoffs) that is true. But there aren’t a lot of 250 and 300+ win pitchers that pitched poorly over their careers and just got lucky. Nor 20+ game winners in a season
Mike
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Win/loss for pitchers is sort of a one-sided statistic. It can help screen out poor performing pitchers, but it also screens out good pitchers. You can be a good pitcher (limit the opposing teams’ number of runs scored) but still lose games if your offense doesn’t produce runs. Or you can end up with no-decisions after a good performance if the bullpen isn’t good. A good win/loss record probably means the pitcher was good AND generally played for decent (or better) teams. But a bad win/loss record isn’t as meaningful. It can be a good pitcher on a bad team or just a bad pitcher.
–Peter
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TB,
All I am saying is it is one red flag that things are not as rosy as they need to be.
You can also hit a lot of base hits or home runs when your team is ahead by 5 runs and they don’t (end up) meaning anything. While getting a clutch hit or RBI in a one or two run game is much more important. So no stat is really perfect. That’s why there are lots of stats. 
Mike
Absolutely. The key to baseball stats is understanding what they show and what they don’t.
–Peter
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Same with Charts they work in the markets till they dont, then at some later date they work again.