1885 MLB Losses by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games lost

The Buffalo Bisons led all of MLB in losses in 1885, with 74, 2 ahead of the St. Louis Maroons. The average across 16 MLB teams is 55.4.

Season

League

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB CG L BB W-L%

Led all of MLB in 1885 Buffalo Bisons 112 games

74 Losses 2 clear of St. Louis Maroons

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Buffalo Bisons	NL	112	74
2	St. Louis Maroons	NL	111	72
3	Baltimore Orioles	AA	110	68
4	Detroit Wolverines	NL	108	67
5	Boston Beaneaters	NL	113	66
6	New York Metropolitans	AA	108	64
7	Brooklyn Grays	AA	112	59
7	Louisville Colonels	AA	112	59
9	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	113	57
9	Providence Grays	NL	110	57
	MLB average			55.4
11	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	111	55
12	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	111	54
13	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	112	49
14	St. Louis Browns	AA	112	33
15	New York Giants	NL	112	27
16	Chicago White Stockings	NL	113	25

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.