1887 MLB Losses by Team

The Cleveland Blues led all of MLB in losses in 1887, with 91, 2 ahead of the Indianapolis Hoosiers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 64.1.

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Cleveland Blues	AA	133	91
2	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NL	127	89
2	New York Metropolitans	AA	138	89
4	Washington Nationals	NL	126	76
5	Brooklyn Grays	AA	138	74
6	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	137	69
6	Pittsburg Alleghenys	NL	125	69
	MLB average			64.1
8	Boston Beaneaters	NL	127	60
8	Louisville Colonels	AA	137	60
10	Baltimore Orioles	AA	141	58
11	New York Giants	NL	129	55
12	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	135	53
13	Chicago White Stockings	NL	127	50
14	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	128	48
15	Detroit Wolverines	NL	127	45
16	St. Louis Browns	AA	137	39

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.