1898 NL Losses by Team

The St. Louis Browns led the NL in losses in 1898, with 111, 10 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 12 NL teams is 74.6.

Led the NL in 1898 St. Louis Browns 154 games

111 Losses 10 clear of Washington Senators

#	Team	G	L
1	St. Louis Browns	154	111
2	Washington Senators	155	101
3	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	149	91
4	Louisville Colonels	154	81
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	76
	NL average		74.6
6	New York Giants	156	72
7	Philadelphia Phillies	150	71
8	Cleveland Spiders	156	68
9	Chicago Orphans	152	64
10	Cincinnati Reds	157	60
11	Baltimore Orioles	153	53
12	Boston Beaneaters	152	47

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.