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1905 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Brooklyn Superbas led all of MLB in losses in 1905, with 104, 1 ahead of the Boston Beaneaters. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.1.

Led all of MLB in 1905 Brooklyn Superbas 155 games
104 Losses 1 clear of Boston Beaneaters
# Team League G L
1 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 104
2 Boston Beaneaters NL 156 103
3 St. Louis Browns AL 156 99
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 96
5 Washington Senators AL 154 87
6 Cleveland Naps AL 155 78
6 New York Highlanders AL 152 78
MLB average 76.1
8 Boston Americans AL 153 74
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 74
8 Detroit Tigers AL 154 74
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 69
12 Chicago Cubs NL 155 61
13 Chicago White Sox AL 158 60
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 57
15 Philadelphia Athletics AL 152 56
16 New York Giants NL 155 48

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.