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1908 MLB Losses by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in losses in 1908, with 105, 2 ahead of the New York Highlanders. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.8.

Led all of MLB in 1908 St. Louis Cardinals 154 games
105 Losses 2 clear of New York Highlanders
# Team League G L
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 105
2 New York Highlanders AL 155 103
3 Brooklyn Superbas NL 154 101
4 Boston Doves NL 156 91
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 157 85
5 Washington Senators AL 155 85
7 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 81
8 Boston Red Sox AL 155 79
MLB average 76.8
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 71
10 St. Louis Browns AL 155 69
11 Chicago White Sox AL 156 64
11 Cleveland Naps AL 157 64
13 Detroit Tigers AL 154 63
14 New York Giants NL 157 56
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 56
16 Chicago Cubs NL 158 55

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.