1916 MLB Losses by Team

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in losses in 1916, with 117, 24 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.7.

Led all of MLB in 1916 Philadelphia Athletics 154 games

117 Losses 24 clear of Cincinnati Reds

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	117
2	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	93
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	153	93
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	89
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	86
6	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	77
6	Washington Senators	AL	159	77
	MLB average			76.7
8	St. Louis Browns	AL	158	75
9	New York Yankees	AL	156	74
10	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	67
11	New York Giants	NL	155	66
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	65
13	Boston Braves	NL	158	63
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	63
15	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	62
16	Brooklyn Robins	NL	156	60

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.