League Leaders Daily Quiz

1919 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in losses in 1919, with 104, 14 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 16 MLB teams is 69.6.

Led all of MLB in 1919 Philadelphia Athletics 140 games
104 Losses 14 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G L
1 Philadelphia Athletics AL 140 104
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 90
3 Washington Senators AL 142 84
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 138 83
5 Boston Braves NL 140 82
6 St. Louis Browns AL 140 72
7 Boston Red Sox AL 138 71
7 Brooklyn Robins NL 141 71
MLB average 69.6
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 139 68
10 Chicago Cubs NL 140 65
11 Detroit Tigers AL 140 60
12 New York Yankees AL 141 59
13 Cleveland Indians AL 139 55
14 New York Giants NL 140 53
15 Chicago White Sox AL 140 52
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 140 44

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.