League Leaders Daily Quiz

1926 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in losses in 1926, with 107, 14 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 32 MLB teams is 52.9.

Led all of MLB in 1926 Boston Red Sox 154 games
107 Losses 14 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G L
1 Boston Red Sox AL 154 107
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 93
3 St. Louis Browns AL 155 92
4 Boston Braves NL 153 86
5 Brooklyn Robins NL 155 82
6 New York Giants NL 151 77
7 Detroit Tigers AL 157 75
8 Chicago Cubs NL 155 72
8 Chicago White Sox AL 155 72
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 69
10 Washington Senators AL 152 69
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 67
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 150 67
14 Cleveland Indians AL 154 66
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 65
16 New York Yankees AL 155 63
MLB average 52.9
17 Cuban Stars West NNL 68 46
18 Detroit Stars NNL 98 44
19 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 86 43
20 Baltimore Black Sox ECL 62 38
20 Cleveland Elites NNL 49 38
22 St. Louis Stars NNL 85 35
23 Hilldale Club ECL 86 33
24 Dayton Marcos NNL 42 31
25 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ECL 72 27
25 New York Lincoln Giants ECL 52 27
27 Chicago American Giants NNL 82 24
28 Harrisburg Giants ECL 49 21
28 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 78 21
30 Brooklyn Royal Giants ECL 35 18
31 Cuban Stars East ECL 51 17
32 Newark Stars ECL 11 8

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.