1939 MLB Losses by Team

The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in losses in 1939, with 111, 5 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 29 MLB teams is 49.4.

Led all of MLB in 1939 St. Louis Browns 156 games

111 Losses 5 clear of Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	League	G	L
1	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	111
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	152	106
3	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	97
4	Boston Bees	NL	152	88
5	Washington Senators	AL	153	87
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	153	85
7	New York Giants	NL	151	74
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	73
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	70
10	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	69
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	69
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	67
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	62
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	61
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	57
	MLB average			49.4
16	New York Yankees	AL	152	45
17	Chicago American Giants	NAL	63	24
17	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	64	24
19	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	54	21
20	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	60	19
21	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	8	16
21	Newark Eagles	NN2	61	16
21	St. Louis Stars	NAL	45	16
24	New York Black Yankees	NN2	47	15
25	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	13
25	New York Cubans	NN2	31	13
27	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	12
27	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	19	12
29	Homestead Grays	NN2	51	10

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.