1942 MLB Losses by Team

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in losses in 1942, with 109, 10 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 28 MLB teams is 52.7.

Led all of MLB in 1942 Philadelphia Phillies 151 games

109 Losses 10 clear of Philadelphia Athletics

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	109
2	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	99
3	Boston Braves	NL	150	89
3	Washington Senators	AL	151	89
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	86
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	148	82
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	81
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	151	81
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	79
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	76
11	St. Louis Browns	AL	151	69
12	New York Giants	NL	154	66
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	59
	MLB average			52.7
14	New York Yankees	AL	154	51
15	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	50
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	48
17	Chicago American Giants	NAL	44	36
18	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	41	27
19	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	38	25
20	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	65	24
21	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	23
22	Homestead Grays	NN2	34	22
22	New York Black Yankees	NN2	28	22
22	New York Cubans	NN2	22	22
25	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	18
26	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	62	17
27	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	37	13
27	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	13

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.