1948 MLB Losses by Team

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in losses in 1948, with 101, 4 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 28 MLB teams is 51.3.

Led all of MLB in 1948 Chicago White Sox 154 games

101 Losses 4 clear of Washington Senators

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	101
2	Washington Senators	AL	154	97
3	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	94
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	90
5	Cincinnati Reds	NL	153	89
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	88
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	76
7	New York Giants	NL	155	76
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	71
10	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	70
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	70
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	69
13	Boston Braves	NL	154	62
14	New York Yankees	AL	154	60
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	59
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	58
	MLB average			51.3
17	Newark Eagles	NN2	57	26
18	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	76	23
18	New York Cubans	NN2	45	23
20	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	22
21	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	73	21
22	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	19
23	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	80	18
24	Homestead Grays	NN2	62	17
25	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	87	13
26	Chicago American Giants	NAL	78	10
27	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	91	8
28	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	78	7

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.