1949 MLB Losses by Team

The Washington Senators led all of MLB in losses in 1949, with 104, 3 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.9.

Led all of MLB in 1949 Washington Senators 154 games

104 Losses 3 clear of St. Louis Browns

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Washington Senators	AL	154	104
2	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	101
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	93
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	92
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	91
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	83
7	New York Giants	NL	156	81
8	Boston Braves	NL	157	79
	MLB average			76.9
9	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	73
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	72
11	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	67
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	65
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	58
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	58
15	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	156	57
15	New York Yankees	AL	155	57

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.