1953 MLB Losses by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in losses in 1953, with 104, 4 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.8.

Led all of MLB in 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games

104 Losses 4 clear of St. Louis Browns

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	104
2	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	100
3	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	95
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	94
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	89
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	86
7	New York Giants	NL	155	84
	MLB average			76.8
8	Washington Senators	AL	152	76
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	71
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	71
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	69
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	65
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	62
13	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	62
15	New York Yankees	AL	151	52
16	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	49

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.