1956 MLB Losses by Team

The Kansas City Athletics led all of MLB in losses in 1956, with 102, 7 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 16 MLB teams is 77.0.

Led all of MLB in 1956 Kansas City Athletics 154 games

102 Losses 7 clear of Washington Senators

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	102
2	Washington Senators	AL	155	95
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	157	94
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	88
5	New York Giants	NL	154	87
6	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	85
7	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	83
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	78
	MLB average			77.0
9	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	72
10	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	70
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	69
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	66
13	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	155	63
14	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	62
15	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	154	61
16	New York Yankees	AL	154	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.