1957 MLB Losses by Team

The Washington Senators led all of MLB in losses in 1957, with 99, 5 ahead of the Kansas City Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.9.

Led all of MLB in 1957 Washington Senators 154 games

99 Losses 5 clear of Kansas City Athletics

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Washington Senators	AL	154	99
2	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	94
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	92
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	92
5	New York Giants	NL	154	85
6	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	77
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	77
	MLB average			76.9
8	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	76
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	76
10	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	154	74
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	72
12	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	154	70
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	67
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	64
15	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	59
16	New York Yankees	AL	154	56

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.