1971 MLB Losses by Team

The Cleveland Indians led all of MLB in losses in 1971, with 102, 2 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 24 MLB teams is 80.7.

Led all of MLB in 1971 Cleveland Indians 162 games

102 Losses 2 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	102
2	San Diego Padres	NL	161	100
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	95
3	Washington Senators	AL	159	95
5	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	92
6	Montreal Expos	NL	162	90
7	California Angels	AL	162	86
7	Minnesota Twins	AL	160	86
9	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	83
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	83
9	Houston Astros	NL	162	83
	MLB average			80.7
12	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	80
12	New York Yankees	AL	162	80
14	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	79
14	New York Mets	NL	162	79
16	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	77
17	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	76
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	73
19	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	72
19	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	72
21	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	71
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	65
23	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	60
24	Baltimore Orioles	AL	158	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.