1972 MLB Losses by Team

The Texas Rangers led all of MLB in losses in 1972, with 100, 3 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 24 MLB teams is 77.4.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Texas Rangers 154 games

100 Losses 3 clear of Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Texas Rangers	AL	154	100
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	97
3	San Diego Padres	NL	153	95
4	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	91
5	Montreal Expos	NL	156	86
5	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	86
7	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	84
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	84
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	81
10	California Angels	AL	155	80
11	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	78
	MLB average			77.4
12	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	77
13	New York Yankees	AL	155	76
14	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	74
15	New York Mets	NL	156	73
16	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	70
16	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	70
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	70
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	70
20	Houston Astros	NL	153	69
21	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	67
22	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	62
23	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	59
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	59

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.