1973 MLB Losses by Team

The Texas Rangers led all of MLB in losses in 1973, with 105, 3 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 24 MLB teams is 80.9.

Led all of MLB in 1973 Texas Rangers 162 games

105 Losses 3 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Texas Rangers	AL	162	105
2	San Diego Padres	NL	162	102
3	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	91
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	91
5	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	88
6	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	85
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	85
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	84
9	California Angels	AL	162	83
9	Montreal Expos	NL	162	83
11	New York Yankees	AL	162	82
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	82
13	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	81
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	81
	MLB average			80.9
15	Houston Astros	NL	162	80
16	New York Mets	NL	161	79
17	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	77
18	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	74
18	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	74
20	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	73
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	68
22	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	66
23	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	65
24	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	63

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.