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1974 MLB Losses by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games lost

The San Diego Padres led all of MLB in losses in 1974, with 102, 6 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 24 MLB teams is 80.8.

Led all of MLB in 1974 San Diego Padres 162 games
102 Losses 6 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team League G L
1 San Diego Padres NL 162 102
2 Chicago Cubs NL 162 96
3 California Angels AL 163 94
4 New York Mets NL 162 91
5 Detroit Tigers AL 162 90
5 San Francisco Giants NL 162 90
7 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 86
8 Kansas City Royals AL 162 85
9 Cleveland Indians AL 162 84
10 Montreal Expos NL 161 82
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 82
12 Houston Astros NL 162 81
MLB average 80.8
13 Chicago White Sox AL 163 80
13 Minnesota Twins AL 163 80
15 Boston Red Sox AL 162 78
16 Texas Rangers AL 161 76
17 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 75
18 Atlanta Braves NL 163 74
18 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 74
20 New York Yankees AL 162 73
21 Oakland Athletics AL 162 72
22 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 71
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 64
24 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 60

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.