1978 AL Losses by Team

The Seattle Mariners led the AL in losses in 1978, with 104, 2 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 14 AL teams is 80.8.

Led the AL in 1978 Seattle Mariners 160 games

104 Losses 2 clear of Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	G	L
1	Seattle Mariners	160	104
2	Toronto Blue Jays	161	102
3	Oakland Athletics	162	93
4	Chicago White Sox	161	90
4	Cleveland Indians	159	90
6	Minnesota Twins	162	89
	AL average		80.8
7	Detroit Tigers	162	76
8	California Angels	162	75
8	Texas Rangers	162	75
10	Baltimore Orioles	161	71
11	Kansas City Royals	162	70
12	Milwaukee Brewers	162	69
13	Boston Red Sox	163	64
14	New York Yankees	163	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.