1979 AL Losses by Team

The Toronto Blue Jays led the AL in losses in 1979, with 109, 1 ahead of the Oakland Athletics. The average across 14 AL teams is 80.5.

Led the AL in 1979 Toronto Blue Jays 162 games

109 Losses 1 clear of Oakland Athletics

#	Team	G	L
1	Toronto Blue Jays	162	109
2	Oakland Athletics	162	108
3	Seattle Mariners	162	95
4	Chicago White Sox	159	86
	AL average		80.5
5	Cleveland Indians	161	80
5	Minnesota Twins	162	80
7	Texas Rangers	162	79
8	Kansas City Royals	162	77
9	Detroit Tigers	160	76
10	California Angels	162	74
11	New York Yankees	160	71
12	Boston Red Sox	160	69
13	Milwaukee Brewers	161	66
14	Baltimore Orioles	159	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.