1981 NL Losses by Team

The San Diego Padres led the NL in losses in 1981, with 69, 4 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 12 NL teams is 53.3.

Led the NL in 1981 San Diego Padres 110 games

69 Losses 4 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	G	L
1	San Diego Padres	110	69
2	Chicago Cubs	106	65
3	New York Mets	105	62
4	Atlanta Braves	107	56
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	103	56
6	San Francisco Giants	111	55
	NL average		53.3
7	Houston Astros	110	49
8	Montreal Expos	108	48
8	Philadelphia Phillies	107	48
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	110	47
11	St. Louis Cardinals	103	43
12	Cincinnati Reds	108	42

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.