1981 MLB Losses by Team

The San Diego Padres and the Toronto Blue Jays shared the lead of all of MLB in losses in 1981, with 69. The average across 26 MLB teams is 53.4.

Led all of MLB in 1981 San Diego Padres 110 games

69 Losses Tied with Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	League	G	L
1	San Diego Padres	NL	110	69
1	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	106	69
3	Minnesota Twins	AL	110	68
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	106	65
4	Seattle Mariners	AL	110	65
6	New York Mets	NL	105	62
7	California Angels	AL	110	59
8	Atlanta Braves	NL	107	56
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	103	56
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	111	55
	MLB average			53.4
11	Kansas City Royals	AL	103	53
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	106	52
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	103	51
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	108	49
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	109	49
14	Houston Astros	NL	110	49
17	Montreal Expos	NL	108	48
17	New York Yankees	AL	107	48
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	107	48
17	Texas Rangers	AL	105	48
21	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	110	47
21	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	109	47
23	Baltimore Orioles	AL	105	46
24	Oakland Athletics	AL	109	45
25	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	103	43
26	Cincinnati Reds	NL	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.