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1982 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Minnesota Twins led all of MLB in losses in 1982, with 102, 1 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 26 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 1982 Minnesota Twins 162 games
102 Losses 1 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team League G L
1 Minnesota Twins AL 162 102
2 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 101
3 Texas Rangers AL 162 98
4 New York Mets NL 162 97
5 Oakland Athletics AL 162 94
6 Chicago Cubs NL 162 89
7 Seattle Mariners AL 162 86
8 Houston Astros NL 162 85
9 Cleveland Indians AL 162 84
9 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 84
11 New York Yankees AL 162 83
12 San Diego Padres NL 162 81
MLB average 81.0
13 Detroit Tigers AL 162 79
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 78
15 Montreal Expos NL 162 76
16 Chicago White Sox AL 162 75
16 San Francisco Giants NL 162 75
18 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 74
19 Atlanta Braves NL 162 73
19 Boston Red Sox AL 162 73
19 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 73
22 Kansas City Royals AL 162 72
23 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 70
24 California Angels AL 162 69
25 Baltimore Orioles AL 163 68
26 Milwaukee Brewers AL 163 67

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.