1985 MLB Losses by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in losses in 1985, with 104, 2 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 26 MLB teams is 80.8.

Led all of MLB in 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates 161 games

104 Losses 2 clear of Cleveland Indians

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	104
2	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	102
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	100
4	Texas Rangers	AL	161	99
5	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	96
6	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	90
7	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	88
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	87
9	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	85
9	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	85
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	84
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	81
	MLB average			80.8
13	Houston Astros	NL	162	79
13	San Diego Padres	NL	162	79
15	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	78
16	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	77
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	77
16	Montreal Expos	NL	161	77
19	California Angels	AL	162	72
19	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	72
21	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	71
22	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	67
23	New York Mets	NL	162	64
23	New York Yankees	AL	161	64
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	62
26	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	61

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.