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1988 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in losses in 1988, with 107, 1 ahead of the Atlanta Braves. The average across 26 MLB teams is 80.7.

Led all of MLB in 1988 Baltimore Orioles 161 games
107 Losses 1 clear of Atlanta Braves
# Team League G L
1 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 107
2 Atlanta Braves NL 160 106
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 96
4 Seattle Mariners AL 161 93
5 Texas Rangers AL 161 91
6 Chicago White Sox AL 161 90
7 California Angels AL 162 87
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 86
9 Chicago Cubs NL 163 85
10 Cleveland Indians AL 162 84
11 Montreal Expos NL 163 81
MLB average 80.7
12 Houston Astros NL 162 80
13 San Francisco Giants NL 162 79
14 San Diego Padres NL 161 78
15 Kansas City Royals AL 161 77
16 New York Yankees AL 161 76
17 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 75
17 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 160 75
17 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 75
20 Cincinnati Reds NL 161 74
20 Detroit Tigers AL 162 74
22 Boston Red Sox AL 162 73
23 Minnesota Twins AL 162 71
24 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 67
25 New York Mets NL 160 60
26 Oakland Athletics AL 162 58

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.