1989 MLB Wins by Team

The Oakland Athletics led all of MLB in wins in 1989, with 99, 6 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 26 MLB teams is 80.9.

Led all of MLB in 1989 Oakland Athletics 162 games

99 Wins 6 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	W
1	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	99
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	93
3	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	92
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	92
5	California Angels	AL	162	91
6	San Diego Padres	NL	162	89
6	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	89
8	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	87
8	New York Mets	NL	162	87
10	Houston Astros	NL	162	86
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	164	86
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	83
12	Texas Rangers	AL	162	83
14	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	81
14	Montreal Expos	NL	162	81
	MLB average			80.9
16	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	80
17	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	160	77
18	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	75
19	New York Yankees	AL	161	74
19	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	164	74
21	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	73
21	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	73
23	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	69
24	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	67
25	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	63
26	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	59

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.