1997 AL Losses by Team

The Oakland Athletics led the AL in losses in 1997, with 97, 3 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 14 AL teams is 81.6.

Led the AL in 1997 Oakland Athletics 162 games

97 Losses 3 clear of Kansas City Royals

#	Team	G	L
1	Oakland Athletics	162	97
2	Kansas City Royals	161	94
2	Minnesota Twins	162	94
4	Toronto Blue Jays	162	86
5	Texas Rangers	162	85
6	Boston Red Sox	162	84
7	Detroit Tigers	162	83
7	Milwaukee Brewers	161	83
	AL average		81.6
9	Chicago White Sox	161	81
10	Anaheim Angels	162	78
11	Cleveland Indians	161	75
12	Seattle Mariners	162	72
13	New York Yankees	162	66
14	Baltimore Orioles	162	64

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.