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1999 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Florida Marlins led all of MLB in losses in 1999, with 98, 1 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 30 MLB teams is 80.9.

Led all of MLB in 1999 Florida Marlins 162 games
98 Losses 1 clear of Kansas City Royals
# Team League G L
1 Florida Marlins NL 162 98
2 Kansas City Royals AL 161 97
2 Minnesota Twins AL 161 97
4 Chicago Cubs NL 162 95
5 Montreal Expos NL 162 94
6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 93
7 Anaheim Angels AL 162 92
7 Detroit Tigers AL 161 92
9 Colorado Rockies NL 162 90
10 San Diego Padres NL 162 88
11 Milwaukee Brewers NL 161 87
12 Chicago White Sox AL 162 86
12 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 86
14 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 85
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 85
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 84
17 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 83
17 Seattle Mariners AL 162 83
MLB average 80.9
19 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 78
20 San Francisco Giants NL 162 76
21 Oakland Athletics AL 162 75
22 Boston Red Sox AL 162 68
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 67
23 Texas Rangers AL 162 67
25 New York Mets NL 163 66
26 Cleveland Indians AL 162 65
26 Houston Astros NL 162 65
28 New York Yankees AL 162 64
29 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 62
30 Atlanta Braves NL 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.