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2000 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies shared the lead of all of MLB in losses in 2000, with 97. The average across 30 MLB teams is 80.9.

Led all of MLB in 2000 Chicago Cubs 162 games
97 Losses Tied with Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G L
1 Chicago Cubs NL 162 97
1 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 97
3 Montreal Expos NL 162 95
4 Minnesota Twins AL 162 93
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 93
6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 161 92
7 Texas Rangers AL 162 91
8 Houston Astros NL 162 90
9 Milwaukee Brewers NL 163 89
10 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 88
11 San Diego Padres NL 162 86
12 Kansas City Royals AL 162 85
13 Detroit Tigers AL 162 83
14 Florida Marlins NL 161 82
MLB average 80.9
15 Anaheim Angels AL 162 80
15 Colorado Rockies NL 162 80
17 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 79
18 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 77
18 Boston Red Sox AL 162 77
18 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 77
21 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 76
22 New York Yankees AL 161 74
23 Cleveland Indians AL 162 72
24 Seattle Mariners AL 162 71
25 Oakland Athletics AL 161 70
26 New York Mets NL 162 68
27 Atlanta Braves NL 162 67
27 Chicago White Sox AL 162 67
27 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 67
30 San Francisco Giants NL 162 65

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.