2003 MLB Losses by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in losses in 2003, with 119, 20 ahead of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The average across 30 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 2003 Detroit Tigers 162 games

119 Losses 20 clear of Tampa Bay Devil Rays

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	119
2	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	99
3	San Diego Padres	NL	162	98
4	New York Mets	NL	161	95
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	94
5	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	94
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	93
8	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	91
8	Texas Rangers	AL	162	91
10	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	88
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	87
12	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	85
	MLB average			81.0
13	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	79
13	Montreal Expos	NL	162	79
15	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	78
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	77
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	77
18	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	76
18	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	76
18	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	76
21	Houston Astros	NL	162	75
22	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	74
23	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	72
24	Florida Marlins	NL	162	71
25	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	69
26	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	67
27	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	66
28	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	61
28	New York Yankees	AL	163	61
28	San Francisco Giants	NL	161	61

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.