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2006 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays led all of MLB in losses in 2006, with 101, 1 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 30 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 162 games
101 Losses 1 clear of Kansas City Royals
# Team League G L
1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 101
2 Kansas City Royals AL 162 100
3 Chicago Cubs NL 162 96
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 95
5 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 92
6 Washington Nationals NL 162 91
7 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 87
8 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 86
8 Colorado Rockies NL 162 86
10 San Francisco Giants NL 161 85
11 Cleveland Indians AL 162 84
11 Florida Marlins NL 162 84
11 Seattle Mariners AL 162 84
14 Atlanta Braves NL 162 83
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 82
15 Texas Rangers AL 162 82
MLB average 81.0
17 Houston Astros NL 162 80
18 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 78
19 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 77
20 Boston Red Sox AL 162 76
21 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 75
22 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 74
22 San Diego Padres NL 162 74
24 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 73
25 Chicago White Sox AL 162 72
26 Oakland Athletics AL 162 69
27 Detroit Tigers AL 162 67
28 Minnesota Twins AL 162 66
29 New York Mets NL 162 65
29 New York Yankees AL 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.