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2017 MLB Losses by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants shared the lead of all of MLB in losses in 2017, with 98. The average across 30 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 2017 Detroit Tigers 162 games
98 Losses Tied with San Francisco Giants
# Team League G L
1 Detroit Tigers AL 162 98
1 San Francisco Giants NL 162 98
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 96
4 Chicago White Sox AL 162 95
5 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 94
6 New York Mets NL 162 92
7 San Diego Padres NL 162 91
8 Atlanta Braves NL 162 90
9 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 87
9 Oakland Athletics AL 162 87
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 87
12 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 86
13 Miami Marlins NL 162 85
14 Seattle Mariners AL 162 84
14 Texas Rangers AL 162 84
16 Kansas City Royals AL 162 82
16 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 82
16 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 82
MLB average 81.0
19 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 79
20 Minnesota Twins AL 162 77
21 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 76
22 Colorado Rockies NL 162 75
23 New York Yankees AL 162 71
24 Chicago Cubs NL 162 70
25 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 69
25 Boston Red Sox AL 162 69
27 Washington Nationals NL 162 65
28 Houston Astros AL 162 61
29 Cleveland Indians AL 162 60
30 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 58

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.