1883 MLB Losses by Team

The Philadelphia Quakers led all of MLB in losses in 1883, with 81, 13 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 16 MLB teams is 48.6.

Led all of MLB in 1883 Philadelphia Quakers 99 games

81 Losses 13 clear of Baltimore Orioles

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	99	81
2	Baltimore Orioles	AA	96	68
3	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	98	67
4	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	97	65
5	Detroit Wolverines	NL	101	58
6	New York Gothams	NL	98	50
	MLB average			48.6
7	Buffalo Bisons	NL	98	45
7	Louisville Eclipse	AA	98	45
9	Cleveland Blues	NL	100	42
9	New York Metropolitans	AA	97	42
11	Chicago White Stockings	NL	98	39
11	Providence Grays	NL	98	39
13	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	98	37
14	Boston Beaneaters	NL	98	35
15	St. Louis Browns	AA	98	33
16	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	98	32

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.