1884 MLB Losses by Team

The Detroit Wolverines led all of MLB in losses in 1884, with 84, 6 ahead of the Indianapolis Hoosiers. The average across 33 MLB teams is 45.5.

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Detroit Wolverines	NL	114	84
2	Indianapolis Hoosiers	AA	110	78
2	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	110	78
4	Cleveland Blues	NL	113	77
5	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	113	73
6	Brooklyn Atlantics	AA	109	64
6	Washington Nationals	UA	112	64
8	Kansas City Cowboys	UA	82	62
9	Toledo Blue Stockings	AA	109	58
10	Boston Reds	UA	109	51
10	Washington Nationals	AA	63	51
12	New York Gothams	NL	116	50
13	Chicago White Stockings	NL	112	49
13	Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)	UA	92	49
15	Baltimore Monumentals	UA	105	47
15	Buffalo Bisons	NL	114	47
17	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	108	46
17	Philadelphia Keystones	UA	67	46
	MLB average			45.5
19	Baltimore Orioles	AA	108	43
20	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	112	41
21	Louisville Eclipse	AA	110	40
21	St. Louis Browns	AA	110	40
23	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	110	39
24	Boston Beaneaters	NL	116	38
25	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	UA	103	34
26	New York Metropolitans	AA	112	32
27	Richmond Virginians	AA	45	29
28	Providence Grays	NL	114	28
29	Altoona Mountain City	UA	25	19
29	St. Louis Maroons	UA	113	19
31	Wilmington Quicksteps	UA	17	15
32	St. Paul White Caps	UA	9	6
33	Milwaukee Brewers	UA	12	4

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.