1886 MLB Losses by Team

The Washington Nationals led all of MLB in losses in 1886, with 92, 4 ahead of the Kansas City Cowboys. The average across 16 MLB teams is 63.8.

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Washington Nationals	NL	122	92
2	Kansas City Cowboys	NL	123	88
3	Baltimore Orioles	AA	139	83
4	New York Metropolitans	AA	137	82
5	St. Louis Maroons	NL	126	79
6	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	141	73
7	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	139	72
8	Louisville Colonels	AA	138	70
	MLB average			63.8
9	Boston Beaneaters	NL	118	61
9	Brooklyn Grays	AA	141	61
11	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	140	57
12	St. Louis Browns	AA	139	46
13	New York Giants	NL	124	44
14	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	119	43
15	Detroit Wolverines	NL	126	36
16	Chicago White Stockings	NL	126	34

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.