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1903 MLB Losses by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Senators shared the lead of all of MLB in losses in 1903, with 94. The average across 16 MLB teams is 68.7.

Led all of MLB in 1903 St. Louis Cardinals 139 games
94 Losses Tied with Washington Senators
# Team League G L
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 139 94
1 Washington Senators AL 140 94
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 139 86
4 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 80
5 Chicago White Sox AL 138 77
6 St. Louis Browns AL 139 74
7 Detroit Tigers AL 137 71
MLB average 68.7
8 Brooklyn Superbas NL 139 66
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 141 65
10 Cleveland Naps AL 140 63
11 New York Highlanders AL 136 62
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 137 60
13 Chicago Cubs NL 139 56
14 New York Giants NL 142 55
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 141 49
16 Boston Americans AL 141 47

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.