1938 MLB Losses by Team

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in losses in 1938, with 105, 6 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 30 MLB teams is 48.3.

Led all of MLB in 1938 Philadelphia Phillies 151 games

105 Losses 6 clear of Philadelphia Athletics

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	105
2	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	99
3	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	97
4	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	83
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	80
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	80
7	Washington Senators	AL	152	76
8	Boston Bees	NL	153	75
9	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	70
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	68
11	New York Giants	NL	152	67
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	66
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	64
14	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	63
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	61
16	New York Yankees	AL	157	53
	MLB average			48.3
17	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	31
18	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	24
19	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	22
19	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	22
21	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	21
21	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	21
23	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	18
24	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	15
25	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	13
25	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	13
27	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	12
27	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	12
29	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	9
30	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	8

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.