1961 MLB Losses by Team

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in losses in 1961, with 107, 7 ahead of the Kansas City Athletics. The average across 18 MLB teams is 79.1.

Led all of MLB in 1961 Philadelphia Phillies 155 games

107 Losses 7 clear of Kansas City Athletics

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	107
2	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	100
2	Washington Senators	AL	161	100
4	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	91
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	90
5	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	90
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	86
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	83
	MLB average			79.1
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	79
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	76
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	74
12	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	71
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	69
14	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	67
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	65
16	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	61
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	61
18	New York Yankees	AL	163	53

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.