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1964 MLB Losses by Team

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

The New York Mets led all of MLB in losses in 1964, with 109, 4 ahead of the Kansas City Athletics. The average across 20 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 1964 New York Mets 163 games
109 Losses 4 clear of Kansas City Athletics
# Team League G L
1 New York Mets NL 163 109
2 Kansas City Athletics AL 163 105
3 Washington Senators AL 162 100
4 Houston Colt .45's NL 162 96
5 Boston Red Sox AL 162 90
6 Chicago Cubs NL 162 86
7 Cleveland Indians AL 164 83
7 Minnesota Twins AL 163 83
9 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 164 82
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 82
MLB average 81.0
11 Los Angeles Angels AL 162 80
12 Detroit Tigers AL 163 77
13 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 74
14 San Francisco Giants NL 162 72
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 70
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 70
17 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 69
18 Baltimore Orioles AL 163 65
19 Chicago White Sox AL 162 64
20 New York Yankees AL 164 63

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.