1997 MLB Losses by Team

The Oakland Athletics led all of MLB in losses in 1997, with 97, 3 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 28 MLB teams is 80.9.

Led all of MLB in 1997 Oakland Athletics 162 games

97 Losses 3 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	L
1	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	97
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	94
2	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	94
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	94
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	94
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	89
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	86
7	San Diego Padres	NL	162	86
7	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	86
10	Texas Rangers	AL	162	85
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	84
11	Montreal Expos	NL	162	84
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	83
13	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	83
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	83
16	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	81
	MLB average			80.9
17	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	79
18	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	78
18	Houston Astros	NL	162	78
20	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	75
21	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	74
21	New York Mets	NL	162	74
23	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	72
23	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	72
25	Florida Marlins	NL	162	70
26	New York Yankees	AL	162	66
27	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	64
28	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	61

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.