Games Lost Records by Baseball Almanac

Games Lost by Teams Records

The most game lost by a team, the worst record by a team, the most consecutive losses, and other similar records are one of the most asked for items on the Internet. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball records dealing specifically with games lost by the Major League franchises.

"We've (1962 New York Mets) got to learn to stay out of triple plays." - Mets' Manager Casey Stengel. "This club (1969 New York Mets) plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." - Mets' Manager Casey Stengel.

Games Lost Franchise Games Lost Records
Record		Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most In History (by a Franchise)		AL	Baltimore Orioles	8,959	1901 - 2010
		NL	Philadelphia Phillies	10,232	1883 - 2010
Games Lost Single Season Games Lost Records
Record		Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season		AL	2003 Detroit Tigers	119	2003	Won 43
		NL	1899 Cleveland Spiders	134	1899	Won 20
Most In Any Month		AL	1909 Washington Senators	29	07-1909	Won 5
		NL	1908 Brooklyn Superbas	27	09-1908	Won 6
			1899 Cleveland Spiders		09-1899	Won 1
			1939 Philadelphia Phillies		09-1939	Won 6
			1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys		08-1890	Won 1
			1908 St. Louis Cardinals		09-1908	Won 7
Most In A Season (At Home)		AL	1939 St. Louis Browns	59	1939	Won 18
		NL	1962 New York Mets	58	1962	Won 22
Most In A Season (On The Road)		AL	1916 Philadelphia Athletics	64	1916	Won 13
		NL	1899 Cleveland Spiders	102	1899	Won 11
Games Lost Consecutive Games Lost Season Records
Record		Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season (No Ties) (20+ Losses) (Bold=Lg Records)	1	AA	1889 Louisville Colonels	26	05-22-1889
					06-22-1889
	2	NL	1899 Cleveland Spiders	24	08-26-1899
					09-16-1899
	3	NL	1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys	23	08-12-1890
					09-02-1890
		NL	1961 Philadelphia Phillies	23	07-29-1961
					08-20-1961
	5	AA	1890 Philadelphia Athletics	22	09-16-1890
					10-12-1890
	6	AL	1988 Baltimore Orioles	21	04-04-1988
					04-28-1988
	7	NL	1894 Louisville Colonels	20	05-28-1890
					06-18-1890
		AL	1906 Boston Americans	20	05-01-1906
					05-24-1906
		AL	1916 Philadelphia Athletics	20	07-01-1916
					08-08-1916
		AL	1943 Philadelphia Athletics	20	08-07-1943
					08-24-1943
		NL	1969 Montreal Expos	20	05-13-1969
					06-07-1969
Most In 2 Seasons		AL	Philadelphia Athletics	226	1915-1916	Won 79
		NL	New York Mets	231	1962-1963	Won 91
Most In 3 Seasons		AL	Philadelphia Athletics	324	1915-1917	Won 134
		NL	New York Mets	340	1962-1964	Won 144
Most From Opening Day		AL	1988 Baltimore Orioles	21	04-04-1988
					04-28-1988
		NL	1997 Chicago Cubs	14	04-01-1997
					04-20-1997
Record		Lg	Team(s)	Data
Games Lost Records

Baseball Almanac presents the Major League teams who have lost more than one-hundred ten games in a season in order by most games lost (with links to rosters, stats & schedule):

Team	Lg	Lost	Won
1899 Cleveland Spiders	NL	134	20
1962 New York Mets	NL	120	40
2003 Detroit Tigers	AL	119	43
1916 Philadelphia Athletics	AL	117	36
1935 Boston Braves	NL	115	38
1904 Washington Nationals	AL	113	38
1952 Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	112	42
1965 New York Mets	NL	112	50
1889 Louisville Colonels	AA	111	27
1898 St. Louis Browns	NL	111	39
1932 Boston Red Sox	AL	111	43
1939 St. Louis Browns	AL	111	43
1941 Philadelphia Phillies	NL	111	43
1963 New York Mets	NL	111	51
2004 Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	111	51

On September 7, 1896, the Louisville Colonels lost all three games of a tripleheader. On September 8, 1896 they lost both games of a doubleheader making them the only team in Major League history to lose five games in two consecutive days.

Did you know that the 1950 Chicago Cubs lost a Major League record nineteen doubleheaders? Too easy? Did you know that 1968 Chicago White Sox lost a Major League record forty-four one run games? Still too easy? Did you know that the 1980 Seattle Mariners lost a Major League record eighty-three night games?

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