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 Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most In History (by a Franchise)	AL	Baltimore	8,631	1901 - 2006
	NL	Philadelphia	9,955	1883 - 2006
Games Lost Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season	AL	Detroit	119	2003	Won 43
	NL	Cleveland	134	1899	Won 20
Most In Any Month	AL	Washington	29	07-1909	Won 5
	NL	Brooklyn	27	09-1908	Won 6
		Cleveland		09-1899	Won 1
		Philadelphia		09-1939	Won 6
		Pittsburgh		08-1890	Won 1
		St. Louis		09-1908	Won 7
Most In A Season (At Home)	AL	St. Louis	59	1939	Won 18
	NL	New York	58	1962	Won 22
Most In A Season (On The Road)	AL	Philadelphia	64	1916	Won 13
	NL	Cleveland	102	1899	Won 11
Games Lost Consecutive Season Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season (No Ties)	AL	Baltimore	21	04-04-1988
				04-28-1988
	NL	Cleveland	24	08-26-1899
				09-16-1899
Most In 2 Seasons	AL	Philadelphia	226	1915-1916	Won 79
	NL	New York	231	1962-1963	Won 91
Most In 3 Seasons	AL	Philadelphia	324	1915-1917	Won 134
	NL	New Yorko	340	1962-1964	Won 144
Most From Opening Day	AL	Baltimore	21	04-04-1988
				04-28-1988
	NL	Chicago	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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