High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2003 Detroit Tigers lost more games than any other team in American League history and came within one loss of tying the 1962 New York Mets for the most losses in modern major league history. The team`s record was 43-119, giving them a .265 winning percentage, and broke the Philadelphia Athletics` 1916 American League record of 117 losses. They were outscored by 337 runs over the course of the season (928 to 591) and finished 47 games behind the Minnesota Twins. Blame for the dismal season was shared by both the pitching staff which had an ERA of 5.30 and the batters who finished with a team batting average of .240 –- 19 points below the American League`s .259 batting average. The season was the Tigers’ 103rd since they entered the AL in 1901.