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The 1899 Cleveland Spiders own the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games) and for all eras, finishing at 20–134 (.130 percentage) in the final year of the National League's 12-team era in the 1890s; for comparison, this projects to 21–141 under the current 162-game schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Spiders' results and the current 162-game schedule ...
And so, for a team that’s 31-109, that’s 7-48 in its last 55 games, that’s a worst-in-history 4-38 since the All-Star break, that’s been outscored by more than 300 runs and that will ...
The absolute worst team in baseball history The one team the White Sox will not surpass is the 1899 Cleveland Spiders , who posted a record of 20-134, for a "winning" percentage of .130.
Two lists are provided—one with streaks that consist entirely of regular-season games and one with streaks of playoff games only. The 1889 Louisville Colonels hold the record for the longest losing streak in official MLB history at 26 games, though the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics lost 31 consecutive games in the National Association , a number ...
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
May 6—The Cincinnati Reds need a series split this weekend to avoid matching the worst start in baseball's Modern Era. The Reds (3-22) were scheduled to start a four-game series against the ...
The deal earned Major League Baseball less than $500,000, but led to a new two-year contract for 40–45 games per season. On April 7, 1983, Major League Baseball, ABC, and NBC agreed to terms of a six-year television package worth $1.2 billion.
A boneheaded move by a GM can ruin a team's reputation. Before the Cubs acquired Jake Arrieta, they were known to make a lot of poor moves. Also, the Red Sox valuing $100,000 over Babe Ruth is ...