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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 ...
The Spiders won the Temple Cup, an 1890s postseason series between the first- and second-place teams in the NL. Amid fan rowdyism and garbage-throwing, the Spiders won four of five games against Baltimore, including two wins for Cy Young. The 1895 championship was the high-water mark for the franchise.
The Spiders' first manager was Jimmy Williams, who managed the team as the Cleveland Blues in 1887 and the beginning of the 1888 season. [2] Williams managed a total of 197 games for the team, winning just 59 against 136 losses for a winning percentage of .303. [5] This low winning percentage would prove one of the best in team history.
On June 11, the Spiders lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 10–1, behind Frank Bates' poor pitching. It was the Spiders' 11th straight loss on that road trip. [5] The following day, the Spiders returned home and lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in front of 58 fans. [6] The team kept losing games, and losses came more and more frequently as the season ...
Riley Greene hit an RBI double and the Detroit Tigers scored two runs on wild pitches in a 4-1 win over the record-breaking Chicago White Sox on Friday night, clinching a spot in the playoffs for ...
That’s not to absolve Justin Herbert of a poor showing in the postseason but one loss doesn’t negate the good foundation laid by Jim Harbaugh and his staff in Year 1. This is a team that ...
By losing to the Detroit Tigers 4-1, the 2024 White Sox entered the record books as one of the most inept teams in sports history. Friday’s defeat was Chicago’s 121st of the season, setting ...
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 ...