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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 ...
Cy Young, the all-time leader in games lost. In the sport of baseball, a loss is a statistic credited to the pitcher of the losing team responsible for the run that gives the opposing team the lead with which the game is won (the go-ahead run). The losing pitcher is the pitcher responsible for the go-ahead run to reach base for a lead that the ...
[a] Defunct BAA/NBA franchises are also accounted for, provided that they played at least one season in the BAA or NBA. [a] NBA win-loss records also do not include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the American Basketball Association (ABA), despite the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. [2] The San Antonio Spurs have the highest win ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
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 ...
After hitting the 100-loss mark on Aug. 25 in just their 131st game, the White Sox appear destined to set an all-time major league record for the most losses in a single season. Chicago entered ...
Connie Mack in 1916. Connie Mack is the all-time leader in career wins and losses by a manager. This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular season wins, a list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 in at least 400 games (2.5 full seasons), and a list of all-time World Series win-loss records. [1]
Ranking the top 25 MLB players of the last 25 years. Brian Fitzsimmons. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:39 PM. ... 2 Point Lead: Who is the best baseball player of all time? 2 Point Lead: Who Is the ...