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The 1899 Spiders did lead the league in one statistic—games played. Cleveland was the only team in the league to finish all of its games in the then-154 game schedule of the 1899 season, a rather unusual occurrence in that era.
The Cleveland Spiders were an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The team competed at the major league level from 1887 to 1899, first for two seasons as a member of the now-defunct American Association (AA), followed by eleven seasons in the National League (NL).
The 1899 season is famous for the Cleveland Spiders finishing with the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games), finishing at a dismal 20–134 (.130), largely due to the fact that the Spiders-owning Robison family bought the St. Louis Perfectos prior to the 1899 season, then proceeded to move all Cleveland talent to St. Louis ...
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 1889 Louisville Colonels and 1899 Cleveland Spiders also did it. Orioles drub the White Sox again 9-0, sending Chicago to its 12th consecutive defeat, 109th loss Skip to main content
The Cleveland Spiders hold the overall record, going 20-134 in 1899. The White Sox broke the mark of 120 set by the New York Mets in 1962 in their first season. White Sox lose post-1900s, majors ...
September 12 – The Cleveland Spiders lose both games of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies. At 19–114, they break the record for most losses by an MLB team in a single season, which had previously been 113. September 18 - The Cleveland Spiders defeated the Washington Senators in the first game of a double header, 5–4.
The worst record in any section of the history books remains the 1899 Cleveland Spiders at 20-134 (.130). The White Sox are on pace to go 39-123, which would break the 1962 New York Mets' record ...