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The 1899 Spiders set the major league record for most consecutive losses in a season (24, from July 26 to September 16), and had six losing streaks of 10 games or more. The Spiders lost 40 of their last 41 games, finishing 84 games behind the 1899 National League champion Brooklyn Superbas and 35 games behind the second-last-placed Washington ...
USA TODAY Sports' Steve Gardner shares his top-5 most disappointing teams from the 2023 MLB regular season.
With the MLB playoffs just weeks away, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through all 30 teams and determine if they have missed, met or exceeded expectations this season.
Here's how the worst teams in baseball history stack up: Most losses in a single MLB season (since 1900): 1962 New York Mets: 120. 2024 Chicago White Sox: 120. 2003 Detroit Tigers: 119. 1916 ...
Boston Red Caps. NL. 42. 18. .700. 60. National League Champions. The all-time best single season record belongs to the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who posted baseball's only perfect record at 67–0 (57–0 against National Association of Base Ball Players clubs) in 1869, prior to Major League baseball. Their record stretched to 81–0 across ...
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 ...
List of major league franchises that went defunct prior to 1892. The Boston Reds won pennants in the Players' League and the American Association before going defunct. The Providence Grays won the National League in 1879 and 1884 before folding in 1885. The franchises in the following list went defunct before the 1892 season, and played in the ...
The 2004 Boston Red Sox, seen here at the White House, were the first MLB team to win a game seven after being down 3–0 in a series.. Three major North American professional sports leagues have playoff series that can reach a seventh game: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL).