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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 ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins. This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this ...
Dave Stewart won 20 games in 1987, finishing second in AL wins the following three seasons. Josh Beckett's 20 wins in 2007 were best in the American League. Cliff Lee captured the Cy Young Award in 2008 in addition to winning 22 games. Félix Hernández won 19 games in 2009, one of three pitchers to do so.
† Due to the strike that took place in the middle of the 1981 season, Major League Baseball crowned both a "first half" (pre-strike) and "second half" (post-strike) division champion. The teams were then matched against each other in a special division series.
Won ALDS 3–0 Lost ALCS 4–2 2001: Oakland Athletics: 102–60 .630 Lost ALDS 3–2 2002: Anaheim Angels: 99–63 .611 Won ALDS 3–1 Won ALCS 4–1 Won World Series 4–3 2003: Boston Red Sox: 95–67 .586 Won ALDS 3–2 Lost ALCS 4–3 2004: Boston Red Sox: 98–64 .605 Won ALDS 3–0
The 2024 Chiefs are the second team to start 3-0 after winning back-to-back Super Bowls, joining the 1990 49ers (started 10-0)@NFLPlus — Dante Koplowitz-Fleming (@DanteKopFlem) September 23, 2024
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)