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MLB teams have overcome 3–1 deficits 14 times (including one 3–0 deficit), six of which occurred in the World Series. [1] This does not count the 1903 World Series, during which the Boston Americans (or Puritans, or Pilgrims, depending on the source, and later known as the Red Sox) came back from a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three, as that was a best-of ...
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).
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 ...
A boneheaded move by a GM can ruin a team's reputation. Before the Cubs acquired Jake Arrieta, they were known to make a lot of poor moves. Also, the Red Sox valuing $100,000 over Babe Ruth is ...
To date, no NBA team has ever come back from a 3–0 postseason deficit. However, the Boston Celtics nearly came back from a 3–0 hole against the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA playoffs before losing Game 7 at TD Garden. In the lead up to decisive Game 7 of that series, David Ortiz offered words of advice to the Celtics. [102]
The absolute worst team in baseball history The one team the White Sox will not surpass is the 1899 Cleveland Spiders , who posted a record of 20-134, for a "winning" percentage of .130.
The main symptoms of San Diego's issues are well-known among the statistically inclined. The team holds a 7-23 record in one-run games and is 1-12 in extra-inning games, by far the worst marks in MLB.
The Braves clinched the pennant in Game 7 in a 15–0 rout to become the first team to ever come back from a 3–1 series deficit in the NLCS. The Braves’ 14-0 and 15-0 victories in games five and seven respectively were the two largest in LCS history, surpassing the eleven run margin of victory set by the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the ...