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Poking as I was around beisbol history today, I found something remarkable.
If the Mets stay the course and pull off a sweep of the Padres, and the Rays were to similarly take care of business against the Tigers, the Padres would displace the Rays as the poorest performing of the active MLB franchises historically.
At least, that was true enough when I first discovered their perilous predicament earlier today and began conceiving this post. Now, as I prepare to hit submit, I realize the Rays lost this afternoon to the Tigers, 2–1, and so will retain their ignoble crown at least until the end of this series, even if they win and the Pads lose the next two. BUT ALL BETS ARE OFF THIS WEEKEND!
Below see the all-time standings for all the active teams. Note that sorting the teams by winning percentage and sorting them by games out won't get you quite the same order, due to the gross disparities in games played. But it's close enough.
| Rk | Franchise | AKA | W | L | W-L% | GB | G>.500 | Divs | Pnnts | WS | Playoffs | Players | HOF# | | 1 | New York Yankees | New York Highlanders | 9,970 | 7,537 | .5695 | — | 2433 | 18 | 40 | 27 | 51 | 1604 | 40 | | 2 | San Francisco Giants | New York Giants, New York, Gothams | 10,835 | 9,307 | .5379 | 452.5 | 1528 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 1708 | 57 | | 3 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics | 10,545 | 9,537 | .5251 | 712.5 | 1008 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 1763 | 48 | | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings | 10,535 | 9,737 | .5197 | 817.5 | 798 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 2054 | 44 | | 5 | Boston Red Sox | Boston Americans | 9,190 | 8,611 | .5163 | 927.0 | 579 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 1741 | 36 | | 6 | Chicago Cubs | Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings | 10,563 | 10,112 | .5109 | 991.0 | 451 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2002 | 44 | | 7 | Cleveland Indians | Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues | 9,061 | 8,744 | .5089 | 1058.0 | 317 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1817 | 31 | | 8 | Detroit Tigers | | 9,059 | 8,771 | .5081 | 1072.5 | 288 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 1617 | 21 | | 9 | Cincinnati Reds | Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings | 10,301 | 9,979 | .5079 | 1055.5 | 322 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1907 | 34 | | 10 | Chicago White Sox | | 8,976 | 8,811 | .5046 | 1134.0 | 165 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1691 | 28 | | 11 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 10,201 | 10,040 | .5040 | 1136.0 | 161 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 1889 | 40 | | 12 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | Anaheim Angels, California Angels and Los Angeles Angels | 4,373 | 4,344 | .5017 | 1202.0 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 956 | 10 | | 13 | Atlanta Braves | Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters and Boston Red Stockings | 10,349 | 10,298 | .5012 | 1191.0 | 51 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 1898 | 51 | | 14 | Toronto Blue Jays | | 3,035 | 3,097 | .4949 | 1247.5 | -62 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 681 | 6 | | 15 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1,403 | 1,450 | .4918 | 1240.0 | -47 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 400 | 2 | | 16 | Houston Astros | Houston Colt .45's | 4,176 | 4,382 | .4880 | 1319.5 | -206 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 848 | 8 | | 17 | Oakland Athletics | Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics | 8,667 | 9,104 | .4877 | 1435.0 | -437 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 1873 | 38 | | 18 | Kansas City Royals | | 3,589 | 3,823 | .4842 | 1333.5 | -234 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 812 | 4 | | 19 | Washington Nationals | | 3,579 | 3,835 | .4827 | 1344.5 | -256 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 863 | 5 | | 20 | Minnesota Twins | Washington Senators | 8,549 | 9,246 | .4804 | 1565.0 | -697 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 1603 | 23 | | 21 | New York Mets | | 4,090 | 4,456 | .4786 | 1399.5 | -366 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1003 | 14 | | 22 | Milwaukee Brewers | Seattle Pilots | 3,545 | 3,875 | .4778 | 1381.5 | -330 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 802 | 5 | | 23 | Baltimore Orioles | St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers | 8,472 | 9,313 | .4764 | 1637.0 | -841 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1755 | 28 | | 24 | Texas Rangers | Washington Senators | 4,141 | 4,560 | .4759 | 1426.0 | -419 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1033 | 5 | | 25 | Philadelphia Phillies | Philadelphia Quakers | 9,502 | 10,614 | .4724 | 2055.0 | -1112 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 1968 | 33 | | 26 | Miami Marlins | Florida Marlins | 1,685 | 1,911 | .4686 | 1329.5 | -226 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 492 | 1 | | 27 | Colorado Rockies | Colorado Rockies | 1,684 | 1,916 | .4678 | 1332.5 | -232 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 512 | 0 | | 28 | Seattle Mariners | Seattle Mariners | 2,868 | 3,264 | .4677 | 1414.5 | -396 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 716 | 4 | | 29 | San Diego Padres | San Diego Padres | 3,445 | 3,983 | .4638 | 1485.5 | -536 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 904 | 10 | | 30 | Tampa Bay Rays | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1,323 | 1,531 | .4636 | 1320.5 | -208 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 377 | 1 |
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