2005 Oakland A's(88-74, 2nd, No Playoffs) vs.
1920 Philadelphia Phillies(62-91, 8th, No Playoffs)
2005 A's
Manager: Ken Macha
Top 5 WAR
3B Eric Chavez(4.8)
2B Mark Ellis(4.7)
SP Joe Blanton(3.8)
SP Rich Hardon(3.7)
SS Bobby Crosby(3.7)
1920 Phillies
Manager: Gavvy Craveth
Top 5 WAR
OF Cy Williams(5.8)
SS Art Fletcher(3.6)
SP Lee Meadows(3.3)
OF Irish Meusal(2.9)
RP Eppa Rixey(2.7)
Note: '20 Phillies rally from 3-1 defecit
1979 New York Yankees(89-71, 4th, No Playoffs) @
1994 New York Mets(55-58, 3rd, Strike)
'79 Yankees
Manager: Bob Lemon
Top 5 WAR
SP Ron Guidry(6.5)
SP Tommy John(5.5)
2B Willie Randolph(5.3)
RF Reggie Jackson(3.5)
3B Craig Nettles(2.7)
'94 Mets
Manager: Dallas Green
Top 5 WAR
SP Bret Saberhagen(5.7)
3B Bobby Bonilla(2.8)
2B Jeff Kent(2.7)
SP Bobby Jones(2.3)
SP Jason Jacome(1.5)
1974 Cubs(66-96, 6th, No Playoffs) vs.
1938 Indians(86-66, 3rd, No Playoffs)
'74 Cubs
Managers: Whitey Lockman/Jim Marshall
Top 5 WAR
SP Rick Reuschal(3.9)
SP Bill Bonham(3.0)
CL Oscar Zamora(2.8)
RF Jose Cardenal(2.6)
RP Ken Frailing(2.3)
'38 Indians
Manager: Ossie Vitt
OF Earl Avrill(5.4)
SP Bob Feller(5.1)
OF Jeff Heath(4.5)
SP Mel Harder(4.5)
1B Hal Trosky(4.3)
1977 Montreal Expos(75-87, 5th, No Playoffs) vs.
2008 San Diego Padres(63-99, 5th, No Playoffs)
'77 Expos
Manager: Dick Williams
Top 5 WAR
C Gary Carter(5.4)
SP Steve Rogers(4.0)
CF Andre Dawson(3.9)
RF Ellis Valentine(3.8)
1B Tony Perez(2.8)
2008 Padres
Manager: Bud Black
Top 5 WAR
RF Brian Giles(4.8)
SP Jake Peavy(4.5)
1B Adrian Gonzalez(3.6)
CF Joey Gerut(3.4)
UO Scott Hairston(2.5)
1919 Philadelphia Athletics(36-104, 8th, No Playoffs) vs.
1996 New York Mets(71-91, 4th, No Playoffs)
'19 Athletics
Manager: Connie Mack
Top 5 WAR
RP Walt Kinney(2.7)
C Cy Perkins(2.2)
SP Jing Johnson(2.1)
1B George Burns(2.1)
OF Tillie Walker(1.9)
'96 Mets
Manager: Dallas Green
Top 5 WAR
LF Bernard Gilkey(8.1)
CF Lance Johnson(7.2)
C Todd Hundley(5.0)
RF Alex Ochoa(2.4)
2B Jose Viscaino(2.0)
2002 Houston Astros(84-78, 2nd, No Playoffs) vs.
1997 San Francisco Giants(90-72, 1st, Lost NLDS)
2002 Astros
Manager: Jimmy Williams
Top 5 WAR
SP Roy Oswalt(6.9)
CF Lance Berkman(4.8)
SP Wade Miller(4.6)
RP Octovial Dotel(4.2)
1B Jeff Bagwell(3.6)
'97 Giants
Manager: Dusty Baker
Top 5 WAR
LF Barry Bonds(8.2)
SP Shawn Estes(4.2)
2B Jeff Kent(4.1)
UO Stan Javier(3.6)
1B JT Snow(2.9)
2005 Milwaukee Brewers(81-81, 3rd, No Playoffs) vs.
2007 Seattle Mariners(88-74, 2nd, No Playoffs)
2005 Brewers
Manager: Ned Yost
Top 5 WAR
RF Geoff Jenkins(4.6)
UI Bill Hall(3.7)
SP Doug Davis(3.6)
SP Chris Capuano(3.1)
CL Derrick Tumbow(2.9)
2007 Mariners
Managers: Mike Hargrove/John McLaren
Top 5 WAR
CF Ichiro Suzuki(5.8)
CL JJ Putz(4.0)
SP Felix Hernandez(3.9)
3B Adrian Beltre(3.8)
RF Jose Guillen(3.5)
1908 Brooklyn Superbas(53-101, 7th, No Playoffs) vs.
1936 Chicago White Sox(81-70, 4th, No Playoffs)
'08 Superbas
Manager: Patsy Donovan
Top 5 WAR
SP Nap Rucker(5.5)
SP Kaiser Wilhelm(5.3)
SP Harry McIntire(3.2)
1B Tim Jordan(2.2)
SP Jim Pastorius(1.7)
'36 White Sox
Manager: Jimmy Dykes
Top 5 WAR
SS Luke Appling(7.2)
1B Zeke Bonura(4.3)
SP Vern Kennedy(3.0)
UI Tony Piet(2.6)
SP John Whitehead(2.6)
1952 Philadelphia Phillies(87-67, 4th, No Playoffs) vs.
2004 Pittsburgh Pirates(72-89, 5th, No Playoffs)
'52 Phillies
Managers: Eddie Saywer/Steve O'Neil
Top 5 WAR
SP Robin Roberts(8.6)
SP Karl Drews(4.4)
SS Granny Hamner(4.3)
SP Curt Simmons(4.2)
C Smoky Burgess(3.9)
2004 Pirates
Manager: Lloyd McLendon
Top 5 WAR
SP Oliver Perez(5.9)
SS Jack Wilson(4.8)
C Jason Kendall(3.9)
RP Soloman Torres(2.4)
LF Jason Bay(2.2)
1983 Montreal Expos(82-80, 3rd, No Playoffs) vs.
2008 San Francisco Giants(72-90, 4th, No Playoffs)
'83 Expos
Manager: Bill Virdon
Top 5 WAR
C Gary Carter(7.1)
CF Andre Dawson(6.9)
LF Tim Raines(6.0)
SP Steve Rogers(3.5)
3B Tim Wallach(3.2)
2008 Giants
Manager: Bruce Bochy
Top 5 WAR
SP Tim Lincecum(8.0)
SP Matt Cain(4.5)
RF Randy Winn(4.0)
C Bengie Molina(1.9)
LF Fred Lewis(1.6)
Next 10:
21 '84 Yankees(2) @ '68 Angels(4)
22 2006 Giants(0) @ '85 Royals(4)
23 '24 Robins(3) @ 1916 Red Sox(4)
24 2012 Cardinals(4) @ 1929 Cardinals(3)
25 '60 White Sox(2) @ '77 Rangers(4)
26 '44 Senators(4) @ '52 Tigers(1)
27 '91 Astros(0) @ 2002 Expos(4)
28 1919 Giants(0) @ '66 Cardinals(4)
29 '46 Cardinals(2) @ 2009 Dodgers(4)
30 '78 Blue Jays @ '30 Phillies