Since the Cardinals and Tigers are both chasing this, and it would be the first time it's ever happened in both leagues if they do, I thought I'd update this from an earlier post:
There have been 13 teams to win 100 games in a season:
Code:
1907 Cleveland (AL) 100-54 .649 +10 (0-4 to 85-69 NYN)
1908 New York (AL) 102-52 .662 +11 (4-2 over 92-62 PIT)
1910 Cleveland (AL) 107-47 .695 +11 (1-4 to 88-66 BSN)
1915 St. Louis (NL) 103-51 .669 +16 (1-4 to 91-64 CLE)
1916 Cleveland (AL) 102-52 .662 +14 (4-2 over 89-65 STL)
1920 Chicago (AL) 102-52 .662 +16 (5-4 over 87-67 CIN)
1923 New York (AL) 103-51 .669 +19 (0-4 to 92-62 STL)
1927 Philadelphia (NL) 100-54 .649 +8 (4-2 over 85-69 NYA)
1928 Boston (NL) 105-49 .682 +15 (2-4 to 93-61 DET)
1931 New York (AL) 100-54 .649 +20 (1-4 to 93-61 BSN)
1935 New York (AL) 101-53 .656 +17 (4-0 over 89-65 BRK)
1938 Chicago (NL) 101-53 .656 +9 (4-0 over 92-62 CHA)
1945 Boston (AL) 101-53 .656 +14 (3-4 to 89-65 PHI)
Interesting notes:
(a) no league has ever had two 100 game winners in a season.
(b) not only hasn't it happened in a league in a season, but there hasn't been a season where there was a 100 game winner in both leagues.
(c) 100 game winners have won only six of the thirteen WS they've competed in.
(d) 100 winners have been swept twice, and in turn of swept two series.
(e) The Braves are the only team to have "upset" two 100 games winners - the Yanks in 1931 and the Upset of the Century over the mighty 1910 Cleveland side.
(f) the 19 game gap in 1910 between 107-47 Cleveland and 88-66 is by far the biggest in Series history, with no other gap more than 15 games.
(g) no one has won 100 games back-to-back.
(h) missing from the list are the 1919 Black Sox who went 93-47 in the shortened season. Their .664 winning percentage is actually higher than the following year when they won 102 games. Of course they then threw the series to Brooklyn (83-57 .593) five games to two. They easily have the best two year winning percentage in TWB: 195-99 .663.
(i) The Yankees have won 100+ four different times, while the Indians have done it three times.
John