Greatest start ever

teatorep · 06-23-2002, 05:07 PM

I started a new league and did a draft. I decided to go for the top young prospects. My team started out 0-39. Then I finally won a game and then lost 2 more. When I got my first win my winning percentage was .024. I would have kept it going but the game closed for some reason. Probably because my team sucked so bad. Just thought I'd put this in here with all these other great league outcomes.

teatorep · 06-23-2002, 06:33 PM

I finished the great season and ended up with 17 wins. It gave me a score of 0. I know it was bad but was it that bad? Has anyone else had this bad of a season?

DiMaggio5CF · 06-28-2002, 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by teatorep
I finished the great season and ended up with 17 wins. It gave me a score of 0. I know it was bad but was it that bad? Has anyone else had this bad of a season?

In a word . . .

No.

I don't think any team has ever gone 17-145 in a single season. That's a .105 winning percentage.

They should probably fire the manager.

I know you said you drafted top prospect, but the Devil Rays are only a AAA team and they've never even been as bad as 17-145.

JimServo · 06-28-2002, 10:04 PM

The worse team in the history of mankind was the infamous Cleveland Spiders of 1899, who went 20-134 (.130%). They did this after their owners, who also owned the St. Louis Perfectos (soon to be Cardinals), transfered all the average or better players from Cleveland to St. Louis. The worse team since is (obviously) the '62 Mets. Although one could make an argument for the 1916 Athletics (36-117), and the 1938-1942 Philadelphia Phillies, who lost at least 100 games for five straight seasons.

Kelric · 06-29-2002, 12:39 AM

Worst team ever:

1986 Boston Red Sox.

'Nuff said.

06-23-2002, 05:07 PM	#1
teatorep Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York Posts: 24	Greatest start ever I started a new league and did a draft. I decided to go for the top young prospects. My team started out 0-39. Then I finally won a game and then lost 2 more. When I got my first win my winning percentage was .024. I would have kept it going but the game closed for some reason. Probably because my team sucked so bad. Just thought I'd put this in here with all these other great league outcomes.

06-23-2002, 06:33 PM	#2
teatorep Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York Posts: 24	Finished the season I finished the great season and ended up with 17 wins. It gave me a score of 0. I know it was bad but was it that bad? Has anyone else had this bad of a season?

06-28-2002, 10:04 PM	#4
JimServo Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 418	The worse team in the history of mankind was the infamous Cleveland Spiders of 1899, who went 20-134 (.130%). They did this after their owners, who also owned the St. Louis Perfectos (soon to be Cardinals), transfered all the average or better players from Cleveland to St. Louis. The worse team since is (obviously) the '62 Mets. Although one could make an argument for the 1916 Athletics (36-117), and the 1938-1942 Philadelphia Phillies, who lost at least 100 games for five straight seasons. __________________ "When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of the summer afternoon on a river bank, we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

06-29-2002, 12:39 AM	#5
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Worst team ever: 1986 Boston Red Sox. 'Nuff said.