| Some Great Teams and Some Not So Great | | | | finished with 715 wins and 1325 losses ( 350 |
| Teams | | | | winning percentage ). Their high water or should I |
| This posting was compiled after the the 2005 | | | | say low water mark of 111 losses came in 1939. |
| Season ended. | | | | In 1946 they started losing again. From and |
| From 1919 to 1964 The New York Yankees had | | | | including 1946 through 1956 they were 645 1048 |
| a winning season every year except 1925. Their | | | | for a 380 winning percentage. |
| two best years were 1939 of DiMaggio and | | | | The Phillies have their own sad story. From 1918 |
| Dickey when they were 106-45, a 702 winning | | | | to 1931 they had a 786 1310 record. Every year |
| percentage. Even better the Yankees of 1927 | | | | was a losing one. In 1932 they had a winning |
| had a 714 winning percentage. Babe Ruth and Lou | | | | record only to return to losing again in 1933. This |
| Gehrig had something to do with that. The | | | | continued to 1948. During this time they had an |
| Yankees have scored 79,003 runs since they | | | | 888 1555 record. A 363 winning percentage. |
| have been a major league team. They have | | | | The A's of Philadelphia won 736 games from 1934 |
| surrendered 68,192 runs. | | | | to 1946. They also lost 1245 games.During these |
| The highest all time winning percentages teams. | | | | 13 years their winning percentage was 372. The |
| The Yankees are first at 567% followed by The | | | | city of Brotherly Love must have had some real |
| Giants at 540% The Dodgers at 524%. Then | | | | dog days of summer with both their baseball |
| there is the Cardinals at 517 followed by The Red | | | | teams suffering. |
| Sox at 515% and The Cubs at 514%. Yes The | | | | By contrast the Brooklyn Dodger won 1125 |
| Cubs is accurate. | | | | games and lost 656 from 1946 to 1956. During |
| The lowest winning percentages are The Devil | | | | this 11 year period they finished first or second |
| Rays at 401 % followed by The Padres at 459 | | | | every year except one when they ended up in |
| % and The Phillies at a 468 winning percentage. | | | | third place. Their six pennants and one World |
| While looking at futility from 1930 to 1943 the St | | | | Series typified their 631 winning percentage during |
| Louis Browns had a bit of a slump. They had a | | | | this time frame. |
| losing record every year and for the 14 years | | | | |