Touching bottom

   May 6, 2022  Leave a Comment on Touching bottom  Posted in Uncategorized

The fans in Detroit have known the best of times.

The 1984 Tigers piled up 104 regular-season wins and a World Series title, earning a team score of 97.109 points on a 100-point scale. That’s the highest TS registered by any of the 1,626 big-league clubs since 1961, making that version of the Tigers the greatest team of the Modern Era, bar none.

But the people of Detroit have also known the worst of times.

The 1996 Tigers were pathetically bad, as evidenced by their TS of 5.197 points. That edition of Detroit’s ballclub sits 1,626th — dead last — in the same rankings.

No other franchise has experienced such extremes in the Modern Era. But every team has endured its share of highs and lows. We dealt with the former on Tuesday, offering a club-by-club rundown of the best TS performances since 1961. Today’s report focuses on the flip side, each franchise’s worst score in the same period.

A quick refresher: Team score is determined by a formula that gives equal weight to four factors: winning percentage, the differential between runs scored and allowed per game, the differential between bases per out (BPO) attained by batters and allowed by pitchers, and postseason success.

The clubs listed below didn’t do well in any of those categories, which is why they dipped to low ebb in their respective histories. Each capsule contains a club’s win-loss record (with winning percentage in parentheses), its team score, the percentage of the era’s other 1,625 teams that it outperformed, its per-game averages for runs scored and allowed, and the distance by which it trailed the frontrunner in its division or league (expressed in games behind).

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Arizona Diamondbacks

  • Worst season: 2004

  • Record: 51-111 (.315)

  • Team score: 10.445 points

  • Era percentile: 0.7%

  • Runs per game: 3.80 scored, 5.55 allowed

  • Games behind: 42.0 in NL West

Atlanta Braves

  • Also known as: Milwaukee Braves

  • Worst season: 1988

  • Record: 54-106 (.338)

  • Team score: 12.913 points

  • Era percentile: 1.3%

  • Runs per game: 3.47 scored, 4.63 allowed

  • Games behind: 39.5 in NL West

Baltimore Orioles

  • Worst season: 1988

  • Record: 54-107 (.335)

  • Team score: 9.850 points

  • Era percentile: 0.4%

  • Runs per game: 3.42 scored, 4.90 allowed

  • Games behind: 34.5 in AL East

Boston Red Sox

  • Worst season: 2020

  • Record: 24-36 (.400)

  • Team score: 26.276 points

  • Era percentile: 12.2%

  • Runs per game: 4.87 scored, 5.85 allowed

  • Games behind: 16.0 in AL East

Chicago Cubs

  • Worst season: 1981

  • Record: 38-65 (.369)

  • Team score: 17.954 points

  • Era percentile: 3.9%

  • Runs per game: 3.49 scored, 4.56 allowed

  • Games behind: 21.5 in NL East

Chicago White Sox

  • Worst season: 1970

  • Record: 56-106 (.346)

  • Team score: 17.195 points

  • Era percentile: 3.3%

  • Runs per game: 3.91 scored, 5.07 allowed

  • Games behind: 42.0 in AL West

Cincinnati Reds

  • Worst season: 1982

  • Record: 61-101 (.377)

  • Team score: 18.446 points

  • Era percentile: 4.1%

  • Runs per game: 3.36 scored, 4.08 allowed

  • Games behind: 28.0 in NL West

Cleveland Guardians

  • Also known as: Cleveland Indians

  • Worst season: 1991

  • Record: 57-105 (.352)

  • Team score: 9.976 points

  • Era percentile: 0.5%

  • Runs per game: 3.56 scored, 4.69 allowed

  • Games behind: 34.0 in AL East

Colorado Rockies

  • Worst season: 2005

  • Record: 67-95 (.414)

  • Team score: 21.032 points

  • Era percentile: 6.0%

  • Runs per game: 4.57 scored, 5.32 allowed

  • Games behind: 15.0 in NL West

Detroit Tigers

  • Worst season: 1996

  • Record: 53-109 (.327)

  • Team score: 5.197 points

  • Era percentile: 0.0%

  • Runs per game: 4.83 scored, 6.81 allowed

  • Games behind: 39.0 in AL East

Houston Astros

  • Also known as: Houston Colt .45s

  • Worst season: 2013

  • Record: 51-111 (.315)

  • Team score: 10.531 points

  • Era percentile: 0.9%

  • Runs per game: 3.77 scored, 5.23 allowed

  • Games behind: 45.0 in AL West

Kansas City Royals

  • Worst season: 2005

  • Record: 56-106 (.346)

  • Team score: 10.715 points

  • Era percentile: 0.9%

  • Runs per game: 4.33 scored, 5.77 allowed

  • Games behind: 43.0 in AL Central

Los Angeles Angels

  • Also known as: California Angels, Anaheim Angels

  • Worst season: 1994

  • Record: 47-68 (.409)

  • Team score: 22.973 points

  • Era percentile: 7.9%

  • Runs per game: 4.72 scored, 5.74 allowed

  • Games behind: 5.5 in AL West

Los Angeles Dodgers

  • Worst season: 1992

  • Record: 63-99 (.389)

  • Team score: 23.311 points

  • Era percentile: 8.5%

  • Runs per game: 3.38 scored, 3.93 allowed

  • Games behind: 35.0 in NL West

Miami Marlins

  • Also known as: Florida Marlins

  • Worst season: 1998

  • Record: 54-108 (.333)

  • Team score: 12.978 points

  • Era percentile: 1.4%

  • Runs per game: 4.12 scored, 5.70 allowed

  • Games behind: 52.0 in NL East

Milwaukee Brewers

  • Also known as: Seattle Pilots

  • Worst season: 2002

  • Record: 56-106 (.346)

  • Team score: 15.584 points

  • Era percentile: 2.2%

  • Runs per game: 3.87 scored, 5.07 allowed

  • Games behind: 41.0 in NL Central

Minnesota Twins

  • Worst season: 2016

  • Record: 59-103 (.364)

  • Team score: 15.628 points

  • Era percentile: 2.3%

  • Runs per game: 4.46 scored, 5.49 allowed

  • Games behind: 35.5 in AL Central

New York Mets

  • Worst season: 1963

  • Record: 51-111 (.315)

  • Team score: 8.162 points

  • Era percentile: 0.2%

  • Runs per game: 3.09 scored, 4.78 allowed

  • Games behind: 48.0 in NL

New York Yankees

  • Worst season: 1990

  • Record: 67-95 (.414)

  • Team score: 17.305 points

  • Era percentile: 3.4%

  • Runs per game: 3.72 scored, 4.62 allowed

  • Games behind: 21.0 in AL East

Oakland Athletics

  • Also known as: Kansas City Athletics

  • Worst season: 1979

  • Record: 54-108 (.333)

  • Team score: 11.385 points

  • Era percentile: 1.1%

  • Runs per game: 3.54 scored, 5.31 allowed

  • Games behind: 34.0 in AL West

Philadelphia Phillies

  • Worst season: 1961

  • Record: 47-107 (.305)

  • Team score: 8.887 points

  • Era percentile: 0.3%

  • Runs per game: 3.77 scored, 5.14 allowed

  • Games behind: 46.0 in NL

Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Worst season: 2010

  • Record: 57-105 (.352)

  • Team score: 7.550 points

  • Era percentile: 0.1%

  • Runs per game: 3.62 scored, 5.35 allowed

  • Games behind: 34.0 in NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals

  • Worst season: 1995

  • Record: 62-81 (.434)

  • Team score: 25.262 points

  • Era percentile: 10.2%

  • Runs per game: 3.94 scored, 4.60 allowed

  • Games behind: 22.5 in NL Central

San Diego Padres

  • Worst season: 1973

  • Record: 60-102 (.370)

  • Team score: 10.185 points

  • Era percentile: 0.6%

  • Runs per game: 3.38 scored, 4.75 allowed

  • Games behind: 39.0 in NL West

San Francisco Giants

  • Worst season: 1984

  • Record: 66-96 (.407)

  • Team score: 17.387 points

  • Era percentile: 3.5%

  • Runs per game: 4.21 scored, 4.98 allowed

  • Games behind: 26.0 in NL West

Seattle Mariners

  • Worst season: 2008

  • Record: 61-101 (.377)

  • Team score: 14.853 points

  • Era percentile: 1.9%

  • Runs per game: 4.14 scored, 5.01 allowed

  • Games behind: 39.0 in AL West

Tampa Bay Rays

  • Also known as: Tampa Bay Devil Rays

  • Worst season: 2006

  • Record: 61-101 (.377)

  • Team score: 18.251 points

  • Era percentile: 4.0%

  • Runs per game: 4.25 scored, 5.28 allowed

  • Games behind: 36.0 in AL East

Texas Rangers

  • Also known as: Washington Senators

  • Worst season: 1972

  • Record: 54-100 (.351)

  • Team score: 11.812 points

  • Era percentile: 1.2%

  • Runs per game: 2.99 scored, 4.08 allowed

  • Games behind: 38.5 in AL West

Toronto Blue Jays

  • Worst season: 1981

  • Record: 37-69 (.349)

  • Team score: 13.370 points

  • Era percentile: 1.5%

  • Runs per game: 3.10 scored, 4.40 allowed

  • Games behind: 23.5 in AL East

Washington Nationals

  • Also known as: Montreal Expos

  • Worst season: 1969

  • Record: 52-110 (.321)

  • Team score: 15.677 points

  • Era percentile: 2.4%

  • Runs per game: 3.59 scored, 4.88 allowed

  • Games behind: 48.0 in NL East

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