Seattle has had some of the game's biggest superstars through the years -- Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, Ichiro Suzuki and many more -- but it has also had some of the postseason's biggest disappointments, most notably in 2001, when the Mariners set an MLB record with...
It took a historically great Mariners team to prevent Oakland from winning the AL West. Seattle tied the MLB regular season wins record, led by Ichiro in his breakout MLB debut. At least Oakland still made the playoffs, unlike the other teams on this list, who had the misfortune of ...
A pitcher receives a win when he is the pitcher of record when his team takes the lead for good -- with a couple rare exceptions. First, a starting pitcher must pitch at least five innings (in a traditional game of nine innings or longer) to qualify for the win. If he does not, ...
is exactly where they were at this point last year. (And they ended with 107 wins.) So one assumes Giants fans aren’t fretting too much, but if they are, they should stop. The Giants’ Pythag record matches their actual one, but they’ve also played every other team in the National...
he quickly became a catalyst on a Marlins club that went on to win World Series title in 2003. That year, Pierre paced the Major Leagues in stolen bases with 65, still a single-season team record, and received the Lou Brock Award, which is given to the player with the most stolen bas...
But midway through the series, it was agreed that to prove anything they must not just win but crush the Padres. And so they did. The Yankees ended up with a record 125 wins in the year and a winning percentage (including postseason games) behind only the 1927 Yankees and the 1909 ...
For 95 years, the 1906 Cubs' record of 116 victories stood untouched. Then along came the 2001 Mariners. That team tied the record, although the Cubs doing so during a shorter season means they still boast the best winning percentage in modern AL/NL history. ...
Manfred said Watkins successfully decoded signs from live game feeds only a small percentage of the time, but that the Red Sox may still have benefited from his actions. The Red Soxwon a franchise record 108 games during the 2018 regular season, and then beat the Dodgers in the World Series...
The Braves, Dodgers, Orioles and Rays all stormed into the 2023 postseason after winning at least 99 regular season games. Not every playoff team boasted such an impressive record, though. The Marlins captured the No. 5 NL seed at 84-78 (.519) and held t
Franchise record: 44-16 (1986) Best 2019 stretch: 39-21 (July 25-Sept. 28) Nationals/Expos: 41-19 (2019) The rise of the 2019 Nationals is well-documented: A team that was 19-31 on May 23 went on to win the World Series. But Washington's best 60-game stretch came from June ...