[閒聊] The 10 Worst World Series Champions
Tom Van Riper, 10.21.10, 01:00 PM EDT
No. 1 1987 Minnesota Twins
Record: 85-77
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.385
A weak AL West and a "Dome Field" advantage in the World Series--the Twins
took all four home games in the loud Metrodome while losing all three road
games against the favored Cardinals--yielded an unlikely title to this very
average team. Don't lump this club in with the '91 Twins, a far better team
that also took a seven-game World Series with four home wins.
No. 2 2006 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 83-78
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.533
The lowest winning percentage ever for a world championship team. Chris
Carpenter and Jeff Suppan were the only regular starting pitchers to register
winning records.
No. 3 2000 New York Yankees
Record: 87-74
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.650
Sure, this club was probably better than its record. Coming off two straight
titles, the 2000 Yanks sleep walked through September on their way to the
playoffs. Still, facts are facts. The 1998 Yankees (114-48) rate as an
all-time great team because the players kept plowing ahead and winning after
they'd all but clinched a division title. This club didn't.
No. 4 2003 Florida Marlins
Record: 91-71
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.732
Eighth in scoring and seventh in staff ERA in the NL, the Marlins were a wild
card team that got hot at the right time. Young pitchers Brad Penny and Josh
Beckett stifled the Yankees in a six-game World Series upset.
No. 5 1916 Boston Red Sox
Record: 91-63
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.805
Third from the bottom in scoring in the AL, the Sox took the pennant and
upset Brooklyn in the World Series behind a strong pitching staff that
included Babe Ruth's 23 wins and 1.75 ERA.
No. 6 1985 Kansas City Royals
Record: 91-71
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.850
The Royals took baseball's weakest division by one game, then upset Toronto
and St. Louis in the post season. Veteran star George Brett (.335 batting
average) was the only regular to hit better than .278.
No. 7 1964 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 93-69
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.914
The National League's 1962 expansion into New York and Houston helped boost
the records of the league's better teams for the next few years. The '64
Cardinals were also the beneficiary of the greatest collapse in MLB history,
as the Philadelphia Phillies coughed up a 6 1/2 game lead over the final 12
games.
No. 8 1996 New York Yankees
Record: 92-70
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.978
The club that started the Yankee run of four titles in five years wasn't the
powerhouse that a couple of its successors would become. The '96 Yanks ranked
ninth in the AL in scoring and fifth in staff ERA. Three regular starting
pitchers--Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Key and Dwight Gooden--had ERAs of 4.68 or
higher.
No. 9 1980 Philadelphia Phillies
Record: 91-71
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.995
Carried by MVP Mike Schmidt and Cy Young Award winner Steve Carlton, the
Phillies sneaked into the playoffs by one game over Montreal, and then
outlasted the Houston Astros in a memorable best-of-five playoff that
produced four extra-inning thrillers.
No. 10 2008 Philadelphia Phillies
Record: 92-70
Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 1.012
The "Fightin' Phils" proved to be a resilient bunch as they pushed through
September and October to take the title. But when your five-team division
includes two teams with 90 or more losses, a 92-victory season doesn't score
very highly on a historic level.
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