On Wednesday night, the Baltimore Orioles lost their fourteenth consecutive game, for the second time this season. They are one of only three major league teams to have two losing streaks of 14 games or more in the same season. The 1911 and 1935 Boston (NL) are the others; the team used the nickname "Rustlers" in 1911.
In the first 14 games of their recent losing streak (which was extended to 15 on Thursday night), the Orioles were outscored by 91 runs (40-131), the worst run differential in any 14-game span by any major league team since 1901.
REC RS RA RUN DIFF
1911 Rustlers (44-107-5, .291)
May 9-24: 0-14 66 109 - 43
July 17-August 1: 0-16 46 129 - 83
1935 Boston (38-115, .248)
July 6(G2)-21 0-15 41 119 - 78
August 28(G2)-Sept. 13: 0-14 32 92 - 60
2021 Orioles (38-82, .317)
May 18-31: 0-14 48 93 - 45
August 3-19: 0-15 42 138 - 96
The 1935 Boston team went 2-28 (.067) from August 18 to September 21!
I thought I would check out the good old 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who finished 20-134 (.130), a whopping 84 games out of first place! They had three losing streaks of at least 14 games
July 1(G2)-15: 0-14
August 26-September 16: 0-24
September 18(G2)-October 15: 0-16
There was only one win between those last two streaks (the first game on September 18), so the Spiders finished the season by losing 40 of their last 41 games (.024). Going back a bit further, after winning the first game of an August 6 doubleheader, the Spiders went 3-55 (.095) the rest of the way.
OR WHATEVER! I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T POSTING VERY OFTEN THIS SEASON!
Are they chasing their Record from April 1988 ?
ReplyDeleteHere's a Competition - they have 42 games left - how many wins ?
ReplyDeleteI would go for say 5-37 ?
But they might "heat up" & go 8-34 !!!