The 1962 Mets have owned one of the most notable records of futility — being the worst team in Major League Baseball history — through seven different decades
when they won just 40 out of 160 games in their inaugural season.Monday night saw the Southsiders of the Windy City tie an American League record previously owned by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles with their 21st consecutive loss, which drops them to 27-88 on the 2024 season.
They are the seventh team in MLB’s modern era to lose 20 or more games in succession, joining the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore, the 1969 Montreal Expos, the 1916 and 1943 Philadelphia Athletics, and the 1906 Boston Americans.At their current pace, Chicago is on pace to go 38-124, which would be a full two games worse than those 1962 Casey Stengel-led Amazins while dwarfing their win percentage, too .since MLB expanded its schedule to 162 games in 1961.
The 1962 Mets were three games better than the 2024 White Sox at this point, with 30 wins in their first 115 games. They went 10-35 in their final 45 games of that year. To clinch a new record, Chicago will have to go 12-35 or worse to take the mantle as the worst team in MLB history.Pantorno is the executive sports editor of amNewYork — a position he has held since January 2020. He covers the New York Mets and New York Islanders while overseeing day-to-day operations of the department.
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