The Rockies might not actually lose a record 122 games or more. It’s not that they have been good Over the summer, but colorado has creating the nature of their losing. They have a .380 winning percentage and 30-49 records since the start of June-which again, is bad-but it’s “lose 101 games” bad, not “set a new historical mark for income”. Where is where they were through may, when they had just nine – Nine! – Wins in their first 58 games.
The Thing is, that Horrid early Start Lingers Enough that Rockies are Complety out of the woods. If they have a putrid September on par with some of their earlier work in the year, well, any optimism Built up from the summer is going to Vanish in a Hurry. And even a more pedestrian form of poor play could doom them to history.
As Usual, Let’s Start with Some Historical Context Before Comparing Colorado’s Current State to the Past.
The 10 Worst records of the modern era by losses (1901-2024)
1. 2024 Chicago White SOX: 41-121, .253 w%
2. 1962 New york mets: 40-120,. 250 w%
3. 2003 Detroit tigers: 43-119, .265 w%
4. 1916 Philadelphia Athletics: 36-117, .235 w%
T5. 2018 Baltimore Orioles: 47-115, .290 w%
T5. 1935 Boston Braves: 38-115, .248 w%
7. 2019 Detroit tigers: 47-114, .292 w%
8. 1904 Washington Senators: 38-113, .252 w%
T9. 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates: 42-112, .273 w%
T9. 2023 Oakland athletics: 50-112, .308 w%
T9. 1965 New York Mets: 50-112, .308 w%
T9. 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates: 42-112, .272 w%
The Rockies are now 39-98, and on Pace for 116 Losses. They have been playing ahead of their pace for some time now, but notice that the bottom of that list features for teams with 112 losses: to avoid shown up on a top 10 list list like this in the forth Stop at 111 Losses, which means they need 12 more Wins. Their monthly season-hight for Wins at this point is 11, and they did that in August, with 29 games on the schedule-there are 25 remains in the season.
Let’s say they post a .380 winning percenant again, which is where they have been since June. That would come out to a 10-15 record (really, 9.5 wins, but we can build up) for September, which would have the Rockies at 49-113. That would put itm at the ninth-west campaign since 1901, pushing all of that that teams tied to ninth at the moment into a for-foot a split for 10th.
They needed their best month of the season, by both wins and winning percentage, to avoid this list. That’s going to be a huge lift before you even look at their schedule, which include Cold very well end up over or under .500 depending on how they fare against the rockies.
As for winning percenant…
The 10 Worst records of the modern era by winning percentage (1901-2024)
- 1916 Philadelphia Athletics: 36-117, .235 w%
- 1935 Boston Braves: 38-115, .248 w%
- 1962 New York Mets: 40-120, .250 w%
- 1904 Washington Senators: 38-113, .252 w%
- 2024 Chicago White SOX: 41-121, .253 w%
- 1919 Philadelphia Athletics: 36-104, .257 w%
- 2003 Detroit Tigers: 43-119, .265 w%
- 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates: 42-112, .273 w%
- 1909 Washington Senators: 42-110, .276 w%
- 1942 Philadelphia Phillies: 42-109, .278 w%
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