Baseball teams winning 100 games

This is good! Odds are you are rooting for a team that won games. Four of the six MLB division titlists this season have reached the century mark, with only the Braves and Cardinals failing to hit triple-digits from that group. The Astros , Dodgers , Yankees , and Twins all won games. We have the Astros, Yankees, and Dodgers to thank for this. Houston has reached triple-digits in wins in each of the last three years, while the Yankees and Dodgers have done so twice. While we have never seen four win teams in the same season — not to mention all three division winners from a single league winning — there were two equivalent years back when the schedule was shorter.

If we lower the threshold to. Perspective is important here. With just 16 major league teams in , four teams with a. Crafty lefthander Jamie Moyer won 20 games and reliever Kazuhiro Sasaki notched 45 saves. Awards flowed onto Safeco Field for the Mariners. Manager of the Year award went to skipper Lou Piniella. The former Mariner had 34 regular-season home runs. Under the guidance of manager and former Giants great Felipe Alou, the San Francisco Giants cruised to a win season, running away with the National League West title.

Bonds batted. He also walked times versus 58 strikeouts. However, he did not carry the team alone. Jose Cruz and Marquis Grissom contributed with 20 home runs apiece.

They put together one of the best starting rotations in modern baseball history in , with Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay, and Cliff Lee anchoring the staff. After cutting through the competition in the regular season like a buzzsaw, winning games, the Phillies were set to take on the St.

The Phillies won Game 1, blew a lead in Game 2 and lost, and then took a lead in the series in Game 3. They had Roy Oswalt pitching on the road in Game 4 and Halladay scheduled for Game 5, so it appeared everything was leaning their way at this point.

But Philadelphia lost Game 4, and then were shutout in a Cardinals victory in Game 5. Louis went on to win the World Series. Oakland started poorly, just in the first half of the season, but their torrid second half saw them go But yet again they went on a massive tear, winning 20 consecutive games in September and finishing with an astounding record. Much like the year before, however, they lost in the first round of the playoffs and left their fans ultimately disappointed.

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