The MLB record for fewest wins by a team in a season was set by the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. They won 20 games that season and lost 134. The 134 losses is also an MLB record for most losses by a team in a season.
The most wins in a season before the schedule was increased to 162 games was by the 1906 Chicago Cubs who won 116 games. This is still the record for most wins in an MLB regular season. It was tied in 2001 by the Seattle Mariners.
Technically yes, it's two games over a .500 season. With .500 being a 50-50 split between wins and losses. (81 wins/81 losses for a full 162 game season)
The Seattle Mariners posted their best record in 2001. They finished the season with 116 wins and 46 losses. They set the American League record and also tied a Major League record for most wins during a 162-game season.
162, The CHICAGO stockings went undefeated in 1907. it was CRAZYYY!!
The 2001 Seattle Mariners and 1906 Chicago Cubs have that record with 116 wins in an MLB season.This was actually done twice. First by the Chicago Cubs in 1906 with 116 wins, and then the Seattle Mariners did the same in 2001. Unlike the Mariners the Cubs had a 152 game season, so they could have achieved more wins because the Mariners season was 162 games long.
40 by the 1962 New York Mets.
The most wins in a season before the schedule was increased to 162 games was by the 1906 Chicago Cubs who won 116 games. This is still the record for most wins in an MLB regular season. It was tied in 2001 by the Seattle Mariners.
The Seattle Mariners have the most wins in a 162 game season with 116 wins in 2001. However, in 1906 the Chicago Cubs had 116 wins in a 152 game season. So technically, the Cubs were 116 - 36 and hold the best record ever in a regular baseball season.
Technically yes, it's two games over a .500 season. With .500 being a 50-50 split between wins and losses. (81 wins/81 losses for a full 162 game season)
162
When the American League expanded to 10 teams in the 1961 season their schedule was lengthened to 162 games. When the National League expanded to 10 teams in the 1962 season their schedule was lengthened to 162 games.
1968 was a standard 162 game season.
5:9
Babe Ruth struck out 86 times on average in a 162 game season.
The Seattle Mariners posted their best record in 2001. They finished the season with 116 wins and 46 losses. They set the American League record and also tied a Major League record for most wins during a 162-game season.
They would lose a third of their games, which would be a total of 54 games.
The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, a record that still stands. The 2001 Seattle Mariners also won 116 games, but on a 162-game schedule, compared to the Cubs' 153 game schedule.