Unveiling MLB’s Most Infamous Season: Which Team Holds the Record for the Worst Performance Ever?
Following their loss in the 1914 World Series, the A’s set a precedent for losing. In the 1915 season, they went 43-106. They fell even further to an atrocious .235 winning percentage in 1916, the worst season in the modern era (the 1899 Cleveland Spiders have them beat with a .130 winning percentage).
The A’s pitchers combined for an ERA of 3.92, close to a run higher than the second-worst team, the St. Louis Cardinals. Not only did they have more than three losing streaks of 10 or more games, but the A’s ended this horrendous season 40 games back from the Cards (and the Cincinnati Reds who shared their record).

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