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Related: About this forumThe Cubs have joined the 10,000 loss club
With Sundays 5-2 victory, the Braves wrapped up a series sweep over the Cubs. The Cubs fell to 12-24, 10.5 games out of first place, dead last in the NL Central. But the embarrassment didnt end there.
Sundays loss marked the 10,000th in club history for the Cubs, joining only the Phillies (10,480) and Braves (10,176) in the five-figure gang. The Cubs got there a bit sooner than they would have liked, having won games at a meager .417 clip since the start of the 2010 season.
The Pirates will become the next team to join the ignominious club with 55 more losses. And unless the Reds lose 142 games between Tuesday and the end of the 2015 season, the club wont see a fifth member until 2016.
The list:
Phillies: 10,480 losses (.473 winning percentage)
Braves: 10,176 (.502)
Cubs: 10,000 (.511)
Pirates: 9,945 (.503)
Reds: 9,858 (.508)
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/11/the-cubs-have-joined-the-10000-loss-club/
Sundays loss marked the 10,000th in club history for the Cubs, joining only the Phillies (10,480) and Braves (10,176) in the five-figure gang. The Cubs got there a bit sooner than they would have liked, having won games at a meager .417 clip since the start of the 2010 season.
The Pirates will become the next team to join the ignominious club with 55 more losses. And unless the Reds lose 142 games between Tuesday and the end of the 2015 season, the club wont see a fifth member until 2016.
The list:
Phillies: 10,480 losses (.473 winning percentage)
Braves: 10,176 (.502)
Cubs: 10,000 (.511)
Pirates: 9,945 (.503)
Reds: 9,858 (.508)
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/11/the-cubs-have-joined-the-10000-loss-club/
Hey, at least they have a winning record, something the Phils don't have.
I wonder how many loses the Cards, Dodgers and Giants have?
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The Cubs have joined the 10,000 loss club (Original Post)
El Supremo
May 2014
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)1. And Indians
Auggie
(31,207 posts)3. Cleveland: Since 1901, 8,949 wins and 8,633 losses, a surprising .509 winning %
Yankees are tops at .568 (includes all N.Y. teams)
Giants: .538 (includes all N.Y. teams)
Dodgers: .524 (includes all N.Y. teams)
Cardinals: .519 (includes all St. Louis teams)
Red Sox: .517 (all teams)
LINK: http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)4. It says that the Cubs have more wins than anyone but the Giants.
Giants 10716
Cubs 10450
So all isn't bad. Wait, yes it is. 1908
Auggie
(31,207 posts)5. They included stats from 1876 for the Cubs!
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)6. They could have gone back to 1870.
Before there was the National League. The Cubs (White Stockings) played in the National Association of Base Ball Players or something like that.
Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)2. If Epstein's rebuilding effort doesn't work
The Cubs will likely be the first team to 20,000 losses. And as of now, it ain't working.
ProfessorGAC
(65,248 posts)7. As A Cub Fan. . .
. . .i am surprised that this didn't happen 20 years ago!
GAC
dhill926
(16,373 posts)8. we lose well….
this is awful, but I remember growing up in the early 60's. Those were some historically and hysterically awful teams.