What was the best baseball team to lose a World Series?
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1960 Yankees. I was nine years old and heartbroken when Mazeroski hit that home run. In 1956, at the age o five, I remember Don Larsen's no-hitter and Yogi jumping in his arms at the end of the game. Don't remember much from that age, but I do remember that.
1962 Giants....a memory from my youth. I was heavy in baseball then,
mostly Pirates, but I also liked the Giants because of Willie Mays. I just checked and the Giants won 101 games in 62' (that was the 1st 162 game NL season), but they tied the Dodgers for the NL Pennant and then won a 3 game playoff 2-1 to take on the Yankees in the World Series. They had Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, and a terrific pitcher named Juan Marichal, but lost the Series 4-3, losing game 7 by a score of 1-0.
This post was edited on 3/23 9:38 PM by fairgambit
mostly Pirates, but I also liked the Giants because of Willie Mays. I just checked and the Giants won 101 games in 62' (that was the 1st 162 game NL season), but they tied the Dodgers for the NL Pennant and then won a 3 game playoff 2-1 to take on the Yankees in the World Series. They had Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, and a terrific pitcher named Juan Marichal, but lost the Series 4-3, losing game 7 by a score of 1-0.
This post was edited on 3/23 9:38 PM by fairgambit
Let me add another to the list as a Bucco fan
The Baltimore Orioles in 1971. They won 101 games, 4 more than the 1960 Yankees. They also had four 20 game winners on their pitching staff in Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Pat Dobson. Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell, Davey Johnson, etc.... Earl Weaver as manager. Really outstanding team.
Too bad for the O's that Roberto Clemente was simply the best player in baseball and lead an outstanding Pirate team to the World Series victory in 7 games.
This post was edited on 3/23 9:41 PM by GulfCoastLion
The Baltimore Orioles in 1971. They won 101 games, 4 more than the 1960 Yankees. They also had four 20 game winners on their pitching staff in Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Pat Dobson. Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell, Davey Johnson, etc.... Earl Weaver as manager. Really outstanding team.
Too bad for the O's that Roberto Clemente was simply the best player in baseball and lead an outstanding Pirate team to the World Series victory in 7 games.
This post was edited on 3/23 9:41 PM by GulfCoastLion
Orioles that lost to the Miracle Mets had great pitching and the Robinsons, Buford, Blair. Belanger and Boog Powell in 1969.
Nobody gave the Mets a chance. Believe the O's won well over 100 games regular season.
Nobody gave the Mets a chance. Believe the O's won well over 100 games regular season.
1960 or 1963 Yankees. In '63 they got throttled Koufax twice and Drysdale and Padres. Four game sweep and they didn't get back to the Series for 14 years! Devastating loss.
Re: Let me add another to the list as a Bucco fan
GulfCoastLion nailed it.
1971 Baltimore Orioles!
My Pirates OWNED them bitches!!
Well, not really but that's why I answered the question the way I did.
GulfCoastLion nailed it.
1971 Baltimore Orioles!
My Pirates OWNED them bitches!!
Well, not really but that's why I answered the question the way I did.
1960 Yankees not the best, just that they lost to team they never should have lost to.
Best teams to lose.
1954 Indians who won 111 games in a 154 game season then got swept by the Giants. Willie Mays great catch off Vic Wertz in the Polo Grounds in game 1 and Dusty Rhoads with two pinch hit Home Runs to win games.
1969, 1971 and 1979 Orioles who won 108, 101 and 102 respectively then lost the series respectively to the Miracle Mets and two Pirate teams.
Should add the 1975 Red Sox who breezed through the regular season with 95 wins then swept two time defending World Champion Oakland A's before loosing in 7 nail bitting games, to the BIG RED MACHINE in what to this day is widely recognized as the greatest WS of all time.
Best teams to lose.
1954 Indians who won 111 games in a 154 game season then got swept by the Giants. Willie Mays great catch off Vic Wertz in the Polo Grounds in game 1 and Dusty Rhoads with two pinch hit Home Runs to win games.
1969, 1971 and 1979 Orioles who won 108, 101 and 102 respectively then lost the series respectively to the Miracle Mets and two Pirate teams.
Should add the 1975 Red Sox who breezed through the regular season with 95 wins then swept two time defending World Champion Oakland A's before loosing in 7 nail bitting games, to the BIG RED MACHINE in what to this day is widely recognized as the greatest WS of all time.
Being a Phillies fan, I think the 93 Phillies that went from worst to first were a great team. They were about to take the Blue Jays to 7 games when Mitch Williams gave up a homer to let it get away.
First ever WS -- 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates...
Pittsburgh had won the previous two NL pennants and were heavy favorites to beat the Boston Americans in the first ever World Series. Boston came back down 3 games to 1 to win the series 5-3 in a nine game series.
Pittsburgh had won the previous two NL pennants and were heavy favorites to beat the Boston Americans in the first ever World Series. Boston came back down 3 games to 1 to win the series 5-3 in a nine game series.
Can't remember the exact year, but the Oakland A's team that..
lost to the Dodgers in the mid 2000's (Kirk Gibson's homerun).
lost to the Dodgers in the mid 2000's (Kirk Gibson's homerun).
Re: Can't remember the exact year, but the Oakland A's team that..
1988. I was thinking of them as well.
They were unbelievably loaded in this entire few years. Baseball is the one sport where if the right team gets hot anyone could go down in a series. Those teams were like the Bulls basketball teams to baseball. Basketball though isn't left to chance in the playoffs like that so much. Usually the best comes out on top. Baseball the best teams throughout the 162 rarely ever win it all.
The Mariners team under Piniella that won 114 was ridiculous too.
'69 Orioles,
But it is still one of baseball's greatest stories, the Amazing Mets! Seaver, Kramer, Harrelson, Jones, McClendon and so many other great names against the notorious Orioles lineup with Palmer, McNally, Quellar, Robinson's, Brooks and Frank, Boog and of course Earl.
But it is still one of baseball's greatest stories, the Amazing Mets! Seaver, Kramer, Harrelson, Jones, McClendon and so many other great names against the notorious Orioles lineup with Palmer, McNally, Quellar, Robinson's, Brooks and Frank, Boog and of course Earl.
Re: Can't remember the exact year, but the Oakland A's team that..
Thanks. Wow, I don't know why I was thinking the mid 2000's......... The years are really going by fast...
Thanks. Wow, I don't know why I was thinking the mid 2000's......... The years are really going by fast...
Re: Can't remember the exact year, but the Oakland A's team that..
68-75-86 Bosox...not to mention all the ALCS blunders...man, did I have a tough childhood!
68-75-86 Bosox...not to mention all the ALCS blunders...man, did I have a tough childhood!
Not Maz. It was Hidden Vigorish on this play...
I was a big Maz fan, but see the link for the key to the Bucs victory.
Hidden Vigorish saved the Bucs
I was a big Maz fan, but see the link for the key to the Bucs victory.
Hidden Vigorish saved the Bucs
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