tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) (06/30/84)
Upon running through the articles from the last week or so that piled up while I was on vacation, somebody mentioned the 1950 Indians holding the record for wins in a season with 113. Firstly, it wasn`t 1950, but 1948, and I believe the total was 110. Anyway, the major league record for wins in a season was done back in the early days. The Chicago Cubs, with Tinker, Evers, Chance, Brown, etc. won 116 games in 1906. That was the year the White Sox (called the Hitless Wonders cause they had a team batting average of something like .235) won the AL, setting up the only all-Chicago World Series. After having played a lot of sports Trivial Pursuit lately, trivia has floated to the top of my head. Tom O`Connor ihuxw!tommyo
kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP (07/01/84)
#R:ihuxw:-91200:uiucdcs:12900017:000:226 uiucdcs!kaufman Jul 1 13:25:00 1984 While the Indians won the Series in 1948, their 111 win year was 1954 (then they got knocked off in 4 straight by the N.Y. Giants.) I think that year was notable for the Yankees having the best second-place record ever. Ken
ags@pucc-i (Seaman) (07/01/84)
> ...somebody mentioned > the 1950 Indians holding the record for wins in a season > with 113. Firstly, it wasn`t 1950, but 1948, and I believe > the total was 110. Let's get this straight (said he, with World Almanac in hand): It wasn't 1950 or 1948, and it wasn't 113 wins or 110, and the team that beat them in the series was not the Cards. It was 111 wins in 1954, and the Series went to the Giants (in 4 games). Of course I KNEW the answer without looking it up, but so did two other people. -- Dave Seaman "My hovercraft is full of eels." ..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (07/02/84)
NO, NO, NO, the winingest was in '53, the Indians. Remember Al Rosen and the nails in his bat? They lost the series four straight. (maybe it was 54?) T. C. Wheeler
barry@ihuxt.UUCP (R. G. Barry) (07/02/84)
> ... somebody mentioned the 1950 Indians holding the record for > wins in a season with 113. Firstly, it wasn't 1950 but 1948, and > I believe the total was 110. To set the record straight, it was the 1954 Indians which hold the American League record for wins in a season when they were 111-43 (154 game season). That year, they lost the World Series in 4 straight to the Giants. The last time the Indians won the World Series was in 1948. Cleveland fans remember those dates and numbers because we are still waiting. Rich Barry ihuxt!barry
crisp@iwu1a.UUCP (07/05/84)
I'm getting tired of the inaccuracies concerning the American league record for wins in a season. It was not the 1950 Indians. In 1950 the Yankees blitzed the Philadelphia Whiz kids. In 1948 Boston and Cleveland tied for the pennant. The Indians won the one game playoff and bested the Boston BRAVES for the World Series Championship. The American League is 114 victories by the 1954 Indians. A team that featured Vic Wertz, Bobby Availa(MVP), Al Rosen, George Strickland, Lary Doby, Al Smith, Dave Pope, Jim Heagon, and a pitching staff of Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, and Mike Garcia. They lost the series to the New York Giants in four games. Dusty Rhodes doing much of the damage for the Giants. A young player named Willie Mays also made his prescence felt.
ags@pucc-i (Seaman) (07/06/84)
> I'm getting tired of the inaccuracies concerning the American league > record for wins in a season. ... The American League is > 114 victories by the 1954 Indians. Interesting juxtaposition. The record is 111 victories by the 1954 Indians. -- Dave Seaman "My hovercraft is full of eels." ..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags
rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP (07/06/84)
Will someone please quote a source before curiosity overcomes me to the point of insanity. How many wins in a season is the American League record? Which team did it. And what year was it.
sth@rayssd.UUCP (07/13/84)
<another blank line> With all the hubbub about the American League record for wins in a season, who can tell me the National League record????? Steve Hirsch