Best/Worst Season: Orioles and Cardinals

March 8, 2013 Bill Chuck Off The Bill Chuck Files,

Each day we are going to look at the nine best and worst seasons for each ball club.

This is not an examination of how the team did in the postseason, how well everybody got along, or anything else that may have happened other than wins and losses.

Nine to Know

Here are the best and the worst seasons of the two teams originally from St. Louis and both for the birds.

Best: Orioles

Rk	Year	W ▾	L	W-L%	Finish	Playoffs
1	1969	109	53	.673	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-1)
2	1970	108	54	.667	1st of 6	Won WS (4-1)
3	1979	102	57	.642	1st of 7	Lost WS (4-3)
4	1971	101	57	.639	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-3)
5	1980	100	62	.617	2nd of 7
6	1997	98	64	.605	1st of 5	Lost ALCS (4-2)
7	1983	98	64	.605	1st of 7	Won WS (4-1)
8	1977	97	64	.602	2nd of 7
9	1973	97	65	.599	1st of 6	Lost ALCS (3-2)

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 3/3/2013.

Worst: Orioles

Rk	Year	Tm	W	L ▾	Ties	W-L%	Finish
1	1939	St. Louis Browns	43	111	2	.279	8th of 8
2	1937	St. Louis Browns	46	108	2	.299	8th of 8
3	1988	Baltimore Orioles	54	107	0	.335	7th of 7
4	1911	St. Louis Browns	45	107	0	.296	8th of 8
5	1910	St. Louis Browns	47	107	4	.305	8th of 8
6	1951	St. Louis Browns	52	102	0	.338	8th of 8
7	1949	St. Louis Browns	53	101	1	.344	7th of 8
8	1912	St. Louis Browns	53	101	3	.344	7th of 8
9	1954	Baltimore Orioles	54	100	0	.351	7th of 8
10	1953	St. Louis Browns	54	100	0	.351	8th of 8

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 3/3/2013.

Best: Cardinals

Rk	Year	W ▾	L	Ties	W-L%	Finish	Playoffs
1	1942	106	48	2	.688	1st of 8	Won WS (4-1)
2	2004	105	57	0	.648	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-0)
3	1944	105	49	3	.682	1st of 8	Won WS (4-2)
4	1943	105	49	3	.682	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-1)
5	1985	101	61	0	.623	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-3)
6	1967	101	60	0	.627	1st of 10	Won WS (4-3)
7	1931	101	53	0	.656	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3)
8	2005	100	62	0	.617	1st of 6	Lost NLCS (4-2)
9	1946	98	58	0	.628	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3)

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 3/3/2013.

Worst: Cardinals

I have included the nine worst Cardinals seasons here

Rk	Year	Tm	W	L ▾	Ties	W-L%	Finish
1	1898	St. Louis Browns	39	111	4	.260	12th of 12
2	1908	St. Louis Cardinals	49	105	0	.318	8th of 8
3	1897	St. Louis Browns	29	102	2	.221	12th of 12
4	1907	St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	2	.340	8th of 8
5	1913	St. Louis Cardinals	51	99	3	.340	8th of 8
6	1909	St. Louis Cardinals	54	98	2	.355	7th of 8
7	1906	St. Louis Cardinals	52	98	4	.347	7th of 8
8	1905	St. Louis Cardinals	58	96	0	.377	6th of 8
9	1903	St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	2	.314	8th of 8
10	1892	St. Louis Browns	56	94	5	.373	11th of 12
11	1978	St. Louis Cardinals	69	93	0	.426	5th of 6
12	1916	St. Louis Cardinals	60	93	0	.392	7th of 8