Lasting Memories – The Last Time Each Team Finished Last
When my kids were little we used to sing to them a song called “Upsy Down Town,” where “the sky is in the sea and the fish are in the air where the birds should be.”
Today, it’s where the Blue Jays, Indians, Rangers, Cardinals, and Giants are in last place instead of on top where the pennants fly.
Fortunately for you (and not so much for me) this piqued my interest enough to find out when each team last finished the season in the basement.
- Only five teams have not finished last in the 2000s.
- Greater Los Angeles has not had a last place team this century.
- The Cardinals and the Yankees have gone the longest without finishing last.
The Last Time Each Team Finished Last
(Alphabetically)
Arizona Diamondbacks – 5th of five in 2014
Atlanta Braves – 5th of five in 2016
Baltimore Orioles – 5th of five in 2011
Boston Red Sox – 5th of five in 2015
Chicago Cubs – 5th of five in 2014
Chicago White Sox – 5th of five in 2013
Cincinnati Reds – 5th of five in 2016
Cleveland Indians – 7th of seven in 1991
Colorado Rockies – 5th of five in 2015
Detroit Tigers – 5th of five in 2015
Houston Astros – 5th of five in 2013
Kansas City Royals – 5th of five in 2010
Los Angeles Angels – 4th of four in 1999
Los Angeles Dodgers – 6th of six in 1992
Miami Marlins – 5th of five in 2013
Milwaukee Brewers – 6th of six in 2004
Minnesota Twins – 5th of five in 2016
New York Mets – 5th of five in 2003
New York Yankees – 7th of seven in 1990
Oakland Athletics – 5th of five in 2016
Philadelphia Phillies – 5th of five in 2015
Pittsburgh Pirates – 6th of six in 2010
San Diego Padres – 5th of five in 2016
San Francisco Giants – 5th of five in 2007
Seattle Mariners – 4th of four in 2012
St. Louis Cardinals – 6th of six in 1990
Tampa Bay Rays – 5th of five in 2016
Texas Rangers – 5th of five in 2014
Toronto Blue Jays – 5th of five in 2013
Washington Nationals – 5th of five in 2010
The Last Time Each Team Finished Last
(Chronologically)
New York Yankees – 7th of seven in 1990
St. Louis Cardinals – 6th of six in 1990
Cleveland Indians – 7th of seven in 1991
Los Angeles Dodgers – 6th of six in 1992
Los Angeles Angels – 4th of four in 1999
New York Mets – 5th of five in 2003
Milwaukee Brewers – 6th of six in 2004
San Francisco Giants – 5th of five in 2007
Kansas City Royals – 5th of five in 2010
Pittsburgh Pirates – 6th of six in 2010
Washington Nationals – 5th of five in 2010
Baltimore Orioles – 5th of five in 2011
Seattle Mariners – 4th of four in 2012
Chicago White Sox – 5th of five in 2013
Houston Astros – 5th of five in 2013
Miami Marlins – 5th of five in 2013
Toronto Blue Jays – 5th of five in 2013
Arizona Diamondbacks – 5th of five in 2014
Chicago Cubs – 5th of five in 2014
Texas Rangers – 5th of five in 2014
Boston Red Sox – 5th of five in 2015
Colorado Rockies – 5th of five in 2015
Detroit Tigers – 5th of five in 2015
Philadelphia Phillies – 5th of five in 2015
Atlanta Braves – 5th of five in 2016
Cincinnati Reds – 5th of five in 2016
Minnesota Twins – 5th of five in 2016
Oakland Athletics – 5th of five in 2016
San Diego Padres – 5th of five in 2016
Tampa Bay Rays – 5th of five in 2016
