2007-03-04 15:46:24 · 13 answers · asked by popular_bond 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
This is a bit of an asterisk answer, but the 1998 Yankees won more games that season than any other team in a single season with 125 (playoffs included, which is why it is an asterisk).
2007-03-05 01:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by Michael B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The team with the overall best record through all time is the New York Yankees with a 9289-7094 record. the single season record is a tie between the Seattle Mariners of 2001 Seattle Mariners and 1906 Chicago Cubs, however, the Cubs have the best winning percentage, as they played 8 fewer games for the season.
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2007-03-05 00:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by Sam N 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As far as winning records, that title goes to the Boston Red Stockings of 1875, who went 71-8 (.899) in the National Association.
However, looking only at more modern records, that would be won by the Chicago Cubs, going 116-36 (.763)
If you're forcing a 162-game schedule, the best record would go to the 2001 Seattle Mariners, going 116-46 (.716)
However, if you mean which franchise has the best winning record, that would go to the N.Y. Yankees, at an overall 9289-7094 (.567), followed by the New York/San Francisco Giants, at 10113-8633 (.539)
If you're the historical type, I'll give honourable mentions to the Providence Greys. In their 8-year stint in the National League from 1878-1885, they went 438-278 (.612), winning two pennants, and only falling below .500 in their last year in the league.
2007-03-05 00:24:02 · answer #3 · answered by patsen29 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
For a single season, the 1906 Chicago Cubs; they went 116-36 for a percentage of .763 (the 2001 Mariners also won 116, but lost 46 that season for a winning percentage of .716). However, the Giants (New York, now San Francisco) have won more games than any other team in baseball, with 10,037 wins in the books.
To add: Killer Klingon, you said: "no sports team in the history of professional sports has a better winning record than the New York Yankees". The Yankees have a franchise win-loss percentage of .567, tops in baseball. However, the Miami Dolphins for example, have a win-loss percentage of .589, and the only perfect season with a world championship. The Dallas Cowboys have a winning percentage of .568. I think that trumps the Yanks.
2007-03-05 00:03:41 · answer #4 · answered by Mangy Coyote 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
The 2001 Mariners at 116-46
2007-03-05 10:24:08 · answer #5 · answered by andy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The question is vague at best. It does not specify single season or career winning records. I will have to say that the 1998 Yankees had the best record ever. They won 114 regular season games and 11 games in the playoffs. That gives them a season total of 125 wins. All the other teams with those phenomenal records lost in the playoffs
2007-03-05 01:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by skisram 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
the 1916 Cubs had the most wins in a season with 116, the 1998 Yankees had the second best season with 114 wins.
2007-03-04 23:59:00 · answer #7 · answered by gpaut . 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the 2001 Seattle Mariners hold the MLB record of most wins in a single season with 116 wins
2007-03-05 00:04:12 · answer #8 · answered by Bo 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
THE REDSOX SUCK! Have always sucked. And will always suck.
A die-hard Yankee fan.
You can all give me thumbs down now. Redsox fans are petty.
Oh yeah, to answer your question no sports team in the history of professional sports has a better winning record than the New York Yankees.
2007-03-04 23:57:21 · answer #9 · answered by Killer Klingon 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
That would go to me and my brother versus my two sisters, in hundreds of games of Trouble, Parchessi, baseball and even soccer our winning percentage was close to 99%
2007-03-05 01:52:56 · answer #10 · answered by Frank R 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋