FMLB Season Five

FMLB Season Five, which ended with the Phillies rout of the Red Sox in the World Series, was the season of the super bad and super good in the National League.  The Phillies set the FMLB record for wins in a single season with 121.  This was unfortunate for the second-place Reds whose 116 wins also exceeded the previous FMLB record of 113 wins which had been set by the White Sox and the Red Sox. 

But if you are to win so many games, someone has to lose them and so the Cardinals and Giants battled to avoid setting the all-time record for single season futility.  The Giants would edge the Cardinals by two games: 119 losses to 121.

The National League has now won four of five World Series. 

American League

Team           wins  losses     pct.   G.B.

Red Sox         99     55        .643

Indians            85     69        .552     14

Senators         81     73        .526     18

White Sox       76     78        .494     23

Tigers              76     78        .494     23

Browns            68     86        .442     31

A's                   68     86        .442     31

Yankees           63     91       .409      36

National League

Team      wins    losses      pct.        G.B.

Phillies      121       33         .786

Reds         116       38         .753           5

Pirates        92       62         .597          29

Braves        80       74         .519          41

Dodgers      74      80          .481          47

Cubs           65       89         .422          56

Giants         35     119         .227           86

Cardinals     33     121        .214           88

World Series (best of nine)

Game     

  1         Red Sox 5      Phillies 6

  2         Red Sox 8      Phillies 1

  3         Red Sox 7      Phillies 9

  4         Red Sox 6      Phillies 10

  5         Red Sox 1      Phillies 5

  6         Red Sox 3      Phillies 8

Phillies win Five games to One