Best team you saw that DID NOT win the WS...

gt2590 · Jan 12, 2014

With Pedro being up for HOF next year, it got me to thinking about the '94 Expos team that got denied a chance at History by the strike...

What's the best team you saw that DID NOT win that season's World Series?

3 of my Favorites at the time all lost in the Playoffs despite being GREAT teams:

The '88 Mets who lost to Orel and the Dodgers. The '90 Oakland A's, who lost to Billy Hatcher and the Reds.

And the '09 or '10 Phils, who both were better than the '08 Champs IMO...

Hendersonfan · Jan 12, 2014

90 A's. Not sure if they underestimated the Reds or what.

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Austin · Jan 12, 2014

The 2001 Mariners with rookie Ichiro won a record 116 games and didn't even make the World Series.

jpruitt2 · Jan 13, 2014

Most of the 1990's Atlanta Braves teams.

383astro · Jan 13, 2014

jpruitt2 said:
Most of the 1990's Atlanta Braves teams.

this and a lot of 90s indians

gt2590 · Jan 13, 2014

383astro said:
this and a lot of 90s indians

Yeah, I thought about them too. But I didn't see 'em that much, did their pitching besides Nagy hold up?

And the early to mid 80s Astros were real good. They played some epic LCSs in '80 and '86 before losing...

383astro · Jan 13, 2014

gt2590 said:
Yeah, I thought about them too. But I didn't see 'em that much, did their pitching besides Nagy hold up?

And the early to mid 80s Astros were real good. They played some epic LCSs in '80 and '86 before losing...

Not sure on the pitching but they should have had enough offense with Belle, Baerga, Lofton, Thome, Ramirez, Murray, etc. IIRC they had Hershiser pitch a couple good seasons for them, and maybe Denny Martinez?

kerryfan5 · Jan 13, 2014

Dennis Martinez was a beast for them. Bulldog, Nagy, J. Wright. Good staff not great. Hitting should have won the tribe a series, but it got canceled.

Super Mario · Jan 13, 2014

2004 Cardinals.

All The Hype · Jan 13, 2014

World Series Champion		Most Wins
Year	Team	Wins	Rank	Most W's	Teams	Wins
2010	SFG	92	5	No	PHI	97
2009	NYY	103	1	Yes	NYY	103
2008	PHI	92	5	No	ANA	100
2007	BOS	96	1	Yes	BOS, CLE	96
2006	STL	83	13	No	NYM, NYY	97
2005	CHW	99	2	No	STL	100
2004	BOS	98	3	No	STL	105
2003	FLA	91	7	No	ATL, NYY	101
2002	ANA	99	4	No	OAK, NYY	103
2001	ARI	92	6	No	SEA	116
2000	NYY	87	9	No	SFG	97
1999	NYY	98	3	No	ATL	103
1998	NYY	114	1	Yes	NYY	114
1997	FLA	92	4	No	ATL	101
1996	NYY	92	3	No	CLE	99
1995	ATL	90	2	No	CLE	100

http://www.thegoodphight.com/2011/7/26/2293738/team-with-best-record-seldom-wins-world-series

All In Cards · Jan 13, 2014

96 or 97 Orioles. Went wire to wire in 1st. The whole lineup 1-9 had at least 20hrs

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ThoseBackPages · Jan 13, 2014

1985 Mets

ronfromfresno · Jan 13, 2014

1993 San Francisco Giants, 103 wins, two 20 game winners and didn't even make the playoffs

Pinbreaker · Jan 13, 2014

2001 Seattle Mariners dominated the league that year.. 116 wins and one of the main reasons Lou Pinella left..

He asked the front office to get David Justice and they said no.. Then Justice had the knockout blow that let NY advance to the World Series..

ChasHawk · Jan 13, 2014

The 2008 Cubs dominated the NL for the entire season and then got swept out of the first round by the Dodgers.

gt2590 · Jan 14, 2014

ThoseBackPages said:
1985 Mets

Better than the '88 team that Orel shut down in the playoffs?

MrMet · Jan 14, 2014

gt2590 said:
Better than the '88 team that Orel shut down in the playoffs?

No

ThoseBackPages · Jan 14, 2014

i suppose not. But by 1988 i was pretty jaded after all the drug use.

mchenrycards · Jan 14, 2014

1984 Chicago Cubs

They just could not lose that year and won the first two games of the playoffs (only one round of playoffs then) and were one win away from the World Series but the dang Padres and Steve Garvey somehow found their groove and kicked their tails. This one still hurts because as a member of the front office that year I would have had a World Series ring if they won.

tkd7 · Jan 14, 2014

1978 Red Sox

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