Most Wins in a Season in MLB History (2024)

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What is the record for most wins in an MLB season? ›

No Major League Baseball team has ever won 162 regular season games. The current format of the MLB season consists of 162 games, and the record for most wins in a single season is 116, shared by the 1906 Chicago Cubs and the 2001 Seattle Mariners.

The Major League Baseball player that topped the ranking of all-time number of games won was Cy Young with 511 wins as of January 2024. This was followed by Walter Johnson and Pete Alexander with 417 and 373 wins respectively.

The Seattle Mariners have the best record by a team with 162+ games played in a season, with a record of 116-46 in 2001.

There are never any winless teams and there are never any undefeated teams. The Cleveland Indians just set the all-time AL record for consecutive wins at 21. A far cry from 162 in a row.

The 1906 Chicago Cubs and 2001 Seattle Mariners share the MLB record for most wins in a season with 116. The Cubs won 116 games in seven fewer games (155) than the Mariners (162).

For 95 years, the 1906 Cubs' record of 116 victories stood untouched.

Baseball (MLB)

In 1897, the Chicago Colts of the National League defeated the Louisville Colonels 36–7. The modern record (i.e., post-1900) for margin of victory was set in 2007, when the Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 30–3.

Roger Clemens is the only pitcher with 300 wins or more not elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The New York Yankees have the highest regular season winning percentage, with .570. The Miami Marlins have the lowest, with .461. The San Francisco Giants have the most overall wins (11,494), while the Arizona Diamondbacks have the fewest (2,030).

Henry Chadwick (October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908) was an English-American sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian, often called the "Father of Baseball" for his early reporting on and contributions to the development of the game. He edited the first baseball guide that was sold to the public.

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The classic irony is that the only game where a greater two-team score was ever recorded was also played at Wrigley Field, and between the same two ball clubs. On August 25, 1922, the Cubs, who had once led 25-6, held on to win 26-23 for the all-time record score of 49 runs.

The all-time best single season record belongs to the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who posted baseball's only perfect record at 67–0 (57–0 against National Association of Base Ball Players clubs) in 1869, prior to Major League baseball.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers maintain the lowest regular season win–loss percentage (. 406), holding a 308–450–1 record through 2023. Being the most-recently founded franchise in the NFL, the Houston Texans have recorded the fewest games played (338) and wins (142).

Has an NBA team ever finished a season with a record of 82-0? No, no NBA team has ever achieved a record of 82-0. The team that came closest was the Golden State Warriors in 2015-2016, finishing the Regular Season with a record of 73-9.

The antithesis of a perfect season, winless seasons have been suffered twelve times in professional American football, six times in arena football, three times in professional Canadian football, once each in American professional lacrosse and box lacrosse, more than twenty-five times in major Australian football ...

Over the course of 129 seasons (from 1892 to 2023 excluding 1981, 1994, and 2020), 116 teams have won 100 or more games in a single Major League Baseball season. While this makes the feat a relatively common occurrence, the 100-win threshold remains the hallmark of the best teams in a given season.

The San Francisco Giants have the most wins by a team, with 11,495 wins.

Baseball (MLB)

In 1897, the Chicago Colts of the National League defeated the Louisville Colonels 36–7. The modern record (i.e., post-1900) for margin of victory was set in 2007, when the Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 30–3.

Greg Maddux and Cy Young were tied for playing the most seasons with 15+ pitcher wins, with 18 seasons.