What mlb road teams have won a game 7 playoff game?
First off the Divisional Series only goes 5 games so no game 7 has ever been played there. In the League Championship Series the best of 7 format has only been since 1985. National League has had 4 Game 7's; National League has had 8 Game 7's. There have been 2 American League teams and 3 National League teams to win a Game 7 on the road. They were: American: 1985- Kansas City beat Toronto 2004- Boston beat New York National: 1991- Atlanta beat Pittsburgh 2003- Florida beat Chicago 2006- St. Louis beat New York In the World Series there have been 35 Game 7's since a seven game series was established in 1905 (from 1919-1921 the series went to a best of 9 format but none of these ever went to a Game 9). There have been 19 teams to win the World series on the road. They are: 1909-Pittsburgh beat Detroit 1926- St. Louis beat N.Y. Yankees 1934- St. Louis beat Detroit 1945- Detroit beat Chicago Cubs 1952- N.Y. Yankees beat Broklyn 1955- Broklyn beat N.Y. Yankees 1956- N.Y. Yankees beat Broklyn 1957- Milwaukee beat Ny.Y. Yankees 1958- N.Y. Yankees beat Milwaukee 1962- N.Y. Yankees beat S.F. Giants 1965- L.A. Dodgers beat Minnesota 1967- St. Louis beat Boston 1968- Detroit beat St. Louis 1971- Pittsburgh beat Baltimore 1972- Oakland beat Cincinnati 1975- Cincinnati beat Boston 1979- Pittsburgh beat Baltimore So in all there have been 47 Game 7's played. 25 won by the home team and 22 won by the away team. Trivia Note: In 1912 the New York Giants beat the Boston Red Sox in Game 7 on the road so to be loyal to your question it is noted here. However, Game 2 had ended in a 2-2 tie due to darkness (no lighted stadiums in 1912). This wasn't restarted the next day, instead they played a new game and the series ended with a game 8 that was won by the home team Boston Red Sox.
Has any MLB team ever swept both playoff series and the World Series?
The Rockies are the first to sweep the NLDS and the NLCS. However, the Reds back in 1976 won their first 7 games of the playoffs. Although, if you count the 1 game playoff against the Padres, the Rockies have won 8 straight games to start the playoffs. The line about the Reds is in the article below.
I don’t specifically know.I believe that Randy Hundley caught 160 of 162 games for the Chicago Cubs during one year in the late 1960s, and his backup (I think it was Bill Plummer) thus only played in two.However, the major league roster limit has been set at 25 for most of the last 100 years (except for a brief reduction to 24 in the 1980s to try to save money on salaries).But specialization has steadily increased, especially among pitchers, but also with the addition of designated hitters, and more sophisticated “platooning” of players. The upshot is that today teams use all 25 players and often try to manipulate the rules around using the disabled list and sending and recalling players to/from the minor leagues in order to effectively have more than 25 players they are able to use.But it hasn’t always been so. Through the early years of the major leagues, a team had 8 regular starters at the non-pitcher positions, 3 or 4 pitchers in the rotation, one relief pitcher they ever really used, a backup catcher, and maybe one other guy who occasionally played. That’s maybe 15 players they really needed. Some teams didn’t even use the full allowed number of roster spots.Today, every team has a bullpen catcher, to warm up relief pitchers who might come in the game. That was true in 1920 as well, but the difference is that in those days, he was one of the 25 guys on the roster, because why not? He traveled with the team and had a uniform, so he looked like a member of the team. No one ever thought that maybe he wasn’t. There was plenty of room to put him on the roster and no good reason not to list him there. But no one ever took seriously the possibility of him ever actually getting into a game.I imagine there were several players in this role who went long stretches of time, even full seasons, without actually playing. Their names have probably been lost to history, as most historical records only keep track of the players who ever actually played in a game.
How many teams have come back to win a 5-game playoff series after losing the first 2 at home?
**** the dodgers the cubs might be going to LA down 2 games but the will win the next three the dodgers arent beating them the cubs keep making mistakes the errors tonight and the walks last night they will knock out the dodgers
Has a MLB team ever had to forfeit a game?
Yes, but it's pretty rare, the last happened in 1995, and it's usually that the audience is getting out of control. One thing MLB will not put up with is safety risks (players being worth millions of dollars, these days). The home team is responsible for security, so when the umpires rule a forfeit for lack of crowd control, the home team eats it. Here's quick summaries of three relatively recent ones, and then a link to a much more complete list at Retrosheet.org: 1995 -- the Dodgers have a baseball giveaway day late in the season. In the late innings, fans begin getting upset and -- hey, we've got baseballs! -- the balls rain down. After this happened more than once, the umps called it. 1979 -- Tigers at White Sox for a doubleheader, the notorious Disco Demolition night. The Sox plan on blowing up (yes, really) a pile of disco records behind second base between games, co-sponsored by a local radio station. The crowd was enormous (and not mostly baseball fans), and eventually was piling in to Comiskey unimpeded. The first game ended, the records got detonated, the crowd went nuts, and the second game never got started. Mike Veeck is still living this one down. 1971 -- the last home game for the Senators has the home team leading going into the ninth. Fans were out in force, upset at team owner Bob Short's announced plans to move the team to Texas. With two outs -- a mere one out from winning their last game in Washington -- the fans erupted all over the field, and the Senators had to forfeit. (Owners have been very circumspect since then, not announcing major bad news until the season is over.) Link, forfeits: http://www.retrosheet.org/forfeits.htm
Has any team in MLB history won over 100 games?
Yes, there have been several times when a team won 100 games or more in a regular season. The most games won in a season (116) is shared by the 2001 Mariners (164 game season) and 1906 Cubs (152 game season). That was the last season the Cubs won the World Series. Bill K: You are correct - 1954 was the year Indians won 111 games and lost to the Giants 4 straight in World Series. Included Willie Mays "Catch" in Game 1. However, the year was 1951 when the "Giants Won the Pennant, etc" on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" in a playoff game vs. the Dodgers. Connor R: The question is - any team won over 100 games - not which ones won how many. I thought correcting Bill K on the '54 Giants (Win the Pennant) was sufficient - and adding the correct number of wins. Sometimes answering more than what is asked creates complications. Bottom line on this one is that the questioner now has a complete and accurate answer. Sort of like a roundtable discussion. :)
The World Series is not played at a predetermined and therefore most likely neutral site, like the Super Bowl is. Every Series game takes place at the home stadium of one of the two teams participating. The team with the better win/loss record gets the home-field advantage, so they get to host games 1, 2, 6*, and 7*. The other team hosts games 3, 4, and 5*.*if necessary
Has any team ever won >97 games in the regular season and been swept in the 1st round of the playoffs?
He's just interested in pulling your chain. The worst postseason choke, if it must be called that, was easily the 1954 Cleveland Indians -- 111-43 (.721) in the season, 0-4 against the New York Giants in the World Series. Those 111 wins were an American League record. Others, 97+ wins, swept in their postseason opener: 1914 Philadelphia Athletics, 99-53 (.651), 0-4 against the Boston Braves in the World Series. 1939 Cincinnati Reds, 97-57 (.630), 0-4 against the NY Yankees in the WS. 1963 NY Yankees, 104-57 (.646), 0-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the WS. 1969 Minnesota Twins, 97-65 (.599), 0-3 against the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS. 1970 Minnesota Twins, 98-64 (.605), 0-3 against the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS. 1971 Oakland Athletics, 101-60 (.627), 0-3 against the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS. 1975 Oakland Athletics, 98-64 (.605), 0-3 against the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. 1976 Philadelphia Phillies, 101-61 (.623), 0-3 against the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS. 1980 NY Yankees, 103-59 (.636), 0-3 against the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS. 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks, 98-64 (.605), 0-3 against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. And the most recent and the source of your angst, the 2008 Chicago Cubs, 97-64 (.602), 0-3 against the LA Dodgers in the NLDS.
What Six MLB Teams Have Never Won A World Series Game?
1. Yankees. They are the biggest cry babies in organized sports. They have the most arrogant players, highest payroll, loudest and most obnoxious fans (Including my family), and the ticket prices are only suitable for high snooty Republicans or to the top 1% of the most wealthy in America. 2. Bosox. That short right field fence is a joke to MLB. If a professional left handed batter can't hit a ball 300 ft and not hit 50 homers a year deserves my disdain. (Ortiz!!!!) I'm tired of them always coming in 2nd to the hated Yankees. That's why they are #2 on my list. 3. Angels. It's time for the Angels to choke instead of America's New Team, the Rangers. They are our biggest rivals and we MUST defeat them, snuff them out, and drive a stake thru their hearts and bury them so they will stay dead. 4. Mariners. Ichiro looks like a sissy when he walks. It almost makes me puke. Other than that they are also in the AL West and deserving of a little disrespect. 5. The Pirates. Why not? They suck!