Missouri’s two MLB teams have the worst records in the NL and AL

street. Louis – For more perspective on how disappointing the St. Louis Cardinals’ season has been up to this point, they may be in danger of finishing last in the National League for the first time since World War I. but that is not all.

In the 21st century, not once has an MLB season ended with two teams from the same state holding the worst records in the National League and American League. The St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals will likely become the first duo to achieve some killer history.

St. Louis Cardinals Enter the weekend With a 27-42 record, one game behind the Washington Nationals in the NL cellar. Kansas City Royals Enter the weekend With an 18-50 record, half a game behind the Oakland Athletics for the AL vault.

If the Cardinals and Royals can somehow not get out of their last-place spots with their 162nd game, they will be the first pair from the same state (Missouri) to hold the worst record in the American League and National League in a single season. Since the 90s.

The last time this happened was in 1998. The Florida Marlins with the then-called MLB record finishing best and worst in the NL finished 54-108. The then-named Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished with an AL-worst record 63-99, better than the Marlins in all of baseball.

Both teams were based in Florida and remain based in the Sunshine State to this date. This came in Tampa Bay’s inaugural season as an expansion franchise. This was also followed by the 1997 World Series for the Marlins, who quickly dismantled their squad of championship-caliber players to rebuild. So, given its context, it’s not too surprising.

sometime in May, Baseball stats enthusiast Jay Koda noted Florida has the best winning percentage among the states with at least two MLB teams. The Rays and Marlins combined for an 88-53 record through mid-June, good for a . 624 winning percentage. 591 winning percentage between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers, even though both teams are based in the American League.

Then, after Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, California, and Illinois, there’s Missouri. Of the eight states with multiple teams, Missouri has by far the worst winning percentage.

The Cardinals and Royals have a combined record of 45-92 as they approach the halfway point of the season. 328 winning percentage, a mark that sounds more like a batting average than what two ballclubs should represent at the MLB level.

It is somewhat rare that two teams from the same state may have the worst records in the AL and NL simultaneously at the end of a season. After all, of those eight states, only six have teams in MLB’s opposite leagues.

The Cardinals open a three-game road trip against the New York Mets before three games against the second-to-last NL Washington Nationals. The Royals host the Los Angeles Angels for a three-out this weekend before heading to Motor City to take on the Detroit Tigers, who have the third-worst AL record but a 10-game lead over Kansas City.