After 61 games: Measuring the 2016 Twins against baseball's worst of all time

June 12, 2016 at 2:09PM

How are the Twins stacking up (breaking down?) against the six teams that have finished with the worst records in baseball since 1900? Here's a look. (We'll update this from time to time, as long as the Twins are in the running to be among the worst of the worst):

TEAM Finish 61 games

1904 Washington Senators 38-113 .252 11-50

2003 Detroit Tigers 43-119 .265 16-45

1962 New York Mets 40-120 .250 16-45

1919 Philadelphia Athletics 36-104 .257 17-44

1916 Philadelphia Athletics 36-117 .235 17-44

2016 Minnesota Twins ??-??? .??? 18-43

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1935 Boston Braves 38-115 .248 19-42


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