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NYC CCC

2004-09-30 21:49

by Mike Carminati

If the Yankees win tonight—they are currently tied 4-4 in the 7th with the Twins— they will not only clinch their seventh straight division title. They will become only the fifth team in baseball history, and the first in Yankee history, to win 100 games in three consecutive seasons.

Here are the other four:

Tm	Yr1	W	L	PCT	Yr2	W	L	PCT	Yr3	W	L	PCT
Atlanta Braves	1997	101	61	.623	1998	106	56	.654	1999	103	59	.636
Baltimore Orioles	1969	109	53	.673	1970	108	54	.667	1971	101	57	.639
Philadelphia Athletics	1929	104	46	.693	1930	102	52	.662	1931	107	45	.704
St. Louis Cardinals	1942	106	48	.688	1943	105	49	.682	1944	105	49	.682

If we project the records of teams that played before a162-game schedule, here are the 39 teams that would have qualified based on winning percentage:

Tm	Yr1	W	L	PCT	Yr2	W	L	PCT	Yr3	W	L	PCT
Atlanta Braves	1997	101	61	.623	1998	106	56	.654	1999	103	59	.636
Baltimore Orioles	1894	89	39	.695	1895	87	43	.669	1896	90	39	.698
Baltimore Orioles	1895	87	43	.669	1896	90	39	.698	1897	90	40	.692
Baltimore Orioles	1896	90	39	.698	1897	90	40	.692	1898	96	53	.644
Baltimore Orioles	1969	109	53	.673	1970	108	54	.667	1971	101	57	.639
Boston Beaneaters	1891	87	51	.630	1892	102	48	.680	1893	86	43	.667
Boston Beaneaters	1892	102	48	.680	1893	86	43	.667	1894	83	49	.629
Boston Beaneaters	1897	93	39	.705	1898	102	47	.685	1899	95	57	.625
Boston Red Caps	1877	42	18	.700	1878	41	19	.683	1879	54	30	.643
Boston Red Stockings	1871	20	10	.667	1872	39	8	.830	1873	43	16	.729
Boston Red Stockings	1872	39	8	.830	1873	43	16	.729	1874	52	18	.743
Boston Red Stockings	1873	43	16	.729	1874	52	18	.743	1875	71	8	.899
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	1888	88	52	.629	1889	93	44	.679	1890	86	43	.667
Brooklyn Dodgers	1951	97	60	.618	1952	96	57	.627	1953	105	49	.682
Chicago Cubs	1906	116	36	.763	1907	107	45	.704	1908	99	55	.643
Chicago Cubs	1907	107	45	.704	1908	99	55	.643	1909	104	49	.680
Chicago Cubs	1908	99	55	.643	1909	104	49	.680	1910	104	50	.675
Chicago White Stockings	1880	67	17	.798	1881	56	28	.667	1882	55	29	.655
Cincinnati Red Stockings	1882	55	25	.688	1883	61	37	.622	1884	68	41	.624
New York Giants	1904	106	47	.693	1905	105	48	.686	1906	96	56	.632
New York Giants	1911	99	54	.647	1912	103	48	.682	1913	101	51	.664
New York Yankees	1936	102	51	.667	1937	102	52	.662	1938	99	53	.651
New York Yankees	1937	102	52	.662	1938	99	53	.651	1939	106	45	.702
New York Yankees	1941	101	53	.656	1942	103	51	.669	1943	98	56	.636
New York Yankees	1949	97	57	.630	1950	98	56	.636	1951	98	56	.636
New York Yankees	1953	99	52	.656	1954	103	51	.669	1955	96	58	.623
New York Yankees	1954	103	51	.669	1955	96	58	.623	1956	97	57	.630
New York Yankees	1955	96	58	.623	1956	97	57	.630	1957	98	56	.636
Philadelphia Athletics	1909	95	58	.621	1910	102	48	.680	1911	101	50	.669
Philadelphia Athletics	1928	98	55	.641	1929	104	46	.693	1930	102	52	.662
Philadelphia Athletics	1929	104	46	.693	1930	102	52	.662	1931	107	45	.704
Pittsburgh Pirates	1901	90	49	.647	1902	103	36	.741	1903	91	49	.650
St. Louis Browns	1883	65	33	.663	1884	67	40	.626	1885	79	33	.705
St. Louis Browns	1884	67	40	.626	1885	79	33	.705	1886	93	46	.669
St. Louis Browns	1885	79	33	.705	1886	93	46	.669	1887	95	40	.704
St. Louis Browns	1886	93	46	.669	1887	95	40	.704	1888	92	43	.681
St. Louis Browns	1887	95	40	.704	1888	92	43	.681	1889	90	45	.667
St. Louis Cardinals	1941	97	56	.634	1942	106	48	.688	1943	105	49	.682
St. Louis Cardinals	1942	106	48	.688	1943	105	49	.682	1944	105	49	.682

The Yankees, in theory, would have qualified seven times. The St Louis AA-NL club qualifies 7 times as well, and the Boston-Atlanta NA-NL club qualifies 8 times. If the Yankees win tonight, then they would match the Braves franchise "record".

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