My Top Baseball Teams of All Time - (In no particular order)
Part one
My Top Baseball Teams of All Time (In no particular order) Part
one
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates Record of 103 Wins and 36 Losses Won the
Pennant by 27.5 games Scored 775 runs and allowed 440 runs Five
pitchers with 15 wins and era under 2.55 They were Jack Chesbro,
Deacon Phillippe, Sam Leever, Jesse Tannenbill and Ed Doheny
There was no World Series in 1902
1904 Boston Red Sox Captured the pennant by 14.5 games Won the
World Series over a great Pittsburgh team five games to three.
Had three twenty game winners, led by Cy Young
1905 New York Giants Record of 105 Wins and 48 Losses, Won World
Series beating Philadelphia A's in five games Scored 780 runs
and gave up 505 runs. Had five pitchers with 15 wins led by Hall
of Famers Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity Christy Mathewson
won three World Series games. All three were shutouts. He
pitched on October 9, 12, and 14th and gave a total of 14 hits
and one walk in 27 innings.
1927 New York Yankees With a 110 and 44 record they won the
pennant by 19 games and beat the Pirates 4-0 in the World
Series. Scored 975 runs and allowed 599 runs. Six players in the
Hall of Fame: Ruth, Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Earl Coombs, Waite
Hoyt and Herb Pennock. All three outfielder batted at least 337
each (Ruth, Combs and Bob Meusel) that year.
1929 Philadelphia A's Won pennant by 19 games. Outscoring their
opposition 901-615. Winning 104 games and losing 46. Won World
Series 4-1 over the Cubs Had five future Hall of Famers Jimmy
Foxx, Al Simmons, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove and Eddie Collins
1932 New York Yankees Won the pennant by 13 games, outscoring
their opponents 1002 runs to 724 runs. Their starting lineup
(excluding pitchers) had six future Hall of Famers and two All
Stars Hall of Famers are Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Bill Dickey, Joe
Sewell and Earl Coombs All Stars were Frank Crosetti and Ben
Chapman The pitching staff had three future Hall of Famers Herb
Pennock, Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing Won World Series over the
Cubs 4 games to 0.
1934 St Louis Cardinals Won the World Series 4-3 over a great
Tiger team Five Future Hall of Famers on the team Dizzy Dean,
Dazzy Vance, Frankie Frisch, Leo Durocher and Joe Medwick
1936 New York Yankees Scored 1065 runs and allowed 731 Won
pennant by 19.5 games and beat the NY Giants 4 games to 2 in the
World Series Five players with at least 100 RBIs and Six
pitchers with at least 12 wins.