Who may the White Sox be a part of on checklist of worst-ever seasons?

The Chicago White Sox are chasing historical past. Sadly, not all historical past is constructive.

For many years the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (worst profitable proportion) and 1962 New York Mets (most whole losses) have had honest arguments for the worst season in Main League Baseball historical past. The White Sox, nevertheless, are on tempo to probably settle the talk as soon as and for all with the worst mark in each metrics.

Already boasting 102 losses and a profitable proportion of simply .233, Chicago is on tempo to reset league data. Who may they take part infamy if they cannot discover a September sizzling streak? Listed here are a few of the worst campaigns ever in American sports activities leagues.

NFL

2008 Detroit Lions

File: 0-16

Unsurprisingly, a season ending with a .000 profitable proportion leads this checklist. The Lions weren’t with out occasional hope — most notably enduring a stretch of 4 consecutive video games determined by one rating — however ultimately fell quick each time. The marketing campaign was the eighth in a stretch of 10 straight shedding seasons for Detroit, and third-year coach Rod Marinelli was fired in the future after a Week 17 defeat to the Green Bay Packers that made the Lions the primary staff in NFL historical past to go 0-16.

2017 Cleveland Browns

File: 0-16

Because the saying goes, distress loves firm. Fortunately (in a way) for the Lions, they are not the one NFL staff to carry the distinctive distinction of finishing a winless 16-game season. Simply over a decade after Detroit went 0-16, the Browns put forth a winless season of their very own.

Cleveland’s quest for a victory got here right down to the wire. Most notably, a 4-yard landing cross to Rashard Higgins pulled the Browns right into a tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers early within the third quarter in Week 17. However their hope was short-lived. Minutes later, JuJu Smith-Schuster returned the following kickoff 96 yards to offer the Steelers a lead they would not relinquish and seal Cleveland’s winless destiny.

1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

File: 0-14

The Buccaneers’ winless season pales considerably when in comparison with these of the Lions and Browns, who accomplished the feat with two extra video games on the schedule, however Tampa Bay nonetheless completed with the identical profitable proportion of .000. The offense was notably anemic within the Buccaneers’ fateful marketing campaign, getting shut out in 5 of its video games.

WNBA

2011 Tulsa Shock

File: 3-31

Tulsa’s 2011 marketing campaign began out with a 20-point loss on the highway to the San Antonio Stars and did not enhance a lot from there. It was the primary of 10 losses by 20 or extra factors for the Shock that season. Tulsa went two months between its first and second wins. The Shock gained only one house recreation all season en path to a WNBA-record profitable proportion of .088.

NHL

1974-75 Washington Capitals

File: 8-67-5

It goes with out saying that the Capitals’ debut as an NHL franchise may have gone somewhat higher. The staff set quite a lot of data marks in its preliminary marketing campaign, together with the worst highway file of any staff in NHL historical past (1-39) in addition to the worst defensive file (the staff’s 446 whole objectives conceded stay an NHL file, over 30 greater than the following closest squad).

NBA

2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats

File: 7-59

The Bobcats’ season bought off to a powerful begin, with a pair of free throws from rookie Kemba Walker sealing a 96-95 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on opening night time. From there, although, issues spiraled. Charlotte gained not more than three video games in any given month earlier than a brutal stretch through which the squad misplaced their ultimate 23 video games. The Bobcats ended the season (shortened as a consequence of a fall lockout) a outstanding 43 video games out of first place within the Japanese Convention, and 39 video games behind the division-leading Miami Heat.

MLB

1916 Philadelphia Athletics

File: 36-117

Whereas the 1962 New York Mets (40-120-1) maintain the file for many whole losses in a season, the 1916 Athletics are extra related to the White Sox’s chase, having completed with the worst profitable proportion (.235) of any MLB staff (the Mets performed a further seven video games). Philadelphia completed a outstanding 40 video games again … of second-to-last place within the American League. The historic marketing campaign got here only one season after the Athletics got here up quick within the second of back-to-back World Sequence appearances.