The 1885 Chicago White Stockings have the best all-time record through 100 games. They went 80-20 in the first 100 games, and eventually finished the season at 87-25.
Team | Year | Record | Run Differential | Final Record | Final Result | |
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1 | Chicago White Stockings | 1885 | 80-20 | +335 | 87-25 | No Postseason |
2 | New York Giants | 1885 | 77-23 | +275 | 85-27 | No Postseason |
3 | Chicago White Stockings | 1886 | 75-25 | +317 | 90-34 | No Postseason |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 1902 | 75-25 | +257 | 103-36 | No Postseason | |
5 | Philadelphia Athletics | 1929 | 74-26 | +262 | 104-46 | Won WS |
New York Yankees | 1998 | 74-26 | +203 | 114-48 | Won WS | |
Philadelphia Athletics | 1931 | 74-26 | +186 | 107-45 | Lost WS | |
8 | New York Yankees | 1927 | 73-27 | +281 | 110-44 | Won WS |
St. Louis Cardinals | 1944 | 73-27 | +254 | 105-49 | Won WS | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 1909 | 73-27 | +154 | 111-42 | Won WS | |
Chicago Cubs | 1907 | 73-27 | +123 | 107-45 | Won WS | |
12 | Detroit Wolverines | 1886 | 72-28 | +252 | 87-36 | No Postseason |
New York Giants | 1912 | 72-28 | +219 | 103-48 | Lost WS | |
Seattle Mariners | 2001 | 72-28 | +165 | 116-46 | Lost ALCS | |
15 | New York Giants | 1904 | 71-29 | +214 | 106-47 | No Postseason |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 1942 | 71-29 | +177 | 104-50 | Missed Playoffs | |
17 | Boston Beaneaters | 1893 | 70-30 | +204 | 86-43 | No Postseason |
New York Giants | 1905 | 70-30 | +201 | 105-48 | Won WS | |
Boston Red Sox | 1946 | 70-30 | +176 | 104-50 | Lost WS | |
Chicago Cubs | 1906 | 70-30 | +173 | 116-36 | Lost WS | |
Cleveland Indians | 1954 | 70-30 | +136 | 111-43 | Lost WS | |
Cincinnati Reds | 1970 | 70-30 | +101 | 102-60 | Lost WS | |
23 | Baltimore Orioles | 1896 | 69-31 | +268 | 90-39 | No Postseason |
Boston Beaneaters | 1897 | 69-31 | +253 | 93-39 | No Postseason | |
New York Yankees | 1939 | 69-31 | +248 | 106-45 | Won WS | |
New York Yankees | 1937 | 69-31 | +224 | 102-52 | Won WS | |
Cincinnati Reds | 1896 | 69-31 | +214 | 77-50 | No Postseason | |
Baltimore Orioles | 1969 | 69-31 | +191 | 109-53 | Lost WS | |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 2017 | 69-31 | +176 | 104-58 | Lost WS | |
Philadelphia Athletics | 1913 | 69-31 | +169 | 96-57 | Won WS | |
Boston Red Sox | 2018 | 69-31 | +159 | 108-54 | Won WS | |
New York Yankees | 1941 | 69-31 | +150 | 101-53 | Won WS | |
New York Yankees | 1928 | 69-31 | +138 | 101-53 | Won WS | |
Detroit Tigers | 1984 | 69-31 | +137 | 104-58 | Won WS | |
New York Giants | 1913 | 69-31 | +130 | 101-51 | Lost WS | |
36 | Baltimore Orioles | 1897 | 68-32 | +203 | 90-40 | No Postseason |
Chicago Cubs | 1929 | 68-32 | +176 | 98-54 | Lost WS | |
New York Yankees | 1942 | 68-32 | +171 | 103-51 | Lost WS | |
Philadelphia Phillies | 1976 | 68-32 | +166 | 101-61 | Lost NLCS | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 1955 | 68-32 | +164 | 98-55 | Won WS | |
Boston Red Sox | 1912 | 68-32 | +150 | 105-47 | Won WS | |
New York Mets | 1986 | 68-32 | +148 | 108-54 | Won WS | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 1952 | 68-32 | +143 | 96-57 | Lost WS | |
Philadelphia Athletics | 1910 | 68-32 | +142 | 102-48 | Won WS | |
New York Yankees | 1923 | 68-32 | +138 | 98-54 | Won WS | |
Cincinnati Reds | 1919 | 68-32 | +123 | 96-44 | Won WS | |
47 | New York Yankees | 2022 | 67-33 | +197 | 99-63 | Lost ALCS |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 2022 | 67-33 | +191 | 111-51 | Lost NLDS | |
New York Yankees | 1938 | 67-33 | +190 | 99-53 | Won WS | |
New York Yankees | 1932 | 67-33 | +184 | 107-47 | Won WS | |
Houston Astros | 2017 | 67-33 | +183 | 101-61 | Won WS | |
New York Yankees | 1947 | 67-33 | +175 | 97-57 | Won WS | |
New York Yankees | 1956 | 67-33 | +163 | 97-57 | Won WS | |
San Francisco Giants | 1993 | 67-33 | +153 | 103-59 | Missed Playoffs | |
New York Yankees | 1954 | 67-33 | +152 | 103-51 | Missed Playoffs | |
Chicago Cubs | 1909 | 67-33 | +149 | 104-49 | Missed Playoffs | |
New York Giants | 1917 | 67-33 | +146 | 98-56 | Lost WS | |
Cleveland Indians | 1920 | 67-33 | +141 | 98-56 | Won WS | |
Chicago Cubs | 1910 | 67-33 | +140 | 104-50 | Lost WS | |
Cleveland Indians | 1995 | 67-33 | +138 | 100-44 | Lost WS | |
Philadelphia Athletics | 1930 | 67-33 | +136 | 102-52 | Won WS | |
Boston Beaneaters | 1892 | 67-33 | +133 | 102-48 | No Postseason | |
Detroit Tigers | 2006 | 67-33 | +131 | 95-67 | Lost WS | |
St. Louis Cardinals | 1943 | 67-33 | +121 | 105-49 | Lost WS | |
Baltimore Orioles | 1979 | 67-33 | +117 | 102-57 | Lost WS |
The 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers started the season 71-29, but failed to make the postseason. In the wild card era (1994 and after), the best start to the season which still missed the postseason is shared by the 2011 Boston Red Sox and 1995 California Angels, who started the season 62-38, but didn't make the postseason.
Starting in 1885, of the 127 teams that each season had the best record or tied for the best record through 100 games, 86.6% of them went on to make the postseason, and 34.6% of them won the World Series. The most recent 5 teams that had the best record through 100 games and went on to win the World Series are The 2018 Boston Red Sox, the 2016 Chicago Cubs, the 2007 Boston Red Sox, the 2005 Chicago White Sox and the 1999 New York Yankees.
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