The Team of the Decade, MLB
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For regulars you may know that I have maintained a "Team of the Decade" thread for Pro Football for a few years now. That is based on a scoring system I devised whereby I gave a team 10 points for winning a championship, 6 points for losing a championship game, 3 points for losing a conference title game, and 1 point for making the playoffs in any given year.
I am going to apply the same system here. Bear with me as the changes in the playoff system that MLB has used over the years requires some adjustment in terms of applying my formula.
From 1903, the year of the first World Series, to 1968 there were ONLY 2 team competing in post season play, an AL champ an an NL champ. To be consistent, I gave the winner of the WS 10 points and the loser 6 points. Its just that no teams were awarded 3 or 1 points for that period.
After 1969 there were 4 teams in the playoffs, so 4 teams get points 10/6/3. After the playoffs expanded again in 1995 I then applied the 10/6/3/1 formula. So here are the points.....and the awarding of the mantle of "Team of the Decade" for MLB for every decade from the 1900s to now:
1900s:
Cubs 6, 10, 10 ........ 26 points. The Cubs are the Team of the Decade for the 1900-1909 Decade
Tigers 6,6,6 .............. 18 pts
Pirates 6,10..............16 pts
White Sox 10.........10 pts
Giants 10.............10 pts
Red Sox 10.........10 pts
Athletics 6......6 pts
1910s:
Red Sox 10,10,10, 10......40 points. The Red Sox are the Teams of the Decade for the 1910-1919 Decade
As 10,10,10,6......36 points
Giants 6,6,6,6.....24 pts.
White Sox 10,6....16 pts.
Cubs 6,6...........12 pts
Braves 10..........10 pts
Reds 10.............10 pts.
Phillies 6...........6 pts
Dodgers 6.........6 pts.
1920s
Yankees 6,6,10,6,10,10.....48 points. The Yankees are the Team of the Decade for 1920-1929
Giants 10,10, 6, 6.....32 pts.
Senators 10, 6..........16 pts
Pirates 10, 6.............16 pts
Cardinals 10, 6.........16 pts
Indians 10...............10 pts.
As 10....................10 pts
Dodgers 6........6 pts
Cubs 6 ............6 pts.
1930s
Yankees 10,10,10,10, 10.......50 pts. The Yankees are the Team of the Decade for 1930-1939
Cardinals 6, 10, 10.............26 pts
Giants 10, 6,6..................22 pts
Cubs 6, 6, 6, ....................18 pts
A's 10, 6...........................16 pts
Tigers 6, 10.....................16 pts.
Reds 6...........................6 pts
Senators 6.....................6 pts
1940s
Yankees 10, 6, 10, 10, 10 ........46 points. The Yankees are the Team of the Decade for 1940-1949.
Cardinals 10, 6, 10, 10..........36 pts
Dodgers 6, 6, 6 ....................18 pts.
Tigers 6, 10 ........................16 pts.
Reds 10.............................10 pts
Indians 10..........................10 pts
Browns 6...........................6 pts (St. Louis Browns nka Balt. Orioles)
Cubs 6............................6 pts
Red Sox 6.....................6 pts
Braves 6........................6 pts.
1950s
Yankees 10, 10, 10, 10 6, 10, 6, 10......72 pts. The Yankees are the Team of the Decade for 1950-1959 (by far the largest point total in a single decade)
Dodgers 6, 6, 10, 6, 10.......38 pts
Giants 6, 10.....................16 pts
Braves 10, 6....................16 pts
Phillies 6...........................6 pts.
White Sox 6.....................6 pts
Indians 6..........................6 pts
1960s
Yankees 6, 10, 10, 6, 6.......38 pts. The Yankees are the Team of the Decade for 1960-1969
Dodgers 10, 10, 6.............26 pts
Cardinals 10, 10, 6...........26 pts
Orioles 10, 6...................16 pts
Mets 10.........................10 pts
Tigers 10......................10 pts
Pirates 10....................10 pts
Twins 6, 3...................9 pts
Reds 6........................6 pts
Giants 6......................6 pts
Red Sox 6..................6 pts
Braves 3 ..................3 pts
1969 is the first year of the League Championship Series where more than 2 teams made postseason.
I will treat each subsequent decade in a separate post hereafter, as it gets a bit more complex now.
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1970s
Reds 6,6,3,10,10,3.............38 points. The Reds are the Team of the Decade of the 1970s
As 3, 10, 10, 10, 3............36 pts
Pirates 3, 10, 3, 3, 3, 10...32 pts
Orioles 10, 6, 3, 3, 6.....28 pts.
Yankees 6, 10, 10.......26 pts.
Dodgers 6, 6, 6..........18 pts
Royals 3, 3, 3, ..........9 pts.
Phillies 3, 3, 3...........9 pts
Red Sox 6.............6 pts
Mets 6..................6 pts.
Twins 3........3 pts
Giants 3......3 pts
Tigers 3......3 pts
Angels........3 pts.
The 1970s is the closest Team of the Decade Race in history, with only 2 points separating the first and second place team.
(Oddly, the same is true in football, the 70s was the closest race...Steelers/Cowboys only 2 pts apart)
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1980s
Dodgers 10, 3, 3, 10 ............26 points. The Dodgers are the Team of the Decade from 1980 to 1989
Cardinals 10, 6, 6 ................22 pts.
Royals 6, 1, 3, 6..................20 pts
A's 3, 6, 10 ........................19 pts
Phillies 10, 1, 6..................17 pts
Tigers 10, 3 ......................13 pts
Mets 10, 3........................13 pts
Orioles 10........................10 pts
Twins 10..........................10 pts
Yankees 3, 6...................9 pts
Red Sox 6, 3...................9 pts
Giants 3, 6......................9 pts.
Astros 3, 1, 6..................7 pts
Brewers 1, 6..................7 pts
Angels 3, 3...................6 pts
Padres 6......................6 pts
Cubs 3, 3.....................6 pts
Blue Jays 3, 3.............6 pts
White Sox 3 .............3 pts
Braves 3 ...................3 pts
Expos 3 ...................3 pts (nka Washington Nationals)
Note, in 1981, due to a strike I believe MLB expanded the playoffs to include wildcard teams. After that they went back to just division winners playing. Not until 1995 did wildcards come back into play. That is why you see a few teams with 1 pt.
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1990s
Braves 6, 3, 10, 6, 3, 3, 6......37 points. The Braves are the Team of the Decade for the 1990s
Yankees 1, 10, 1, 10, 10 ......32 pts.
Blue Jays 3, 10, 10...............23 pts
Indians 6, 1, 6, 3, 1..............17 pts
Red Sox 3, 3, 1, 1, 3...........11 pts
Reds 10 .............................10 pts
Marlins 10...........................10 pts
Twins 10.............................10 pts
Padres 6, 1........................7 pts
As 6................................6 pts
Pirates 3, 3....................6 pts
Phillies 6.......................6 pts
Orioles 3, 3...................6 pts
Mariners 3, 1................4 pts
White Sox 3...............3 pts
Cardinals 3...............3 pts
Rangers 1, 1, 1.........3 pts
Astros 1, 1, 1............3 pts
Mets 3......................3 pts
Dodgers 1, 1............2 pts
Rockies 1................1 pt.
Giants 1..................1 pts
Cubs 1....................1 pts
D-backs..................1 pt
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2000s
Yankees 10, 6, 1, 6, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 10........40 points. The Yankees are the Team of the Decade for 2000-2009
Red Sox 3, 10, 1, 10, 3, 1....................31 pts
Cardinals 3, 1, 3, 6, 3, 10, 1................27 pts
Angels 10, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3.......................19 pts
Phillies 1, 10, 6..................................17 pts
Diamondbacks 10, 1, 3......................14 pts
White Sox 1, 10.................................11 pts
Marlins 10 ........................................10 pts
Astros 1, 3, 6.....................................10 pts
Mets 6, 3...........................................9 pts
Giants 1, 6, 1, 1...............................9 pts
Braves 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1......................8 pts
Dodgers 1, 1, 3, 3...........................8 pts
As 1, 1, 1, 1, 3.................................7 pts
Twins 3, 1, 1, 1, 1...........................7 pts
Rockies 6, 1 .................................7 pts
Rays 6.........................................6 pts
Tigers 6.......................................6 pts
Mariners 3, 3..............................6 pts
Cubs 3, 1, 1...............................5 pts
Indians 1, 3................................4 pts
Padres1, 1................................2 pts.
Brewers 1.................................1 pt
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2010s so far:
The lead for Team of the Decade is in the balance
Giants 10, 10...............20 pts so far
Cardinals 10, 3..........13 pts so far
Rangers 6, 6.............12 pts
Tigers 3,6,3..............12 pts
Yankees 3, 1, 3........7 pts
Phillies 3, 1..............4 pts
Rays 1, 1, 1............3 pts
Brewers 3..............3 pts
Dodgers 3.............3 pts
Reds 1, 1..............2 pts
Bravess 1, 1,.........2 pts
A's 1, 1.................2 pts
Reds 1, 1............2 pts
Twins 1................ 1 pts
D-backs...............1 pt
Nationals 1..........1 pt
Indians 1..............1 pt.
Pirates 1..............1 pt.
If the Cardinals win the World Series, they will take over the lead for Team of the Decade. If they don't win, the Giants maintain the lead by 1 point.
The Red Sox will get either 6 or 10 pts...but those will be their first points of the decade....and would give them at best 5th place
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Lol at the Cubs.
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Lol at the Cubs.
Lol at the Cubs.
A hundred plus years ago they were the best....but it is now 105 years and running since they won a WS.
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After Last night's win by the Red XoS here is the current standings in this category:
Team of the Decade 2010s, so far:
Giants 10, 10...............20 pts so far
Cardinals 10, 3, 6..........19 pts so far
Rangers 6, 6.............12 pts
Tigers 3,6,3..............12 pts
Red Sox 10..............10 pts.
Yankees 3, 1, 3........7 pts
Phillies 3, 1..............4 pts
Rays 1, 1, 1............3 pts
Brewers 3..............3 pts
Dodgers 3.............3 pts
Reds 1, 1..............2 pts
Bravess 1, 1,.........2 pts
A's 1, 1.................2 pts
Reds 1, 1............2 pts
Twins 1................ 1 pts
D-backs...............1 pt
Nationals 1..........1 pt
Indians 1..............1 pt.
Pirates 1..............1 pt
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Just a note: this was the 4th meeting in the World Series between the Red Sox and Cardinals. Other 4 or more WS matchups in history:
Yankees/Dodgers 11 times
Yankees/Giants 7 times
Yankees/Cardinals 5 times
Yankees/Braves 4 times
As/Giants 4 times
Tigers/Cubs 4 times
and now Red Xos/Cards
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