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The Worst Teams That People "Like"

Did you know baseball-Reference has a Facebook "like" button on every yearly page for every team?  Here are a bunch of bad teams that at least one person "likes".

1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys (23-113)
1902 Baltimore Orioles (50-88)
1908 New York Highlanders (51-103)
1912 New York Highlanders (50-102)
1913 New York Yankees (57-94)
1924 Boston Red Sox (67-87)
1925 Boston Braves (70-83)
1930 Boston Red Sox (52-102)
1941 Philadelphia Phillies (43-111)
1947 Pittsburgh Pirates (62-92)
1951 St. Louis Browns (52-102)
1954 Philadelphia Athletics (51-103)
1960 Boston Red Sox (65-89)
1960 Detroit Tigers (71-83)
1961 Minnesota Twins (70-90)
1962 Houston Colt .45s (64-96)
1962 New York Mets (40-120)
1966 New York Yankees (70-89)
1966 Washington Senators (71-88)
1967 New York Yankees (72-90)
1969 Seattle Pilots (64-98)
1969 California Angels (71-91)
1970 Milwaukee Brewers (65-97)
1976 Chicago White Sox (64-97)
1977 Atlanta Braves (61-101)
1977 San Diego Padres (69-93)
1978 Atlanta Braves (69-93)
1980 New York Mets (67-95)
1981 Chicago Cubs (38-65)
1982 Minnesota Twins (60-102)
1984 Cleveland Indians (75-87)
1986 Minnesota Twins (71-91)
1987 Houston Astros (76-86)
1987 Texas Rangers (75-87)
1988 Texas Rangers (70-91)
1988 California Angels (75-87)
1988 Atlanta Braves (54-106)
1988 St Louis Cardinals (76-86)
1989 Cleveland Indians (73-89)
1989 New York Yankees (74-87)

1990 New York Yankees (67-95)
1991 New York Yankees (71-91)
1991 Houston Astros (65-97)

1991 San Francisco Giants (75-87)
1992 New York Yankees (76-86)
1992 San Francisco Giants (72-90)
1993 Cincinnati Reds (73-89)
1993 Colorado Rockies (67-95)
1994 Detroit Tigers (53-62)
1995 Milwaukee Brewers (65-79)
1996 San Francisco Giants (68-94)
1997 Kansas City Royals (67-94)
1998 Philadelphia Phillies (75-87)
1999 Detroit Tigers (69-92)
1999 Chicago Cubs (67-95)
2001 Cincinnati Reds (66-96)
2002 Texas Rangers (72-90)
2003 Detroit Tigers (43-119)
2003 Texas Rangers (71-91)
2004 Montreal Expos (67-95)
2004 Pittsburgh Pirates (72-89)

 

Two people "like" the 1988 Rangers who were in no way special.  The Boston Braves won the World Series in 1914 and nobody "likes" them.