{"id":150694,"date":"2025-08-16T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150694\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:22:10","slug":"what-are-the-best-records-in-modern-mlb-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150694\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the best records in modern MLB history?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 15, 2025, 10:19 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/mil\/milwaukee-brewers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> secured their best record over a 30-game stretch in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/page2\/story?page=schoenfield\/080708\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">franchise history<\/a> within a single season. They also won their 13th straight game, tying a franchise record for consecutive wins in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Brewers&#8217; hot streak is impressive, they will need to push further to land a spot on the list of best modern MLB records of all time. MLB teams with the most wins in a single season continue to stand in a league of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the historical breakdown below:<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best winning percentage in AL\/NL history in the modern era (since 1900)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. 1906 Cubs: .763 (116-36)<\/p>\n<p>2. 1902 Pirates: .741 (103-36)<\/p>\n<p>3. 1909 Pirates: .724 (110-42)<\/p>\n<p>4. 1954 Cleveland: .721 (111-43)<\/p>\n<p>5. 2020 Dodgers: .717 (43-17) *Shortened season<\/p>\n<p>6. 2001 Mariners: .716 (116-46)<\/p>\n<p>7. 1927 Yankees: .714 (110-44)<\/p>\n<p>T8. 1907 Cubs: .704 (107-45)<\/p>\n<p>T8. 1931 Athletics: .704 (107-45)<\/p>\n<p>T8. 1998 Yankees: .704 (114-48)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teams with the most wins in a single season in AL\/NL history (and their record)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>T1. 1906 Cubs: 116-36<\/p>\n<p>T1. 2001 Mariners: 116-46<\/p>\n<p>3. 1998 Yankees: 114-48<\/p>\n<p>T4. 1954 Indians: 111-43<\/p>\n<p>T4. 2022 Dodgers: 111-51<\/p>\n<p>T6. 1909 Pirates: 110-42<\/p>\n<p>T6. 1927 Yankees: 110-44<\/p>\n<p>T8. 1961 Yankees: 109-53<\/p>\n<p>T8. 1969 Orioles: 109-53<\/p>\n<p>For more MLB coverage, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN hub page<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45969936\/hunter-greene-returns-6-shutout-innings-reds-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/scoreboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">standings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/stats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stats<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug 15, 2025, 10:19 PM ET In August 2025, the Milwaukee Brewers secured their best record over a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-150694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115038896812010805","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}