{"id":70745,"date":"2025-08-15T17:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70745\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:37:08","slug":"what-are-the-best-records-in-modern-mlb-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70745\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the best records in modern MLB history?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In August 2025, the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> secured their best record over a 30-game stretch in franchise history<\/a> within a single season. They also became the 10th team in the divisional era to have multiple 10-plus-game winning streaks in a season.<\/p>\n

Though the Brewers’ 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

Check out the historical breakdown below:<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

Best winning percentage in AL\/NL history in the modern era (since 1900)<\/p>\n

1. 1906 Cubs: .763 (116-36)<\/p>\n

2. 1902 Pirates: .741 (103-36)<\/p>\n

3. 1909 Pirates: .724 (110-42)<\/p>\n

4. 1954 Cleveland: .721 (111-43)<\/p>\n

5. 2020 Dodgers: .717 (43-17) *Shortened season<\/p>\n

6. 2001 Mariners: .716 (116-46)<\/p>\n

7. 1927 Yankees: .714 (110-44)<\/p>\n

T8. 1907 Cubs: .704 (107-45)<\/p>\n

T8. 1931 Athletics: .704 (107-45)<\/p>\n

T8. 1998 Yankees: .704 (114-48)<\/p>\n

Teams with the most wins in a single season in AL\/NL history (and their record)<\/p>\n

T1. 1906 Cubs: 116-36<\/p>\n

T1. 2001 Mariners: 116-46<\/p>\n

3. 1998 Yankees: 114-48<\/p>\n

T4. 1954 Indians: 111-43<\/p>\n

T4. 2022 Dodgers: 111-51<\/p>\n

T6. 1909 Pirates: 110-42<\/p>\n

T6. 1927 Yankees: 110-44<\/p>\n

T8. 1961 Yankees: 109-53<\/p>\n

T8. 1969 Orioles: 109-53<\/p>\n

For more MLB coverage, check out the ESPN hub page<\/a> for breaking news<\/a>, scores<\/a>, standings<\/a>, stats<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In August 2025, the Milwaukee Brewers secured their best record over a 30-game stretch in franchise history within…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-70745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}