I'm a day behind commenting on this but San Diego mexican food did a number on me. Monday had some golden anniversaries.
First off, an entire team debuted: The Angels. They won their franchise opener 7-2 over the Orioles. To date, it's the only time their cumulative franchise record has ever been over .500. The American League's other expansion franchise, the new Washington Senators, had its debut the day before.
According to Baseball Reference the Angels are currently 35 games under .500 as a franchise, also known as a .428 win percentage. In contrast the Dodgers, Los Angeles' only true team, is 937 games over as a club with a win percentage of .524. This is good enough for third place all time, only being eclipsed by the Giants (1477 .538) and of course the Yankees (2310 .568).
Strangely enough, the Yankees don't even make the top five of all time club wins. Then again all the teams above them have about 18 years of a headstart.
In case you were wondering, the worst win percentage and most games under .500 come from the same team. Ladies and gentleman, your Philadelphia Phillies! With a franchise record of 9,142 wins and 10,234 loses for a win percentage of .472 which is 1,092 games under .500. With the way their rotation is currently built they look to be working on getting the franchise over .500. Good luck fellas.
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