61 Yankees..76 Reds...95 Indians

• Footwedge

  Which had the strongest team? Could probably include the early 70 A's or Orioles of that period. But for now, which of the 3 had the best team?
• lhslep134

  

  1995 Atlanta Braves.
• Rotinaj

  

  2014 Reds.
• BRF

  

  1966 Orioles - 4 20 game winners
  
  McNally 21-5
  Palmer 20-10
  Cuellar 20-9
  Dobson 20-8
• Ironman92

  

  lhslep134;1641035 wrote:1995 Atlanta Braves.

  Apparently
• Footwedge

  Well...I know the tribe had better hitting than the Big Red Machine. The 61 Yankees pounded it too.
• wghfan

  Footwedge;1641027 wrote:Which had the strongest team? Could probably include the early 70 A's or Orioles of that period. But for now, which of the 3 had the best team?

  How can you not include the 2013 Tigers? with that lineup?
• BRF

  

  1961 Yankees had a then record 240 team home runs.
  
  64 of them came from 3 guys who shared the catching duties: Elston Howard 21, Johnny Blanchard 21 and Yogi Berra 22.
  
  Maris and Mantle combined for 115.
  
  Moose Skowron chipped in 28.
• Azubuike24

  

  First off, why even throw the 76 Reds in there. Good team, not great. Why not use 1975?
  
  61 Yanks. 109 wins. WS title.
  75 Reds. 108 wins. WS title.
  95 Indians. 100 wins. No WS title.
  
  Is this a serious thread?
• Iliketurtles

  

  It's footwedge so obviously it's not serious.
• Footwedge

  Azubuike24;1641125 wrote:First off, why even throw the 76 Reds in there. Good team, not great. Why not use 1975?
  
  61 Yanks. 109 wins. WS title.
  75 Reds. 108 wins. WS title.
  95 Indians. 100 wins. No WS title.
  
  Is this a serious thread?

  Reds swept the playoffs in 76...thus the comparison asshole. The Indians had the highest winning percentage over the other 2. Also a much higher winning percentage than the 75 Reds. Need more?
• Ironman92

  

  Footwedge;1641179 wrote:Reds swept the playoffs in 76...thus the comparison asshole. The Indians had the highest winning percentage over the other 2. Also a much higher winning percentage than the 75 Reds. Need more?

  Should've asterisked that 95 was a strike shortened year or gave a winning %
  
  Not winning it all kills them in this argument. You might as well include the 2001? Mariners
• Heretic

  

  Ironman92;1641195 wrote:Should've asterisked that 95 was a strike shortened year or gave a winning %
  
  Not winning it all kills them in this argument. You might as well include the 2001? Mariners

  Or the one Giants team from before the Wild Card got implemented that won over 100 games (I'm thinking 103, but not positive), but didn't make the playoffs.
• Ironman92

  

  Heretic;1641216 wrote:Or the one Giants team from before the Wild Card got implemented that won over 100 games (I'm thinking 103, but not positive), but didn't make the playoffs.

  103 sounds right...Braves won 104
• thavoice

  Very difficult to compare teams from different era's. I try to then compare the players from each team with how good they are with the players of that time frame, so basically if a team has a number of HOF'ers i go with them as they had more players who excelled in their era to the extent they were seen as some of the best ever.
  
  I know its not the best way to do it, but just the way I do i.t
• vball10set

  I hate Detoilet, but the '84 Tigers were beasts.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  1990 Cincinnati Reds.
• superman

  27 Yankees