Tom Van Riper, 10.21.10, 01:00 PM EDT No. 1 1987 Minnesota Twins Record: 85-77 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.385 A weak AL West and a "Dome Field" advantage in the World Series--the Twins took all four home games in the loud Metrodome while losing all three road games against the favored Cardinals--yielded an unlikely title to this very average team. Don't lump this club in with the '91 Twins, a far better team that also took a seven-game World Series with four home wins. No. 2 2006 St. Louis Cardinals Record: 83-78 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.533 The lowest winning percentage ever for a world championship team. Chris Carpenter and Jeff Suppan were the only regular starting pitchers to register winning records. No. 3 2000 New York Yankees Record: 87-74 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.650 Sure, this club was probably better than its record. Coming off two straight titles, the 2000 Yanks sleep walked through September on their way to the playoffs. Still, facts are facts. The 1998 Yankees (114-48) rate as an all-time great team because the players kept plowing ahead and winning after they'd all but clinched a division title. This club didn't. No. 4 2003 Florida Marlins Record: 91-71 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.732 Eighth in scoring and seventh in staff ERA in the NL, the Marlins were a wild card team that got hot at the right time. Young pitchers Brad Penny and Josh Beckett stifled the Yankees in a six-game World Series upset. No. 5 1916 Boston Red Sox Record: 91-63 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.805 Third from the bottom in scoring in the AL, the Sox took the pennant and upset Brooklyn in the World Series behind a strong pitching staff that included Babe Ruth's 23 wins and 1.75 ERA. No. 6 1985 Kansas City Royals Record: 91-71 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.850 The Royals took baseball's weakest division by one game, then upset Toronto and St. Louis in the post season. Veteran star George Brett (.335 batting average) was the only regular to hit better than .278. No. 7 1964 St. Louis Cardinals Record: 93-69 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.914 The National League's 1962 expansion into New York and Houston helped boost the records of the league's better teams for the next few years. The '64 Cardinals were also the beneficiary of the greatest collapse in MLB history, as the Philadelphia Phillies coughed up a 6 1/2 game lead over the final 12 games. No. 8 1996 New York Yankees Record: 92-70 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.978 The club that started the Yankee run of four titles in five years wasn't the powerhouse that a couple of its successors would become. The '96 Yanks ranked ninth in the AL in scoring and fifth in staff ERA. Three regular starting pitchers--Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Key and Dwight Gooden--had ERAs of 4.68 or higher. No. 9 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Record: 91-71 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 0.995 Carried by MVP Mike Schmidt and Cy Young Award winner Steve Carlton, the Phillies sneaked into the playoffs by one game over Montreal, and then outlasted the Houston Astros in a memorable best-of-five playoff that produced four extra-inning thrillers. No. 10 2008 Philadelphia Phillies Record: 92-70 Std. Deviation's Above Mean: 1.012 The "Fightin' Phils" proved to be a resilient bunch as they pushed through September and October to take the title. But when your five-team division includes two teams with 90 or more losses, a 92-victory season doesn't score very highly on a historic level. http://www.forbes.com/2010/10/21/yankees-rangers-giants-business-sports -baseball-worst-world-series-champs.html?boxes=Homepagelighttop http://is.gd/gftHm --

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