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Originally Posted by Amazin69
Has any team ever started 0-5 and won a division? I can't think of one.
Those 1914 "Miracle Braves" started 3-16 before going 91-43 (which was 23-24 to get their bearings, and then a ridiculous 68-19 finish) the rest of the way, but they only were 0-3 out of the box.
History awaits? Perhaps.
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Bill James stated in one of his older Abstracts, that the teams to watch had a hot start. 6-0 was his key metric. This was a LONG time ago, perhaps 35 years...but at that point, he said a team with that hot of start was almost certain to make the playoffs.