Home/road splitsville

Over on www.baseballprospectus.com, columnist Jim Baker points out what I've mentioned before ... how we have no less than 4 teams gunning for the worst season road record in modern MLB history:

Year   Team       W    L     Pct.
2005    Rox       5    29    .147
2005    Rays      6    28    .176
2005    Reds      6    24    .200
1981    Cubs     11    35    .239
1988    O’s      20    61    .247
2003    Tigers   20    61    .247
2005    Astros    9    27    .250
1977    Braves   21    60    .259
1979    Jays     21    60    .259
1989    Tigers   21    60    .259

What Jim failed to mention, and makes this feat even MORE remarkable, is that all the previous bad road clubs also finished below .500 at home that year (Atlanta's 1977 mark of 40-41 coming closest to escaping mediocrity).  However, all 4 of the 2005 road sloths currently have home records of .500 or better!  This makes their road ineptitude more newsworthy.

We therefore have a decent chance of possibly having our first team to go .500+ at home while going .250 or worse on the road in the same year.