Phillies have to win 11 more to not lose 100 - Top 20 Years Most losses by the Phillies

The Phillies have a tall order facing them over the last month of the baseball season.

The team needs to win 11 more games to avoid losing 100 games in a season, the last time that the Phillies lost 100 or more in a season happened in 1961 when the Phillies lost 107 games in the season. Other years, the Phillies did come close to the triple digit losses, in 2000, the Phils lost 97 games.

The Phils notched their 52nd win of the year last night against the Padres, and the Miami Marlins have now tied the Phillies record on the season for wins and losses.


Looking at the schedule, except for series with the Red Sox and the Cubs (and today's game against the Padres), the remaining games are all against the NL East opponents.

Here's a ranking of the top 20 years with the most losses by the Phillies thanks the to Baseball-Reference.com:

Rk	Year	Tm	G	W	L ▾	Ties	W-L%	Finish	GB	R	RA
1	1941	Philadelphia Phillies	155	43	111	1	.279	8th of 8	57.0	501	793
2	1942	Philadelphia Phillies	151	42	109	0	.278	8th of 8	62.5	394	706
3	1928	Philadelphia Phillies	152	43	109	0	.283	8th of 8	51.0	660	957
4	1945	Philadelphia Phillies	154	46	108	0	.299	8th of 8	52.0	548	865
5	1961	Philadelphia Phillies	155	47	107	1	.305	8th of 8	46.0	584	796
6	1939	Philadelphia Phillies	152	45	106	1	.298	8th of 8	50.5	553	856
7	1938	Philadelphia Phillies	151	45	105	1	.300	8th of 8	43.0	550	840
8	1923	Philadelphia Phillies	155	50	104	1	.325	8th of 8	45.5	748	1008
9	1940	Philadelphia Phillies	153	50	103	0	.327	8th of 8	50.0	494	750
10	1927	Philadelphia Phillies	155	51	103	1	.331	8th of 8	43.0	678	903
11	1921	Philadelphia Phillies	154	51	103	0	.331	8th of 8	43.5	617	919
12	1930	Philadelphia Phillies	156	52	102	2	.338	8th of 8	40.0	944	1199
13	1936	Philadelphia Phillies	154	54	100	0	.351	8th of 8	38.0	726	874
14	1904	Philadelphia Phillies	155	52	100	3	.342	8th of 8	53.5	571	784
15	1969	Philadelphia Phillies	162	63	99	0	.389	5th of 6	37.0	645	745
16	2000	Philadelphia Phillies	162	65	97	0	.401	5th of 5	30.0	708	830
17	1972	Philadelphia Phillies	156	59	97	0	.378	6th of 6	37.5	503	635
18	1988	Philadelphia Phillies	162	65	96	1	.404	6th of 6	35.5	597	734
19	1924	Philadelphia Phillies	152	55	96	1	.364	7th of 8	37.0	676	849
20	1922	Philadelphia Phillies	154	57	96	1	.373	7th of 8	35.5	738	920

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/30/2015.