{"product_id":"9780810885332","title":"Cellar Dwellers: The Worst Teams in Baseball History","description":"In 1890, baseball’s Pittsburgh Alleghenys won a measly 23 games, losing 113. The Cleveland Spiders topped this record when they lost an astonishing 134 games in 1899. Over 100 years later, the 2003 Detroit Tigers stood apart as the only team in baseball history to lose 60 games before July in a season. These stories and more are told in Cellar Dwellers: The Worst Teams in Baseball History, a colorful tribute to the sport’s least successful clubs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCellar Dwellers spans three centuries of professional baseball, recounting the seasons of those teams whose misadventures have largely been forgotten over time. Chapters not only cover the stories of the luckless teams, they also include reams of statistics and detailed player profiles of those who helped the clubs—and those who helped them fail. In addition to the Alleghenys, Spiders, and Tigers, the cellar dwellers of baseball include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1904 and 1909 Washington Senators\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1916 Philadelphia Athletics\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1928 and 1941 Philadelphia Phillies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1932 Boston Red Sox\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1935 Boston Braves\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1939 St. Louis Browns\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1952 Pittsburgh Pirates \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e1962 New York Mets\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile many books revel in the glories of teams whose exploits have become legendary, the stories found in this volume offer an engaging alternative to the thrill of victory. Embellished with comical and amusing anecdotes alongside historical perspectives, Cellar Dwellers will entertain baseball fans and fascinate those who love baseball history.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123897549040,"sku":"9780810885332","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780810885332_p0.jpg?v=1769908655","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780810885332","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}