White Sox Make History in the Worst Way by Notching the Most Losses Since 1899

The Chicago White Sox surpassed the impossibly terrible 1962 New York Mets by losing their 121st game of the season on Friday.

Expectations for the team were at rock bottom going into the season, but few could have imagined the South Siders would be this bad.

After staving off the 121st loss for the last three games thanks to a sweep of the lowly Los Angeles Angels, the White Sox headed to Detroit to face a Tigers team on the verge of clinching a postseason berth, which they did by defeating Chicago 4-1.

And so, the White Sox have managed to eclipse the aforementioned Mets, who went 40-120-1, in baseball ignominy. But in the 1962 Mets’ defense, they were an expansion team that leaned on players such as “Marvelous” Marv Throneberry and a washed up Gil Hodges, who just seven years later would manage the Miracle Mets to their first World Series title. The ’62 team was so bad, at one point legendary manager Casey Stengel asked his players, “Can’t anyone here play this game?”

One bright spot for the Mets in 1962 was Frank Thomas, who clobbered 34 runs. He died last year at the age of 93, prompting Fox News to mistakenly announce the death of the much younger former baseball player, Frank Thomas, who is in the Hall of Fame and played for the White Sox during much happier times.

Chicago has been outscored this season by a ridiculous 314 runs with two games to go. Its 121 losses are the most by any team in Major League Baseball since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who went 20-134 with Joe Biden playing third base.

Watch above via NBC Sports Chicago.

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