Cellar Dwellers

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.
Cellar 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:
1904 and 1909 Washington Senators1916 Philadelphia Athletics1928 and 1941 Philadelphia Phillies1932 Boston Red Sox1935 Boston Braves1939 St. Louis Browns1952 Pittsburgh Pirates 1962 New York MetsWhile 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.

Jonathan Weeks has written several sports histories and two novels, one of which was a posthumous collaboration with his late father. He grew up in the Capital District region of New York State and currently works in the mental health field. His works include Baseball's Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them, Latino Stars in Major League Baseball, and Shocktober: The Biggest Upsets in World Series History.

Preface
Chapter 1 - 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Chapter 2 - 1899 Cleveland Spiders
Chapter 3 - 1904 Washington Senators
Chapter 4 - 1909 Washington Senators
Chapter 5 - 1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Chapter 6 - 1928 Philadelphia Phillies
Chapter 7 - 1932 Boston Red Sox
Chapter 8 - 1935 Boston Braves
Chapter 9 - 1939 St. Louis Browns
Chapter 10 - 1941 Philadelphia Phillies
Chapter 11 - 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates
Chapter 12 - 1962 New York Mets
Chapter 13 - 2003 Detroit Tigers
Chapter 14 - Dishonorable Mention
Appendix
Bibliographical Notes