MLB: The Top 20 Home Teams in Baseball History – Greatest Home Seasons

The 1932 Yankees - Greatest Home Team of All Time

Sports List of the Day has been looking at baseball home and road records the past couple of days, all-time franchise records to be exact.

But what about individual teams? Which teams from which years have the greatest home records?

The Empire strikes again.

The 1932 and 1961 New York Yankees, both World Champions, have the top two best home records of all time.

Fifteen are the fewest number of home losses for any team with a 154-game schedule (77 at home), while 16 are the fewest ever for a 162-game schedule (81).

The 1931 Philadelphia A’s, losers to the St. Louis Cardinals in that year’s World Series, are the only other team in baseball history with a home W-L percentage of at least .800 for a single season.

The A’s feature as prominently as the Yankees on this list: 5 appearances apiece…amongst the top 20 best single season home records ever.

The American League dominates: fifteen teams made the cut.

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	TEAM	YEAR	G	W	L	W-L %	Champs?
1.	New York Yankees	1932	77	62	15	.805	Y
2.	New York Yankees	1961	81	65	16	.802	Y
3.	Philadelphia A’s	1931	75	60	15	.800
4.	Boston Red Sox	1946	78	61	16	.792
4.	Boston Red Sox	1949	77	61	16	.792
6.	Cincinnati Reds	1975	81	64	17	.790	Y
7.	Pittsburgh Pirates	1902	71	56	15	.789
8.	Philadelphia A’s	1929	74	57	16	.781	Y
9.	Brooklyn Dodgers	1953	78	60	17	.779
9.	St. Louis Cardinals	1942	78	60	17	.779	Y
11.	Philadelphia A’s	1902	73	56	17	.767
12.	Cleveland Indians	1954	77	59	18	.766
13.	New York Yankees	1998	81	62	19	.765	Y
14.	Philadelphia A’s	1930	76	58	18	.763	Y
15.	Chicago Cubs	1910	77	58	19	.753
15.	New York Yankees	1942	77	58	19	.753
17.	Philadelphia A’s	1910	78	57	19	.750	Y
17.	Detroit Tigers	1909	78	57	19	.750
17.	New York Yankees	1927	77	57	19	.750	Y
17.	Cleveland Indians	1995	72	54	18	.750

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