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Missouri’s two MLB teams hold worst records in NL and AL
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ST. LOUIS – For more perspective on just how disappointing this St. Louis Cardinals season has been to this point, they could be in jeopardy of finishing last place in the National League for the first time since World War I. But that’s not all.
In the 21st century, there has never been one time an MLB season that ended with two teams from the same state holding the worst records in the National League and the American League. The St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals could potentially become the first pair to attain some dooming history.
The St. Louis Cardinals enter the weekend with a 27-42 record, one game behind the Washington Nationals for the NL cellar. The Kansas City Royals enter the weekend with an 18-50 record, half a game behind the Oakland Athletics for the AL cellar.
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If the Cardinals and Royals somehow can’t get out of their last-place spots by their 162nd games, they would be the first duo of teams from the same state (Missouri) to hold the American League’s and National League’s worst record at a season’s end since the 1990s.
The most recent time this happened was 1998. The then-called Florida Marlins finished with a MLB-worst and NL-worst 54-108 record. The then-called Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished with an AL-worst 63-99 record, only better than the Marlins in all of baseball.
Both teams were based in the state of Florida and remain based in the Sunshine State to this date. This came in Tampa Bay’s inaugural season as an expansion franchise. It also followed the 1997 World Series championship for the Marlins, who quickly dismantled their team of championship caliber players for a rebuild. So given the context of it, it’s not too surprising.
At one point in May, baseball stats enthusiast Jay Cuda pointed out that the state of Florida had the best winning percentage among states with at least two MLB teams. The Rays and Marlins have combined for an 88-53 record through mid-June, good for a .624 winning percentage. The next closest state (Texas) has a .591 winning percentage between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers, though both squads are based in the American League.
Then after Pennsylvannia, New York, Ohio, California and Illinois, there’s Missouri. Among eight states with multiple teams, Missouri by far has the worst winning percentage right now.
The Cardinals and the Royals have a combined 45-92 record as the halfway point of the season nears. Right now, that results in a .328 winning percentage, a mark that looks more like a batting average than what two MLB-level ball clubs should represent.
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It’s somewhat of a rare occurrence that two teams from the same state might have the worst records in the AL and NL simultaneously at the end of a season. After all, among those eight states, only six have teams in opposite leagues of MLB.
The Cardinals open a road trip with three games against the New York Mets before three against the second-to-last place NL Washington Nationals. The Royals host the Los Angeles Angels for three this weekend before heading to the Motor City to take on the Detroit Tigers, who have the third-worst AL record, but are 10 games ahead of Kansas City.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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