Thanks to the fine folks (and the giant searchable database) at baseball-reference.com, researching how historically bad the Phillies are this season is so much easier than the old (pre-Internet) days ... For instance ...
After Monday's loss, the Phils are 11-22 after 33 games for just the third time in the last 54 seasons (1962-2015) ... However, they were at least that bad through 33 games 19 times in their first 79 seasons of existence (1883-1961).
Below, chronologically, are the Phillies' 32 seasons in which they started at least as bad as they have in 2015.
NOTABLE:
♦ This is the 10th time in 133 seasons that the Phillies are exactly 11-22 through 33 games.
♦ They have had worse records through 33 games 12 times in those 133 seasons.
♦ Only one of those 22 Phillies teams finished the season at .500 (1955, 77-77). None of the others finished any better than 16 games under .500.
♦ Six times (most recently 1945-46) the Phillies started this badly in consecutive seasons ... And one of those was for three straight years (1933-34-35).
♦ The worst 33-game start in Phillies history is 6-26-1 put up by the 1904 club.
♦ The worst 33-game start by any major league team since 1914 is the 4-29 by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles.
| WORST 33-GAME STARTS IN PHILLIES HISTORY (1883-2015) |
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| Year | Worse |
Same | Final |
| 1883 | 8-25 | — | 17-81-1 |
| 1884 | 9-24 | — | 39-73-1 |
| 1903 | 9-24 | — | 49-86-4 |
| 1904 | 6-26-1 | — | 52-100-3 |
| 1922 | — | 11-22 | 57-96-1 |
| 1923 | 8-24-1 | — | 50-104-1 |
| 1928 | 7-26 | — | 43-109 |
| 1930 | — | 11-22 | 52-102-2 |
| 1933 | — | 11-22 | 60-92 |
| 1934 | — | 11-22 | 56-93 |
| 1935 | 9-22-2 | — | 64-89-3 |
| 1938 | — | 11-22 | 45-105-1 |
| 1941 | 10-23 | — | 43-111-1 |
| 1942 | 10-23 | — | 42-109 |
| 1945 | 9-24 | — | 46-108 |
| 1946 | 9-24 | — | 69-85-1 |
| 1955 | — | 11-22 | 77-77 |
| 1959 | — | 11-22 | 64-90-1 |
| 1961 | 10-23 | — | 47-107-1 |
| 1971 | — | 11-22 | 67-95 |
| 1997 | — | 11-22 | 68-94 |
| 2015 | — | 11-22 | — |
