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Top Historic Collapses in Baseball History -

Here are the most dramatic regular season collapses, covering all seasons back to 1903, sorted by each team's peak playoff chances of the season. None of the listed teams made the playoffs in that particular season!

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Rank POFF Team Date Avg POFF
1 99.9%   1995 California Angels   8/24/1995 79.2%
2 99.7%   1951 Brooklyn Dodgers   8/13/1951 83.1%
3 99.5%   2007 New York Mets   9/13/2007 72.1%
4 99.2%   1934 New York Giants   9/6/1934 67.7%
5 98.4%   1999 Cincinnati Reds   9/28/1999 56.1%
6 98.1%   1962 Los Angeles Dodgers   9/22/1962 58.7%
7 96.8%   2003 Seattle Mariners   6/18/2003 74.5%
8 96.3%   1964 Philadelphia Phillies   9/20/1964 46.5%
9 96.0%   2009 Detroit Tigers   9/30/2009 60.7%
10 95.8%   1969 Chicago Cubs   8/19/1969 72.1%
11 95.5%   1993 San Francisco Giants   8/7/1993 69.7%
12 95.5%   2005 Cleveland Indians   9/24/2005 39.8%
13 94.9%   1983 Atlanta Braves   8/11/1983 49.8%
14 93.9%   1942 Brooklyn Dodgers   8/15/1942 74.0%
15 93.7%   1938 Pittsburgh Pirates   9/22/1938 47.1%
16 93.7%   1996 Chicago White Sox   6/10/1996 54.7%
17 93.6%   1965 San Francisco Giants   9/20/1965 27.5%
18 92.8%   2007 San Diego Padres   9/28/2007 66.3%
19 92.7%   1978 Boston Red Sox   8/13/1978 66.7%
20 92.6%   1982 Los Angeles Dodgers   9/17/1982 29.7%
21 91.9%   1908 New York Giants   9/18/1908 43.5%
22 91.0%   1921 Pittsburgh Pirates   8/23/1921 48.4%
23 90.4%   2008 New York Mets   9/10/2008 43.8%
24 90.3%   1973 Los Angeles Dodgers   7/17/1973 56.3%
25 90.2%   1907 Chicago White Sox   7/17/1907 44.4%
26 89.9%   1987 Toronto Blue Jays   9/26/1987 46.7%
27 89.8%   2002 Boston Red Sox   6/6/2002 50.6%
28 89.0%   1995 Houston Astros   8/4/1995 50.9%
29 88.7%   2007 Detroit Tigers   7/19/2007 48.0%
30 87.7%   1997 Los Angeles Dodgers   8/28/1997 49.2%
31 87.6%   2001 Boston Red Sox   6/21/2001 45.5%
32 86.9%   2004 Oakland Athletics   9/4/2004 57.8%
33 86.8%   1949 St. Louis Cardinals   9/25/1949 43.5%
34 86.1%   2000 Boston Red Sox   6/1/2000 37.2%
35 86.0%   1956 Milwaukee Braves   7/26/1956 55.1%
36 86.0%   1974 Boston Red Sox   8/27/1974 37.3%
37 86.0%   2001 Chicago Cubs   7/12/2001 56.3%
38 85.9%   2001 Minnesota Twins   7/14/2001 39.7%
39 85.9%   1935 New York Giants   7/4/1935 45.7%
40 85.5%   2003 Houston Astros   9/20/2003 55.1%
41 85.5%   1937 Chicago Cubs   8/6/1937 44.6%
42 85.1%   1930 Chicago Cubs   8/30/1930 34.3%
43 84.7%   1995 Philadelphia Phillies   6/22/1995 25.5%
44 84.5%   1914 New York Giants   8/10/1914 47.1%
45 84.4%   2002 Seattle Mariners   7/14/2002 51.8%
46 84.3%   1991 Los Angeles Dodgers   7/7/1991 59.7%
47 84.2%   1992 Minnesota Twins   7/19/1992 41.4%
48 84.2%   1907 Philadelphia Athletics   9/15/1907 20.5%
49 84.0%   1973 St. Louis Cardinals   8/5/1973 34.7%
50 84.0%   1979 Houston Astros   7/6/1979 43.8%
51 83.5%   1998 Anaheim Angels   9/6/1998 51.4%
52 83.1%   1984 Minnesota Twins   8/22/1984 37.3%
53 82.9%   1935 St. Louis Cardinals   9/7/1935 28.0%
54 82.1%   2006 Chicago White Sox   6/23/2006 45.4%
55 82.0%   1989 Baltimore Orioles   7/18/1989 48.7%
56 81.9%   1915 Chicago White Sox   6/22/1915 30.3%
57 81.7%   2001 Philadelphia Phillies   6/1/2001 38.3%
58 81.5%   2007 Milwaukee Brewers   6/30/2007 44.7%
59 81.4%   2008 Arizona Diamondbacks   8/29/2008 44.6%
60 81.2%   1959 Milwaukee Braves   9/22/1959 24.8%
61 81.2%   2004 Chicago Cubs   9/24/2004 49.4%
62 81.1%   1969 Los Angeles Dodgers   7/1/1969 42.2%
63 81.0%   1959 San Francisco Giants   9/3/1959 52.0%
64 80.9%   1996 Montreal Expos   8/7/1996 55.4%
65 80.9%   1979 Montreal Expos   7/7/1979 49.3%
66 80.9%   1992 Cincinnati Reds   7/7/1992 29.4%
67 80.2%   2003 Kansas City Royals   7/17/2003 34.6%
68 79.5%   2004 Chicago White Sox   6/4/2004 35.1%
69 78.5%   1935 New York Yankees   6/20/1935 33.7%
70 78.5%   2009 Texas Rangers   6/1/2009 33.3%
71 78.2%   1990 Toronto Blue Jays   9/24/1990 46.0%
72 78.1%   1922 St. Louis Browns   7/25/1922 52.8%
73 77.9%   2005 Oakland Athletics   8/7/2005 29.5%
74 77.7%   1940 Cleveland Indians   8/21/1940 39.0%
75 77.7%   1913 Philadelphia Phillies   6/14/1913 17.9%
76 77.7%   1980 Los Angeles Dodgers   9/17/1980 43.8%
77 77.5%   1944 Detroit Tigers   9/28/1944 14.8%
78 77.1%   2006 Boston Red Sox   7/8/2006 35.7%
79 77.1%   1927 Chicago Cubs   8/16/1927 27.6%
80 77.1%   1993 Detroit Tigers   6/12/1993 16.3%
81 77.0%   1985 California Angels   7/14/1985 44.3%
82 77.0%   1988 Detroit Tigers   8/21/1988 33.7%
83 76.7%   1957 Chicago White Sox   6/8/1957 22.3%
84 76.1%   2000 Arizona Diamondbacks   6/2/2000 28.4%
85 75.7%   1946 Brooklyn Dodgers   7/2/1946 45.3%
86 75.6%   1973 Chicago Cubs   6/4/1973 30.2%
87 75.3%   1982 Kansas City Royals   8/30/1982 34.4%
88 75.2%   1998 New York Mets   9/21/1998 41.9%
89 74.8%   1989 California Angels   7/29/1989 40.2%
90 73.8%   1909 Philadelphia Athletics   8/20/1909 35.8%
91 73.7%   1936 Chicago Cubs   7/27/1936 31.0%
92 73.6%   2006 Philadelphia Phillies   9/24/2006 19.8%
93 73.5%   1951 Cleveland Indians   8/23/1951 24.2%
94 73.3%   2004 Texas Rangers   7/21/2004 34.8%
95 73.0%   1905 Cleveland Indians   6/20/1905 29.0%
96 72.9%   1975 New York Yankees   6/12/1975 23.4%
97 72.7%   1972 Baltimore Orioles   7/5/1972 42.5%
98 72.5%   1977 Chicago Cubs   6/28/1977 22.6%
99 72.5%   1906 Cleveland Indians   6/22/1906 27.2%
100 72.5%   1969 Oakland Athletics   6/29/1969 27.8%
101 72.4%   1985 San Diego Padres   7/4/1985 25.2%
102 72.3%   1988 New York Yankees   6/7/1988 27.8%
103 72.2%   1908 Cleveland Indians   9/23/1908 17.4%
104 72.0%   1921 Cleveland Indians   6/28/1921 47.1%
105 72.0%   2002 Los Angeles Dodgers   9/6/2002 41.3%
106 71.6%   1961 Los Angeles Dodgers   8/13/1961 23.2%
107 71.5%   2008 Minnesota Twins   9/28/2008 39.0%
108 71.4%   2008 Oakland Athletics   6/17/2008 22.4%
109 71.3%   2005 Minnesota Twins   6/8/2005 19.1%
110 71.1%   1990 New York Mets   8/2/1990 37.2%
111 70.8%   2005 Texas Rangers   6/5/2005 15.6%
112 70.4%   2006 Arizona Diamondbacks   6/4/2006 19.3%
113 70.3%   1953 Milwaukee Braves   6/18/1953 17.4%
114 70.2%   1959 Cleveland Indians   7/26/1959 33.8%
115 70.0%   2005 Baltimore Orioles   6/6/2005 17.4%
116 70.0%   1974 New York Yankees   9/16/1974 16.7%
117 69.3%   2000 Cleveland Indians   9/6/2000 38.5%
118 69.2%   1949 Boston Red Sox   9/26/1949 14.6%
119 68.9%   1974 St. Louis Cardinals   9/17/1974 36.6%
120 68.8%   1977 Boston Red Sox   6/23/1977 30.1%
121 68.2%   1932 Pittsburgh Pirates   7/29/1932 16.8%
122 67.6%   1972 Boston Red Sox   9/30/1972 12.2%
123 67.5%   2007 Los Angeles Dodgers   7/16/2007 30.0%
124 67.5%   1983 California Angels   6/4/1983 16.5%
125 67.4%   1969 San Francisco Giants   9/21/1969 21.1%
126 67.3%   1996 Houston Astros   8/31/1996 30.8%
127 67.2%   1955 Cleveland Indians   9/13/1955 14.2%
128 67.2%   1945 New York Yankees   6/27/1945 23.6%
129 67.2%   1960 Baltimore Orioles   9/6/1960 14.9%
130 67.1%   2003 Philadelphia Phillies   7/24/2003 43.2%
131 66.6%   1938 New York Giants   7/8/1938 19.5%
132 66.3%   1999 Oakland Athletics   8/22/1999 28.0%
133 66.2%   1903 Philadelphia Athletics   6/18/1903 19.9%
134 66.1%   1916 Cleveland Indians   6/15/1916 17.4%
135 66.0%   1977 Chicago White Sox   7/30/1977 25.8%
136 66.0%   1992 Baltimore Orioles   6/12/1992 32.0%
137 65.9%   1987 Cincinnati Reds   8/5/1987 30.2%
138 65.8%   1998 San Francisco Giants   6/6/1998 33.0%
139 65.7%   1948 Boston Red Sox   9/9/1948 18.4%
140 65.5%   1980 Montreal Expos   9/16/1980 33.2%
141 65.2%   1903 New York Giants   6/13/1903 20.5%
142 65.2%   1925 Philadelphia Athletics   8/12/1925 33.7%
143 65.1%   1918 New York Giants   6/1/1918 20.8%
144 64.9%   1926 Cincinnati Reds   7/6/1926 26.3%
145 64.9%   1980 Pittsburgh Pirates   8/11/1980 29.5%
146 64.8%   1933 New York Yankees   6/6/1933 27.9%
147 64.5%   1920 New York Yankees   6/13/1920 36.2%
148 64.5%   1904 New York Yankees   9/20/1904 23.9%
149 64.1%   1964 San Francisco Giants   7/13/1964 23.5%
150 64.0%   1967 Chicago White Sox   6/28/1967 28.2%
151 63.9%   1925 New York Giants   6/10/1925 20.8%
152 63.9%   1972 Los Angeles Dodgers   6/3/1972 10.3%
153 63.9%   1916 Chicago White Sox   8/3/1916 24.3%
154 63.7%   1955 Chicago White Sox   9/2/1955 36.8%
155 63.5%   2004 San Francisco Giants   7/2/2004 29.6%
156 63.3%   1983 Texas Rangers   7/3/1983 18.5%
157 63.3%   1964 Chicago White Sox   8/20/1964 34.6%
158 63.2%   1964 Cincinnati Reds   9/28/1964 11.8%
159 63.2%   1970 New York Mets   7/9/1970 30.2%
160 63.1%   1919 New York Yankees   7/1/1919 14.0%
161 63.0%   1997 Anaheim Angels   8/3/1997 32.1%
162 62.4%   1903 Chicago Cubs   6/3/1903 7.2%
163 62.1%   1908 Pittsburgh Pirates   10/3/1908 24.2%
164 62.1%   1997 New York Mets   6/1/1997 25.1%
165 61.9%   1970 Chicago Cubs   6/18/1970 25.3%
166 61.8%   1952 Cleveland Indians   6/7/1952 26.0%
167 61.8%   1938 Cleveland Indians   6/8/1938 19.9%
168 61.7%   2005 Washington Nationals   7/3/2005 19.4%
169 61.6%   2006 Texas Rangers   6/7/2006 22.9%
170 61.4%   2006 Cincinnati Reds   6/8/2006 31.5%
171 61.4%   2003 Los Angeles Dodgers   6/18/2003 17.9%
172 61.3%   1916 Philadelphia Phillies   9/7/1916 15.1%
173 61.2%   1911 Pittsburgh Pirates   8/9/1911 22.3%
174 61.2%   1928 Philadelphia Athletics   9/8/1928 17.7%
175 61.2%   1950 Detroit Tigers   8/21/1950 34.8%
176 61.1%   1930 Brooklyn Dodgers   8/8/1930 35.1%
177 60.4%   1920 Cincinnati Reds   8/20/1920 29.0%
178 60.3%   1977 Minnesota Twins   6/1/1977 18.7%
179 60.2%   1911 Detroit Tigers   7/19/1911 22.7%
180 60.2%   1997 St. Louis Cardinals   7/1/1997 20.6%
181 60.0%   1986 Texas Rangers   6/13/1986 22.3%
182 60.0%   1982 Montreal Expos   6/23/1982 19.0%
183 59.6%   1926 Pittsburgh Pirates   8/10/1926 26.4%
184 59.5%   1930 New York Yankees   6/30/1930 13.7%
185 59.5%   1966 Pittsburgh Pirates   8/12/1966 31.7%
186 59.3%   1930 Washington Senators   7/11/1930 19.7%
187 59.1%   2003 St. Louis Cardinals   6/6/2003 30.9%
188 59.1%   1908 St. Louis Browns   7/13/1908 26.0%
189 58.7%   1973 Pittsburgh Pirates   9/17/1973 14.5%
190 58.3%   1984 Atlanta Braves   6/7/1984 14.6%
191 58.3%   1986 San Francisco Giants   7/17/1986 23.2%
192 57.9%   1941 St. Louis Cardinals   7/30/1941 33.0%
193 57.9%   1934 New York Yankees   7/31/1934 27.7%
194 57.9%   1908 Chicago White Sox   10/5/1908 17.3%
195 57.6%   2001 Los Angeles Dodgers   7/28/2001 20.7%
196 57.4%   1919 New York Giants   7/30/1919 28.4%
197 57.4%   1924 New York Yankees   8/19/1924 32.9%
198 57.3%   1983 St. Louis Cardinals   6/1/1983 15.9%
199 57.2%   1984 New York Mets   7/27/1984 12.1%
200 57.2%   1985 Chicago Cubs   6/11/1985 8.3%
201 57.1%   2003 Chicago White Sox   9/9/2003 22.2%
202 56.7%   1936 St. Louis Cardinals   6/5/1936 24.7%
203 56.0%   2007 Seattle Mariners   8/24/2007 24.0%
204 56.0%   1983 Toronto Blue Jays   7/16/1983 19.4%
205 56.0%   2003 Arizona Diamondbacks   7/9/2003 16.9%
206 55.9%   1978 San Francisco Giants   6/29/1978 32.2%
207 55.6%   1905 Chicago White Sox   9/27/1905 24.8%
208 55.6%   2003 Toronto Blue Jays   6/23/2003 14.2%
209 55.5%   1948 New York Yankees   9/5/1948 28.7%
210 55.4%   2000 Colorado Rockies   7/3/2000 13.7%
211 55.3%   2007 Oakland Athletics   6/15/2007 10.9%
212 55.3%   2001 Florida Marlins   6/23/2001 16.6%
213 55.2%   1996 Seattle Mariners   9/21/1996 29.9%
214 55.2%   1964 Baltimore Orioles   8/29/1964 28.7%
215 55.2%   2009 San Francisco Giants   7/11/2009 24.6%
216 55.2%   2009 Tampa Bay Rays   6/30/2009 24.2%
217 55.1%   1985 Chicago White Sox   6/15/1985 9.2%
218 54.7%   1941 Cleveland Indians   6/23/1941 13.1%
219 54.7%   1920 Chicago White Sox   8/26/1920 14.1%
220 54.6%   1987 New York Yankees   7/4/1987 20.7%
221 54.5%   1967 Minnesota Twins   9/29/1967 21.1%
222 54.5%   1961 Detroit Tigers   6/4/1961 27.6%
223 54.5%   1982 Baltimore Orioles   10/2/1982 16.4%
224 54.4%   1980 Baltimore Orioles   8/28/1980 15.1%
225 53.9%   1929 Pittsburgh Pirates   7/14/1929 15.6%
226 53.8%   1931 New York Giants   6/28/1931 20.3%
227 53.7%   1991 Boston Red Sox   9/21/1991 14.7%
228 53.6%   1911 Chicago Cubs   7/28/1911 24.1%
229 53.5%   1951 Chicago White Sox   6/21/1951 14.8%
230 53.4%   1995 San Francisco Giants   6/4/1995 9.5%
231 53.3%   1950 St. Louis Cardinals   6/14/1950 12.9%
232 53.1%   1912 Chicago White Sox   6/1/1912 5.5%
233 53.0%   1916 Detroit Tigers   9/17/1916 10.2%
234 52.6%   1967 Chicago Cubs   7/3/1967 13.6%
235 52.6%   1999 San Francisco Giants   7/10/1999 16.9%
236 52.5%   1960 San Francisco Giants   6/1/1960 8.0%
237 52.3%   1989 Montreal Expos   8/2/1989 19.4%
238 52.3%   2008 St. Louis Cardinals   6/11/2008 24.2%
239 52.2%   1985 New York Mets   9/10/1985 19.5%
240 52.0%   1952 New York Giants   6/3/1952 12.8%
241 52.0%   1997 Colorado Rockies   6/2/1997 12.4%
242 51.9%   1933 St. Louis Cardinals   6/21/1933 12.0%
243 51.8%   2009 Milwaukee Brewers   6/6/2009 15.4%
244 51.7%   2009 Chicago Cubs   7/30/2009 17.6%
245 51.6%   1960 Chicago White Sox   7/31/1960 17.4%
246 51.5%   1957 Brooklyn Dodgers   7/23/1957 19.8%
247 51.5%   1991 Detroit Tigers   8/26/1991 14.9%
248 51.4%   1954 New York Yankees   7/20/1954 22.0%
249 51.3%   1992 Montreal Expos   8/14/1992 21.4%
250 51.1%   2002 Cincinnati Reds   6/3/2002 16.0%
251 51.0%   1960 Cleveland Indians   6/9/1960 10.8%
252 50.5%   1997 Texas Rangers   6/2/1997 10.5%
253 50.5%   1947 Boston Braves   6/17/1947 13.3%
254 50.1%   2004 San Diego Padres   6/9/2004 23.1%
255 50.1%   1995 Milwaukee Brewers   8/27/1995 19.5%
256 50.1%   1984 Philadelphia Phillies   6/19/1984 16.5%





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