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Authored by Christopher Reina - 17th March, 2009 - 7:53 pm

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Is there an objective way to determine the best teams of all-time? Using the Opsera system, which is a statistic that takes both OPS and ERA into account, we get a definitive list.

* Indicates World Series winner

1. New York Yankees, 1927: 5.50*
2. Philadelphia Athletics, 1910: 4.96*
3. New York Yankees, 1939: 4.90*
4. New York Giants, 1912: 4.89
5. Chicago Cubs, 1906: 4.87
6. St. Louis Browns, 1922: 4.85
7. St. Louis Cardinals, 1944: 4.76*
8. Baltimore Orioles, 1969: 4.72
9. Cleveland Indians, 1906: 4.69
10. New York Giants, 1911: 4.69
11. New York Giants, 1905: 4.69*
12. Philadelphia Athletics, 1929: 4.69*
13. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1909: 4.69*
14. Cleveland Indians, 1954: 4.67
15. Atlanta Braves, 1998: 4.66
16. St. Louis Cardinals, 1943: 4.65
17. Philadelphia Athletics, 1909: 4.63
18. Philadelphia Athletics, 1928: 4.60
19. St. Louis Cardinals, 1942: 4.60*
20. Boston Red Sox, 1948: 4.58
21. Cincinnati Reds, 1968: 4.58
22. Cleveland Indians, 1995: 4.56
23. New York Yankees, 1937: 4.56*
24. Chicago Cubs, 1910: 4.55
25. Boston Red Sox, 1912: 4.53*
26. New York Yankees, 1921: 4.53
27. New York Giants, 1908: 4.52
28. New York Yankees, 1953: 4.52*
29. St. Louis Cardinals, 1938: 4.52
30. Chicago Cubs, 1909: 4.51
31. Seattle Mariners, 2001: 4.51
32. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1912: 4.50
33. Atlanta Braves, 1997: 4.49
34. Chicago Cubs, 1907: 4.49*
35. New York Giants, 1913: 4.49
36. Cleveland Indians, 1920: 4.48*
37. Los Angeles Dodgers, 1974: 4.47
38. New York Yankees, 1957: 4.47
39. New York Giants, 1954: 4.46*
40. New York Giants, 1904: 4.46 (Boycotted)
41. New York Yankees, 1942: 4.46
42. Philadelphia Athletics, 1911: 4.46*
43. Chicago Cubs, 1918: 4.45
44. New York Giants, 1910: 4.45
45. Boston Red Sox, 1903: 4.44*
46. New York Yankees, 1936: 4.44*
47. Baltimore Orioles, 1971: 4.43
48. Chicago White Sox, 1915: 4.42
49. Cincinnati Reds, 1919: 4.42*
50. New York Yankees, 1920: 4.42
51. Brooklyn Robins, 1916: 4.41
52. New York Giants, 1922: 4.40*
53. New York Mets, 1989: 4.40
54. New York Yankees, 1998: 4.40*
55. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1972: 4.40
56. New York Yankees, 1928: 4.39*
57. Philadelphia Athletics, 1931: 4.39
58. Houston Astros, 1998: 4.37
59. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1903: 4.37
60. St. Louis Cardinals, 1928: 4.37
61. Cleveland Indians, 1919: 4.36
62. Detroit Tigers, 1909: 4.36
63. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1955: 4.35*
64. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1941: 4.35
65. Milwaukee Braves, 1956: 4.35
66. Philadelphia Phillies, 1915: 4.35
67. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932: 4.34
68. Cleveland Naps, 1904: 4.34
69. Chicago White Sox, 1917: 4.33*
70. New York Giants, 1947: 4.33
71. New York Yankees, 1955: 4.33
72. Chicago Cubs, 1935: 4.32
73. San Francisco Giants, 2002: 4.32
74. Boston Red Sox, 1915: 4.31*
75. Los Angeles Dodgers, 1977: 4.31
76. New York Yankees, 1954: 4.31
77. Boston Red Sox, 1911: 4.30
78. Cincinnati Reds, 1976: 4.30*
79. Baltimore Orioles, 1979: 4.29
80. New York Mets, 1988: 4.29
81. New York Yankees, 1958: 4.29*
82. New York Yankees, 1932: 4.29*
83. St. Louis Cardinals, 2004: 4.29
84. St. Louis Cardinals, 1921: 4.29
85. Atlanta Braves, 2002: 4.28
86. Baltimore Orioles, 1970: 4.28*
87. Los Angeles Dodgers, 1978: 4.28
88. New York Mets, 1986: 4.28*
89. New York Yankees, 1981: 4.28
90. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1925: 4.28*
91. Arizona Diamondbacks, 1999: 4.27
92. Brooklyn Robins, 1920: 4.27
93. New York Yankees, 1977: 4.27*
94. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1953: 4.26
95. Cincinnati Reds, 1903: 4.26
96. Cleveland Indians, 2005: 4.26
97. New York Giants, 1917: 4.26
98. New York Yankees, 1952: 4.26*
99. Baltimore Orioles, 1973: 4.25
100. Detroit Tigers, 1915: 4.25

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