I called up all the team games with runs greater than or equal to zero using Stathead's game finder for World Series games.
Then
after getting the data arranged I calculated the OPS differential for all the losing teams. The Yankees had the greatest OPS
differential ever for a losing team in a World Series game.
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The Yankees had a .959 OPS in Game 5. The Dodgers had .561. That .398 differential is the highest ever in a World Series game for a
team that lost.
The
previous record was .325 by the White Sox in game 3 of the 1959 World
Series. They lost 3-1 but beat the Dodgers in OPS .789-.464.
So the Yankees beat the old record by .073.
Here is the top 10:
|
Year |
Game |
Loser |
Winner |
LOPS |
WOPS |
Diff |
|
2024 |
5 |
Yankees |
Dodgers |
0.959 |
0.561 |
0.398 |
|
1959 |
3 |
White Sox |
Dodgers |
0.789 |
0.464 |
0.325 |
|
1986 |
6 |
Red Sox |
Mets |
0.824 |
0.515 |
0.309 |
|
1980 |
5 |
Royals |
Phillies |
0.877 |
0.569 |
0.308 |
|
1979 |
4 |
Pirates |
Orioles |
1.129 |
0.837 |
0.292 |
|
1949 |
3 |
Dodgers |
Yankees |
0.729 |
0.438 |
0.291 |
|
1954 |
2 |
Indians |
Giants |
0.732 |
0.45 |
0.282 |
|
1947 |
4 |
Yankees |
Dodgers |
0.658 |
0.382 |
0.276 |
|
1926 |
7 |
Yankees |
Cardinals |
0.743 |
0.471 |
0.272 |
|
1944 |
1 |
Cardinals |
Browns |
0.587 |
0.329 |
0.258 |
LOPS is the OPS for the losing team and WOPS is the OPS for the winning team.
