Worst Start to Season: 1988 Baltimore Orioles

So I looked up what team had the worst record to start the regular season and it was the 1988 Baltimore Orioles. The team lost 21 in a row to start the season, finally winning a game on April 29th, 1988. By the end of the season, the team was 54-107 and in dead last in the American League.

It's interesting to note who was on that team--this took me down memory lane a bit. The team was managed by Frank Robinson and taken over by Cal Ripken, Sr for the final six games. Some key players to note were:

Cal Ripken, Jr (27 at the time)
his brother Billy
Eddie Murray
Mickey Tettleton (who became a masher and OBP later in his career)
Fred Lynn (the first player to win RoY and MVP in the same season)
Joe Orsulak (he just had an interesting last name to me)
A young Brady Anderson
Mike Boddicker (only starting pitcher posting an ERA under 4.00 that year)
Mike Morgan (pre-journeyman days)
and Curt Schilling (who was a 21 year old rookie)

I don't expect the same fates for the Tigers. They've already had two 100+ loss seasons in 2002 and 2003 (losing 119 that year) this decade and are better than that now.