Franchise Performance Pt. 2 (#91 - #120)

Recapping the groundrules of the study, we are ranking all sports city-team combinations for playoff performance since 1974 using a poker like system:
1) All teams chip in $10 at the beginning of the year
2) Winner takes 50%, Runner up 25%, Semifinalists 10%, remaining playoff teams split the last 5%
3) City/Team combinations are separate, the Charlotte Hornets are not associated with the New Orleans Hornets, etc.

Totals through the 2010 NBA/NHL Finals are included here (some money still to be earned by the final 4 franchises still playing).

Number 121-147 were revealed in part 1

The second batch (essentially the 60% - 80% percentile for worst franchises). In this batch, we tend to see franchises who have been around for 10-20 years with no titles, or teams that were around for all the years with a title or a handful of strong runs.

Rank 120 119 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91

Winnings -$168.48 -$168.33 -$167.67 -$166.50 -$162.00 -$160.00 -$158.17 -$143.88 -$142.33 -$141.19 -$139.00 -$138.71 -$136.13 -$136.08 -$131.71 -$125.00 -$123.04 -$119.35 -$112.50 -$112.27 -$111.54 -$108.00 -$107.75 -$106.96 -$103.75 -$99.75 -$98.75 -$92.75 -$91.79 -$88.75

Team Saints Nets Oilers Giants Astros Jets Mavericks Raptors Cardinals Bullets/Wizards Indians Knicks Cardinals Browns I Hornets White Sox Coyotes Sabres Tigers Pacers Nordiques Browns II Buccaneers Sharks Predators Colts Thrashers Panthers Kings Blue Jackets

City NO NEW HOU SF HOU WIN DAL TOR STL WAS CLE NYC PHO CLE CHA CHI PHO BUF DET IND QBC CLE TAM SJ NSH BAL ATL MIA KC COL

League NFL NBA NFL MLB MLB NHL NBA NBA NFL NBA MLB NBA NFL NFL NBA MLB NHL NHL MLB NBA NHL NFL NFL NHL NHL NFL NHL NHL NBA NHL

Titles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Finals 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Semis 2 2 2 3 4 0 3 0 0 3 4 5 1 3 0 3 0 6 3 6 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0

Playoffs 7 16 10 6 9 11 16 5 3 18 7 20 3 8 7 5 6 27 3 18 9 1 10 13 5 3 1 3 5 1

Seasons 37 33 24 35 35 17 30 15 15 37 35 37 22 23 14 35 13 36 35 34 16 11 34 18 11 11 10 16 12 9

Discussion: New Orleans Saints bailed themselves out of the worst 1/5 with the big Super Bowl victory a few months ago. Houston and San Francisco (as cities) avoided the worst 1/5 but find themselves here. Only five teams have a title, it reads like a list of perpetual also-rans who triumphed in one season (Saints, Bullets, Tigers, White Sox, Buccaneers).

The break down of this set by league as:
NHL: 9 (teams before or after the 1990's relocation movement w/o a title)
NBA: 8
NFL: 8
MLB: 5

Cities with at least two teams and still with no appearances (all teams in the top 60%) are Boston, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.

Each team is summarized below. A reminder, the years below are the year of the playoffs, so for NFL, 2010 is associated with the 2009 regular season. For best season, playoff performance is given precedence over regular season record.

Number: 120
Team: Saints
City: New Orleans
League: NFL
Years: 1974 – 2010 (37)
Playoffs: 7
Semifinals: 2
Finals: 1
Championships: 1
Best year: 2010 (13-3, won Super Bowl)
Worst year: 1981 (1-15)
Winnings: -$168.48

Number: 119
Team: Nets
City: Newark
League: NBA
Years: 1978 – 2010 (33)
Playoffs: 16
Semifinals: 2
Finals: 2
Championships: 0
Best year: 2002 (52-30, lost in NBA Finals)
Worst year: 2010 (12-70)
Winnings: -$168.33

Number: 118
Team: Oilers
City: Houston
League: NFL
Years: 1974 – 1997 (24)
Playoffs: 10
Semifinals: 2
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 1980 (11-5, lost in AFC Championship game)
Worst years: 1984, 1995 (2-14)
Winnings: -$167.67

Number: 117
Team: Giants
City: San Francisco
League: MLB
Years: 1974 – 2009 (35)
Playoffs: 6
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 2
Championships: 0
Best year: 2002 (95-66-1, lost in World Series)
Worst year: 1985 (62-100)
Winnings: -$166.50

Number: 116
Team: Astros
City: Houston
League: MLB
Years: 1974 – 2009 (35)
Playoffs: 9
Semifinals: 4
Finals: 1
Championships: 0
Best year: 2005 (83-79-1, lost in World Series)
Worst year: 1975 (64-97-1)
Winnings: -$162.00

Number: 115
Team: Jets
City: Winnipeg
League: NHL
Years: 1980 – 1996 (17)
Playoffs: 11
Semifinals: 0
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 1985 (43-27-10-0, lost in 2nd round of playoffs)
Worst year: 1981 (9-57-14)
Winnings: -$160.00

Number: 114
Team: Mavericks
City: Dallas
League: NBA
Years: 1981 – 2010 (30)
Playoffs: 16
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 1
Championships: 0
Best year: 2006 (60-22, lost in NBA Finals)
Worst year: 1993 (11-71)
Winnings: -$158.17

Number: 113
Team: Raptors
City: Toronto
League: NBA
Years: 1996 – 2010 (15)
Playoffs: 5
Semifinals: 0
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2001 (47-35, lost in 2nd round of playoffs)
Worst year: 1998 (16-66)
Winnings: -$143.88

Number: 112
Team: Cardinals
City: St. Louis
League: NFL
Years: 1974 – 1988 (15)
Playoffs: 3
Semifinals: 0
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 1976 (11-3, lost in Division round of playoffs)
Worst year: 1987 (4-11-1)
Winnings: -$142.33

Number: 111
Team: Bullets/Wizards
City: Washington
League: NBA
Years: 1974 – 2010 (37)
Playoffs: 18
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 3
Championships: 1
Best year: 1978 (44-38, won NBA Championship)
Worst year: 2001, 2009 (19-63)
Winnings: -$141.19

Number: 110
Team: Indians
City: Cleveland
League: MLB
Years: 1974 – 2009 (35)
Playoffs: 7
Semifinals: 4
Finals: 2
Championships: 0
Best year: 1995 (100-44, lost in World Series)
Worst year: 1991 (57-105)
Winnings: -$139.00

Number: 109
Team: Knicks
City: New York City
League: NBA
Years: 1974 – 2010 (37)
Playoffs: 20
Semifinals: 5
Finals: 2
Championships: 0
Best year: 1994 (57-25, lost in NBA Finals)
Worst years: 1986, 2006, 2008 (23-59)
Winnings: -$138.71

Number: 108
Team: Cardinals
City: Phoenix
League: NFL
Years: 1989 – 2010 (22)
Playoffs: 3
Semifinals: 1
Finals: 1
Championships: 0
Best year: 2009 (9-7, lost in Super Bowl)
Worst year: 2001 (3-13)
Winnings: -$136.13

Number: 107
Team: Browns I
City: Cleveland
League: NFL
Years: 1974 – 1996 (23)
Playoffs: 8
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 1987 (12-4, lost in AFC Championship game)
Worst year: 1991 (3-13)
Winnings: -$136.08

Number: 106
Team: Hornets
City: Charlotte
League: NBA
Years: 1989 – 2002 (14)
Playoffs: 7
Semifinals: 0
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2001 (46-36, lost in 2nd round of playoffs)
Worst year: 1990 (19-63)
Winnings: -$131.71

Number: 105
Team: White Sox
City: Chicago
League: MLB
Years: 1974 – 2009 (35)
Playoffs: 5
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 1
Championships: 1
Best year: 2005 (99-63, won World Series)
Worst year: 1976 (64-97)
Winnings: -$125.00

Number: 104
Team: Coyotes
City: Phoenix
League: NHL
Years: 1997 – 2010 (13)
Playoffs: 6
Semifinals: 0
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2010 (50-25-0-7, lost in first round of playoffs)
Worst year: 2004 (22-36-18-6)
Winnings: -$123.04

Number: 103
Team: Sabres
City: Buffalo
League: NHL
Years: 1974 – 2010 (36)
Playoffs: 27
Semifinals: 6
Finals: 2
Championships: 0
Best year: 1975 (49-16-15-0, lost in Stanley Cup Finals)
Worst year: 1987 (28-44-8-0)
Winnings: -$119.35

Number: 102
Team: Tigers
City: Detroit
League: MLB
Years: 1974 – 2009 (35)
Playoffs: 3
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 2
Championships: 1
Best year: 1984 (104-58, won World Series)
Worst year: 2003 (43-119)
Winnings: -$112.50

Number: 101
Team: Pacers
City: Indianapolis
League: NBA
Years: 1977 – 2010 (34)
Playoffs: 18
Semifinals: 6
Finals: 1
Championships: 0
Best year: 2000 (56-26, lost in NBA Finals)
Worst year: 1983 (20-62)
Winnings: -$112.27

Number: 100
Team: Nordiques
City: Quebec
League: NHL
Years: 1980 – 1995 (16)
Playoffs: 9
Semifinals: 2
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 1985 (41-30, lost in Conference finals)
Worst year: 1990 (12-61)
Winnings: -$111.54

Number: 99
Team: Browns II
City: Cleveland
League: NFL
Years: 2000 – 2010 (11)
Playoffs: 11
Semifinals: 1
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2002 (9-7, lost in Wild Card round of playoffs)
Worst year: 1999 (2-14)
Winnings: -$108.00

Number: 98
Team: Buccaneers
City: Tampa Bay
League: NFL
Years: 1977 – 2010 (34)
Playoffs: 10
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 1
Championships: 1
Best year: 2003 (12-4, won Super Bowl)
Worst year: 1977 (0-14)
Winnings: -$107.75

Number: 97
Team: Sharks
City: San Jose
League: NHL
Years: 1992 – 2010 (18)
Playoffs: 13
Semifinals: 2
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2010 (51-20-0-11, lost in Conference finals)
Worst year: 1993 (11-71-2-0)
Winnings: -$106.96

Number: 96
Team: Predators
City: Nashville
League: NHL
Years: 1999 – 2010 (11)
Playoffs: 5
Semifinals: 0
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2007 (51-23-0-8, lost in 1st round of playoffs)
Worst year: 1999 (28-47-7-0)
Winnings: -$103.75

Number: 95
Team: Colts
City: Baltimore
League: NFL
Years: 1974 – 1984 (11)
Playoffs: 11
Semifinals: 3
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 1977 (11-3, lost in Division round of playoffs)
Worst year: 1983 (0-8-1)
Winnings: -$99.75

Number: 94
Team: Thrashers
City: Atlanta
League: NHL
Years: 2000 – 2010 (11)
Playoffs: 1
Semifinals: 0
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2007 (43-28-0-11, lost in first round of playoffs)
Worst year: 2000 (14-57-7-4)
Winnings: -$98.75

Number: 93
Team: Panthers
City: Miami
League: NHL
Years: 1994 – 2010 (16)
Playoffs: 3
Semifinals: 1
Finals: 1
Championships: 0
Best year: 1996 (41-31-10-0, lost in Stanley Cup Finals)
Worst year: 2002 (22-44-10-6)
Winnings: -$92.75

Number: 92
Team: Kings
City: Kansas City
League: NBA
Years: 1974 – 1985 (12)
Playoffs: 5
Semifinals: 1
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 1981 (40-42, lost in Western Conference finals)
Worst year: 1982 (30-52)
Winnings: -$91.79

Number: 91
Team: Blue Jackets
City: Columbus
League: NHL
Years: 1974 – 2010 (37)
Playoffs: 9
Semifinals: 1
Finals: 0
Championships: 0
Best year: 2009 (41-31, lost in first round of playoffs)
Worst year: 2002 (22-47-8-5)
Winnings: -$88.75