The overall worst team to ever play major league baseball would have to be the Cleveland Spiders. The Spiders started off the season winning only 8 out of 38 games. The team would then go on to win only 12 of their last 112 games. Their best pitcher of the year had a record of 4-22 on the season. Finally the spiders at the end of the season the Cleveland Spiders would finish 35 games out of 11th place, and 72 games out of first place. The worst major league baseball team record is held by the 2003 Detroit Tigers. Their record that year was 43-119 making them officially own the worst team record of all time. They own the fourth worst record of all time as well with the 1996 season when they went 53-109. They also own the fifth worst record off