Worst all-time baseball records

Baseball players are proud of their amazing accomplishments and awards they attain each year. Hitting the most homeruns, leading the league in RBIs, runs scored, doubles, triples, or stolen bases induces accolades from fans and supporters. Top statistics in the league are usually expected from star players. On the other hand there are records players hold that are not to be admired. Such terrible records include: owning the highest ERA in all of baseball, worst walks to homerun ratio as a hitter, most errors in one game as an infielder, plunking a staggering total of batters in half a season, being ejected from the most games in a year, allowing more than 5 homeruns in an inning as a starting pitcher, obtaining the longest losing streak in history(Kansas City Royals), and getting injured several years in a row while only playing a handful of games. There are many other records that could be listed. These all fall into baseball's hame of shame.

Players who have poor performances, working towards humiliating records during the course of their careers don't realize the effect it has on their team's performance. The simple things players fail to execute like laying down a sacrifice bunt or not getting picked off from first or second every time a hit and run is used truly hurts their team. Sure losing one game here and there isn't a big deal, but spacing out for a couple months to year with the same inexcusably bone head plays results in to a team stinking up the league. That's the problem with mental errors and mistakes on the diamond, eventually it spreads throughout the whole team becoming contagious.

In 2003 the Detroit Tigers experienced a similar situation. They had a lot of discouraging losses and contended with setbacks of injuries. Their spirits were crushed before the season was over. That's why coaches use the rule of thumb of not kicking a team when they're already down. A psychological breakdown may occur if a coach lost his good temperament and stated, "You guys are the best losers I've ever coached, thanks for another crummy season." Most of the time players already know how bad their performances have been of late so being reminded of them sounds redundant. Avoiding getting stuck with baseball's all-time worst records is every major leaguer's best interest.