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- 1871.17 + (<p><span> </span></p& … <p><span> </span></p></br><p><span>Richard Hershberger, FB Posting, April 9. 2021:</span></p></br><p><span><em>"150 years ago in baseball:</em> a bit of historical revisionism via homerism by the Philadelphia sporting press. Thank goodness that no longer plagues us! For the record, the 1870 Mutuals went 68-17-3 while the Athletics went 65-11-1. Presumably the claim to a better record was based on winning percentage, rather than absolute number of games won. This criterion was not at all established at the time. The problem with claiming the moral, if not nominal, championship this way is that the Cincinnati Club went 67-6-1. Those records include both professional and amateur games. Perhaps the writer was thinking of just professional games? The Athletics went 26-11-1, while the Cincinnatis went 27-6-1. So while there is an argument to be made that the A's had a better record than the Mutuals, this is not at all the same as the A's having the best record. So it goes." </span></p>han the Mutuals, this is not at all the same as the A's having the best record. So it goes." </span></p>)