<P> The 1899 Cleveland Spiders currently hold the MLB record for the most road losses in a single season, with 101 . This record is unusual compared to others on this list in that while most others are theoretically possible (but impractical) to break, this record of most road losses mathematically cannot be broken even if a team achieved a completely winless road record: scheduling has since been standardized so that each team is scheduled to play exactly 81 games as a designated home team and 81 games as a designated away team, 21 games fewer than necessary to break the record . </P> <P> Rainouts and other cancellations can reduce these numbers, but a team can play more than 81 designated road games in a season only if it has to play in a one - game playoff to determine whether it advances to the postseason . If more than two teams are involved in such a deadlock, a series of one - game playoffs is held . Such games are counted for statistical purposes as part of the regular season . While it is theoretically possible for three or more teams to be involved in such a series, and the possibility has been in play as late as the final day of regularly scheduled games, no more than two teams have been involved in one - game playoffs for the same playoff spot in any season to date . Even in the rare circumstance that a game must be moved to the opposing venue, MLB policy now maintains the legal fiction that the designated home team does not change, regardless of venue, which ensures the designated home team does not lose rules advantages: this was not the case in 1899 when several of the Spiders' games were changed from home games to road games . </P> <P> Two other factors contribute to the unique nature of the Spiders' record: </P> <Ul> <Li> In 1899, owners were allowed to own more than one team, and in the case of the Spiders, the owners also owned the St. Louis Perfectos . Believing it more profitable to have a good team in St. Louis, the Spiders' best players from 1898 were given to the Perfectos in exchange for their least desirable players . As MLB rules now prohibit a single owner owning more than one team, this arrangement could not happen . </Li> <Li> Baseball teams were also much more dependent on gate receipts for revenue back in 1899, so as the season wore on and the crowds in Cleveland shrunk in comparison to the mounting losses, prospective visitors would refuse to make the trip to Cleveland, as their cut of the gate receipts wouldn't allow them to recoup the expenses of the journey, forcing the Spiders to move 35 of their scheduled home games to the stadiums of their opponents (after July 1, they only played eight games at home the rest of the way), thus giving them the opportunity for 101 road losses (against 11 wins). Today, MLB revenue streams are far more numerous than they were in 1899, travel expenses make up a smaller portion of a team's budget, and modern rules state if a team refused to travel to their opponent's stadium for a scheduled game, they would immediately forfeit the game . </Li> </Ul>

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