Biggest declines from one season to the
next (based on regular season win percentage):
                                          Change in
       Franchise                            win %
  1 Oakland Athletics       1914 -> 1915     -36.8   (65.1  ->  28.3)
  2 Atlanta Braves          1934 -> 1935     -26.9   (51.7  ->  24.8)
  3 Miami Marlins           1997 -> 1998     -23.5   (56.8  ->  33.3)
  4 Cincinnati Reds         1981 -> 1982     -23.4   (61.1  ->  37.7)
  5 Cleveland Guardians     1913 -> 1914     -23.3   (56.6  ->  33.3)
  6 Chicago White Sox       1920 -> 1921     -22.9   (63.2  ->  40.3)
  7 Minnesota Twins         1933 -> 1934     -21.7   (65.1  ->  43.4)
  8 Arizona Diamondbacks    2003 -> 2004     -20.4   (51.9  ->  31.5)
  9 San Francisco Giants    1942 -> 1943     -20.0   (55.9  ->  35.9)
 10 Boston Red Sox          1905 -> 1906     -19.5   (51.3  ->  31.8)
 11 Washington Nationals    1994 -> 1995     -19.1   (64.9  ->  45.8)
 11 Minnesota Twins         2010 -> 2011     -19.1   (58.0  ->  38.9)
 13 Chicago White Sox       1917 -> 1918     -18.9   (64.9  ->  46.0)
 14 St. Louis Cardinals     1931 -> 1932     -18.8   (65.6  ->  46.8)
 14 Oakland Athletics       1949 -> 1950     -18.8   (52.6  ->  33.8)
 16 Seattle Mariners        2003 -> 2004     -18.5   (57.4  ->  38.9)
 16 Los Angeles Dodgers     1991 -> 1992     -18.5   (57.4  ->  38.9)
 18 Cincinnati Reds         1944 -> 1945     -18.2   (57.8  ->  39.6)
 19 Detroit Tigers          1988 -> 1989     -17.9   (54.3  ->  36.4)
 20 Houston Astros          2019 -> 2020     -17.7   (66.0  ->  48.3)

    Last season:
    New York Mets           2022 -> 2023     -16.3   (62.3  ->  46.0)
    St. Louis Cardinals     2022 -> 2023     -13.6   (57.4  ->  43.8)
    Chicago White Sox       2022 -> 2023     -12.3   (50.0  ->  37.7)
    New York Yankees        2022 -> 2023     -10.5   (61.1  ->  50.6)
    Cleveland Guardians     2022 -> 2023      -9.9   (56.8  ->  46.9)
    Houston Astros          2022 -> 2023      -9.8   (65.4  ->  55.6)
    Los Angeles Dodgers     2022 -> 2023      -6.8   (68.5  ->  61.7)
    Oakland Athletics       2022 -> 2023      -6.1   (37.0  ->  30.9)
    Colorado Rockies        2022 -> 2023      -5.6   (42.0  ->  36.4)
    Kansas City Royals      2022 -> 2023      -5.5   (40.1  ->  34.6)
    San Diego Padres        2022 -> 2023      -4.3   (54.9  ->  50.6)
    Toronto Blue Jays       2022 -> 2023      -1.9   (56.8  ->  54.9)
    Seattle Mariners        2022 -> 2023      -1.3   (55.6  ->  54.3)
    San Francisco Giants    2022 -> 2023      -1.2   (50.0  ->  48.8)