# The most winningest cities in sports **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 18, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874 "2009-05-18T17:23:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/21 "2009-05-18T21:33:47Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > The _Bruins_? They had a good season this year for the first time since 2004. And they’ve been perennial also-rans since the early 90s. And yet they had an exponentially better season than the Pacers did this year…and this was the closest the Pacers have sniffed to the playoffs in a good 5 or 6 years ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/22 "2009-05-18T21:38:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Winningest is not a word. [Yes it is](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Winningest). ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/23 "2009-05-18T22:59:08Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > And yet they had an exponentially better season than the Pacers did this year…and this was the closest the Pacers have sniffed to the playoffs in a good 5 or 6 years :smack:That does nothing to refute the fact that the Bruins are NOT perenially good. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/24 "2009-05-18T23:43:28Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > As a Bay Area resident, the news is rather bitter indeed. ☹ Well, since it’s since 2000, not surprising. All four of the baseball and football teams (Raiders, 49ers, Athletics and Giants) peaked around 2002/2003 and have been in a drought ever since. And the Warriors have perennially sucked for a long time. Starting with 2004, there have only been two playoff appearances by a Bay Area team (A’s in 2006 and Warriors in 2007). San Jose Sharks have been great in the last few years but get left out because they’re technically in San Jose, which has no second team. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/25 "2009-05-18T23:50:14Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > [Yes it is](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Winningest). No it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/26 "2009-05-19T00:22:12Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > No it isn’t. Actually, it is. Sad to say, but true. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/27 "2009-05-19T00:23:57Z")
1. Boston (even though the Celtics weren’t good until last year) Kind of an easy pick, I think. Celts (last year), Pats, Sox and even the Bruins. Yeah, it has to be Boston. ETA: Indy!? WTF!? No hockey or baseball unless they’re including the “professional” franchises Indianapolis Ice and Indianapolis Indians. Their sample size is too small. Boston risks twice as much. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/28 "2009-05-19T00:41:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And Cleveland deserves some sort of mention on the bottom of the list, here: Of all North American cities with a big-league professional team in any sport, Cleveland’s gone longest without any championship win. We haven’t had one since the 1948 Indians World Series win. You have to be licking your chops this year. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/29 "2009-05-19T01:18:18Z")
I’m guessing Kansas City is dead last. ☹ Huh…Cincinnati was worse? I’ll be darned. The Royals lost 100 games 4 times this decade, despite their one winning season in 2003, the Reds have to have been better…and I know the Bengals suck, but the Chiefs haven’t been anything to write home about. I guess the Bengals were that much worse. Well, I’m not complaining, it’s ever so slightly less embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelQReilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/30 "2009-05-19T02:04:57Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > From the OP’s linked article: > > “the Toronto Star ranked 37 cities _ **with at least two** _ professional sports teams” All of those cities have two (if not more) soccer/football teams. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/31 "2009-05-19T04:42:15Z")
As for Cleveland not getting a championship since 1948, the Browns actually won the NFL title in 1950, 1954, 1955 and 1964. Not Super Bowls, but championships still. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874/32 "2009-05-19T12:18:29Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > And yet they had an exponentially better season than the Pacers did this year…and this was the closest the Pacers have sniffed to the playoffs in a good 5 or 6 years To be fair to the Pacers: 2000: NBA Finals 2001: Lost First Round 2002: Lost First Round 2003: Lost First Round 2004: Lost Conference Finals 2005: Lost Conf. Semi Finals 2006: Lost First Round 07-09: Did not make playoffs Which is head and shoulders above the Bruins. But the fact we’re making the comparison and completely out-of-hand ignoring the Celtics and Red Sox makes these rankings a joke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-winningest-cities-in-sports/496874.md?page=1)