November 16, 2015

Philadelphia has the worst sports teams in North America

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

Michael Perez/AP

Cheer up, Chip. You lead the franchise in Philly with the best winning percentage.

The Philadelphia Phillies are an abomination that won't be good for a long time, the Sixers are in year three of tank mode, the Flyers are a disappointment, and the Eagles just lost... at home... to one of the worst teams in the NFL. None of the four Philly teams have a winning record, and two of them are arguably the worst teams in their respective sports.

Of the cities with at least three franchises in the four major sports, Philadelphia has the worst teams in North America.

We took the winning percentages of the current or most recent seasons for each cities' sports franchises, and averaged them out. Here were our findings among the cities with at least three franchises. Philadelphia is the worst, and it's not even close.

If you add in the lesser cities, it becomes far more likely that some random city with just one or two franchises will be lower than the average of four teams. And yet, Philadelphia still is nearly last.

City	Average
San Antonio	0.778
Charlotte	0.750
Montreal	0.722
Cincinnati	0.698
Green Bay	0.667
Boston/NE	0.634
Oakland	0.621
Oklahoma City	0.600
Pittsburgh	0.598
Phoenix	0.588
Newark, NJ	0.588
Atlanta	0.583
Minneapolis	0.579
St. Louis	0.569
Chicago	0.550
Washington DC	0.536
Dallas	0.536
San Jose	0.529
Denver	0.528
Indianapolis	0.522
Kansas City	0.515
Buffalo	0.514
Cleveland	0.501
Salt Lake City	0.500
New York	0.499
Toronto	0.496
Miami	0.490
Ottawa	0.471
Milwaukee	0.460
Seattle	0.457
Orlando	0.455
Memphis	0.455
Tampa Bay	0.453
Los Angles / Anaheim	0.450
Winnipeg	0.444
Houston	0.435
San Francisco	0.426
Nashville	0.424
Detroit	0.413
Vancouver	0.389
Portland	0.364
Sacramento	0.364
Baltimore	0.361
Raleigh	0.353
San Diego	0.340
Jacksonville	0.333
Columbus	0.333
Edmonton	0.333
Calgary	0.316
Philadelphia	0.297
New Orleans	0.250