An intra-decade battle!
Team: 1939
Seed: 4
Record: 97-57, finished 1st in 8-team National League, lost World Series to Yankees in four games.
Did this team matter?: You betcha. Not only did the Reds win the pennant, they set the stage for the franchise’s second world championship the following year.
Performances to remember: I don’t know how to quantify this, or how even to...