I believe the earliest a team was eliminated was the 1962 mets, they won only like 42 games in the enitre season, and lost 120.
Maybe the earliest a team clinched was the 1906 Chicago Cubs-116 wins. The 1998 yankees won 114 games. the 1927 Yanks won 110.
IDK
When I went on Colleges tours, every college explained that the number one thing they look for is the Rigor of Schedule, two, the GPA, and laslty the SAT/ACT. They explained that the SAT or ACT is not as important was people think. They said they rather have a great GPA, tough schedule, with an...