With a 10-6 loss to the Reds this afternoon, the Miami Marlins dropped to 4-15 on the season. Not that it is a shock to anyone, but they are by far the worst-hitting team in baseball: their .242 weighted on-base average (wOBA) is well below the second-worst Mariners’ .279. The starting pitching has been decent, but the five-to-seven innings of good starting pitching is quickly undone by the bottom-feeding bullpen which includes such luminaries as John Maine and Chad Qualls.
The Marlins’ start through 19 games is historically bad. They have never won fewer than five games in their first 19 in franchise history — they started 5-14 in 1995, 1998, and 1999.
The Marlins, with 43 runs scored through 19, become the 19th team in baseball history to host such an anemic offense and only the fourth to do it in the 2000’s. The full list:
| Team | Date | Wins | WP | RS | RA | RunDiff |
| CLV | 5/27/1884 | 6 | .316 | 42 | 108 | -66 |
| IND | 5/30/1884 | 2 | .111 | 42 | 133 | -91 |
| BSN | 5/6/1905 | 6 | .333 | 39 | 101 | -62 |
| STL | 5/5/1907 | 3 | .158 | 41 | 88 | -47 |
| BRO | 5/11/1907 | 2 | .111 | 21 | 70 | -49 |
| STL | 5/10/1908 | 5 | .263 | 41 | 57 | -16 |
| WSH | 5/12/1909 | 6 | .316 | 34 | 78 | -44 |
| NYG | 5/12/1909 | 8 | .421 | 41 | 54 | -13 |
| SLB | 5/12/1910 | 4 | .222 | 43 | 78 | -35 |
| STL | 5/19/1919 | 5 | .263 | 40 | 81 | -41 |
| CHW | 5/16/1943 | 8 | .421 | 40 | 51 | -11 |
| KCA | 5/7/1966 | 5 | .263 | 36 | 83 | -47 |
| CHW | 5/5/1968 | 5 | .263 | 40 | 65 | -25 |
| MIL | 5/13/1972 | 6 | .316 | 38 | 65 | -27 |
| BAL | 4/26/1988 | 0 | .000 | 36 | 118 | -82 |
| DET | 4/23/2003 | 2 | .105 | 43 | 100 | -57 |
| MON | 4/25/2004 | 5 | .263 | 34 | 72 | -38 |
| PIT | 4/27/2012 | 8 | .421 | 42 | 57 | -15 |
| MIA | 4/21/2013 | 4 | .211 | 43 | 89 | -46 |
And with a -46 run differential, the Marlins become the 15th team since 1975 to start the season off so poorly and the eighth of the 2000’s. The list:
| Team | Date | Wins | WP | RS | RA | RD |
| BAL | 4/26/1988 | 0 | .000 | 36 | 118 | -82 |
| ATL | 4/30/1988 | 3 | .158 | 50 | 104 | -54 |
| MIN | 4/24/1994 | 6 | .316 | 91 | 147 | -56 |
| BOS | 4/22/1996 | 4 | .211 | 72 | 119 | -47 |
| CIN | 4/22/1997 | 6 | .316 | 69 | 116 | -47 |
| DET | 4/24/1998 | 4 | .211 | 65 | 127 | -62 |
| DET | 4/25/2000 | 5 | .263 | 70 | 126 | -56 |
| TBD | 4/22/2001 | 5 | .263 | 66 | 121 | -55 |
| DET | 4/23/2002 | 4 | .211 | 76 | 125 | -49 |
| CIN | 4/20/2003 | 6 | .316 | 90 | 144 | -54 |
| TEX | 4/20/2003 | 8 | .421 | 77 | 125 | -48 |
| DET | 4/23/2003 | 2 | .105 | 43 | 100 | -57 |
| PIT | 4/26/2010 | 7 | .368 | 65 | 147 | -82 |
| MIA | 4/21/2013 | 4 | .211 | 43 | 89 | -46 |
If the team gets any worse, Jeffrey Loria will have to find another fan or two to alienate.