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As we enter the final weeks of the MLB regular season, we've made a small (but useful) addition to the Play Index Team Batting & Team Pitching Split Finders. You can now refine your searches to include only non-playoff teams, playoff teams, division winners, Pennant winners or World Series winners.

With this feature, you can now find:

• The World Series winner with the worst OPS in Late & Close situations since 1955.
• The best record at the All-Star Break for a non-playoff team in the Wild Card Era (please note all 2014 teams currently show up in this search).
• The worst record at the All-Star Break for a division winner in the Divisional Era (excluding strike seasons).
• The Pennant winner with the worst winning percentage in September/October regular season games since 1914.
• The World Series winner with the best record vs. .500 or better opposition during the regular season since 1914.
• The non-playoff team with the best record vs. .500 or better opposition during the Wild Card Era (please note all 2014 teams currently show up in this search).

The above represents just a small fraction of what this new search is capable of doing. We encourage current Play Index subscribers to play around with this feature and share any interesting information.

If you're not a Play Index subscriber, but are interested in generating this sort of information, please read more about the Play Index or subscribe.

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