A report derived from communities on Reddit is breaking down the fanbases of each MLB team to determine which teams have the most spelling errors, and Preply has analyzed and now released those findings.
The study collected and analyzed thousands of comments and posts across 30 subreddits dedicated to all 30 MLB teams to find the following:
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The Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals have the worst-spelling fans.
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Boston Red Sox fans were caught most often misspelling three-plus syllable words.
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“Gaurdians” is the most commonly misspelled word in the Cleveland Guardians subreddit.
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Home run, fan base, and walk-off are the three most commonly misspelled baseball terms.
According to the report, by misspelling words like “their” and “interest,” the Los Angeles Dodgers are the team with the worst spelling fans. Additionally, similar words landed the Toronto Blue Jays in second place positioning.
Here are the Top 10 teams:
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Toronto Blue Jays
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Texas Rangers
- Miami Marlins
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Los Angeles Angels
- San Diego Padres
- Cleveland Guardians
- Chicago Cubs
Top Final 5 teams landing in the rankings are:
25. Milwaukee Brewers
26. Colorado Rockies
27. Washington Nationals
28. Cincinnati Reds
29. Kansas City Royals
30. Atlanta Braves
The study then looked at the MLB fans who frequently misspell baseball terms, with the top 10 of those being:
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Seattle Mariners
- Cleveland Guardians
- Oakland Athletics
- Boston Red Sox
- Los Angeles Angels
- New York Mets
- Colorado Rockies
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Miami Marlins
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