Reddit Community Claims Dodgers Have Worst Spelling Fans in Baseball

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:

• The Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals have the worst-spelling fans.

• Boston Red Sox fans were caught most often misspelling three-plus syllable words.

• “Gaurdians” is the most commonly misspelled word in the Cleveland Guardians subreddit.

• 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:

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Toronto Blue Jays
3. St. Louis Cardinals
4. Texas Rangers
5. Miami Marlins
6. Arizona Diamondbacks
7. Los Angeles Angels
8. San Diego Padres
9. Cleveland Guardians
10. 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:

1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Seattle Mariners
3. Cleveland Guardians
4. Oakland Athletics
5. Boston Red Sox
6. Los Angeles Angels
7. New York Mets
8. Colorado Rockies
9. Pittsburgh Pirates
10. Miami Marlins

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