Complex sentence: Despite 53 wins, 20 losses and a.726 winning percentage in 1875, the team finished 15 games behind one of the great teams in baseball history, the Boston Red Stockings, who finished that year at 71 and 8 for a.899 winning percentage.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite 53 wins, 20 losses and a.726 winning percentage, the team finished 15 games behind one of the great teams in baseball history. The Boston Red Stockings finished that year at 71 and 8 for a.899 winning percentage.