win tOtals
Wayward O did not come here to say all is crabcakes and lemonade in Land of Pleasant Living today. But there is a real statistical silver lining to team's achievements from 2008 lost seasOn.
No idea whether others have performed similar analysis, but here are baseball's divisions ranked in order of "average wins per team."
Average Wins Per Team By Division
1. AL East: 87
2. NL Central: 83.333333..
3. AL Central: 81.4
4. NL East: 79.2
5. AL West: 78.75
6. NL West: 75
This is clear indicator that anecdotes suggesting AL East is baseball's toughest division are true by long shot.
And here are your win totals for basement dwellers.
Basement Teams' Rank:
1. Detroit (74 wins)
2. Team (68 wins)
3. Pittsburgh (67 wins)
4. San Diego (63 wins)
5. Seattle (61 wins)
6. Washington (59 wins)
So of all six "last place" teams, Team -- largely devoid of free agent talent -- was 2nd in wins while playing in division where wins far and away are hardest to come by.
Wayward O isn't sure how this bodes for team but he is sure it bodes well for Daniel Cabrera. He thinks it bodes well for Team, too.
It's 11 degrees in New Yawk. Have nice hot stove day.
No idea whether others have performed similar analysis, but here are baseball's divisions ranked in order of "average wins per team."
Average Wins Per Team By Division
1. AL East: 87
2. NL Central: 83.333333..
3. AL Central: 81.4
4. NL East: 79.2
5. AL West: 78.75
6. NL West: 75
This is clear indicator that anecdotes suggesting AL East is baseball's toughest division are true by long shot.
And here are your win totals for basement dwellers.
Basement Teams' Rank:
1. Detroit (74 wins)
2. Team (68 wins)
3. Pittsburgh (67 wins)
4. San Diego (63 wins)
5. Seattle (61 wins)
6. Washington (59 wins)
So of all six "last place" teams, Team -- largely devoid of free agent talent -- was 2nd in wins while playing in division where wins far and away are hardest to come by.
Wayward O isn't sure how this bodes for team but he is sure it bodes well for Daniel Cabrera. He thinks it bodes well for Team, too.
It's 11 degrees in New Yawk. Have nice hot stove day.
Labels: 2008: the lost season, hOpe springs eternal, the asensiOn
posted by the wayward o at
7:50 AM
4 Comments:
I think that if the O's were in the NL West they would be very competitive next year. Kind of like an inverse of the Giants with little pitching but a good offense.
On an somewhat unrelated note, I don't mean to sound spammy, but I'm keeping track of projections for the O's for the 2009 season, which will be brought together with projections for all of the other teams at Beyond The Box Score, and I'd appreciate your input.
I'm hoping to get the whole Orioles blogosphere involved, since who knows more about our players than the people who watch them all the time?
The spreadsheet is sabermetric-y, but just BA/OBP/SLG for hitters and IP and ERA for pitchers is cool - I'll take care of the rest.
Updates to it are here: http://frostkingbaseball.blogspot.com/.
Thanks
But if team was in AL West it would not be BALTIMROE ORIOLES!!!!!
I think Wayward's typing feathers are a bit numb with the cold.
The good news about The Young Savior will brighten an otherwise drab off-season. For once Angelos hasn't driven away a major talent. And here's my advice - avoid looking at the Os 40-man roster. It has 32 pitchers, only 1 of which (Guthrie) is a bona fide major league starter.
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