I've now added the final 2008 stats into my spreadsheet, hopefully to enable me to gain a crushing advantage over all of you. [evil maniacal laughter] Bwaa haa haa haa haa. [/evil maniacal laughter]
Anyway, here's the cumulative records of the franchises from 2002-2008, ranked by winning percentage.
1. South Bay, 683-451, 0.602 (98-64, 0 GB)
2. Seattle, 663-471, 0.585 (95-67, 3 GB)
3. Saskatoon, 614-520 0.541 (88-74, 10 GB)
4. Brooklyn, 607-527, 0.535 (87-75, 11 GB)
5. River Cities, 606-528, 0.534 (87-75, 11 GB)
6. New York, 400-410, 0.494 (80-82, 18 GB)
7. Houston, 554-580, 0.489 (79-83, 19 GB)
8. Danville, 550-584, 0.485 (79-83, 19 GB)
9. Walla Walla, 527-607, 0.465 (75-87, 23 GB)
10. Hickory, 331-479, 0.409 (66-96, 32 GB)
11. Covington, 312-498, 0.385 (62-100, 36 GB)
12. Denver, 309-501, 0.381 (62-100, 36 GB)
I added what the cumulative winning percentage equates to in a 162-game season and how many games back each franchise would be.
It does appear that Michael has the greatest SDMB team, which I guess we could have expected. Sigh. I also think that this shows how hard it's been for the four expansion teams to compete (although New York has done a pretty impressive job). I expect the expansion teams' records to start changing over the next couple of years, as some of the very best young players are in those systems.
- Mack
Aside: I have all kinds of pitching, batting, and fielding stats from 2003-08 at my fingertips as well. I'll post some of the more interesting ones on the blog here when I'm procrastinating. But, if anyone has any questions, feel free to drop them into a comment in this or a later post and I'll be happy to answer them. Example random fact: Brooklyn's franchise has the most home runs in history (1176 over the six years of 2003-08), as well as the two seasons with the most in a year (218 in 2003 and 215 in 2007).
Awesome. I'm only one win away from 700 total wins in SDMB League history.
ReplyDeleteLast one to 1000 wins, be sure to turn out the lights!
Oops, I forgot the two games I won in the first Cecil Cup. 701 wins, not bad for seven seasons.
ReplyDeleteMack, do you have all-time team stats for stolen bases? I have the feeling the Cossacks tower everyone else in that category.
ReplyDelete(To steal a quote from Sloan, one of my favorite bands: "It's not much, but it's the best I got.")
Trevor, this is exactly the type of question I hope people ask. I like playing with my excel spreadsheet.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right. Saskatoon has 1,193 steals from 2003-08, or 199 per year. The next closest team is Denver, who has amassed 828 steals in five years (166 per year).
By contrast, Zev has the least with 356 in six years, or 59 per year. New York is next with 307 in five years, or 61 per year.
Best and worst team seasons:
1. 2008 Saskatoon, 262.
2. 2007 Saskatoon, 250
3t. 2006 Saskatoon, 209
3t. 2007 Denver, 209
...
66. 2005 Seattle, 29
67. 2005 New York, 18
68. 2008 Hickory, 5
I have to say, 5? Is that right? How the heck does a team steal only five bases in a year? That's some wild stuff.