Time again for that always thrilling off-season post where the teams who have set records, for good or ill, are identified. Lots of good records set this year, and not all by the two juggernauts. Here's the list of new records for the franchises to take pride in, with the prior records given in parentheses. Where more than one team broke the old record, that is noted as well.
1. Best Record: Seattle, 125-37, .772 (2010 Seattle, 114-48, .704)
*** River Cities also broke the record last year with their 119-43 mark.
2. Best Pythagorean Record: Seattle, 125-37 (2009 River Cities, 122-40)
*** River Cities also broke the record last year with their 124-38 mark
3. Best Home Record: River Cities, 64-17 (2004 Houston and 2010 Seattle, 60-21)
*** Seattle also broke the record last year with their 61-20 mark
4. Best Road Record: Seattle, 64-17 (2007 Seattle, 57-24)
5. Best Extra Inning Record: Los Angeles, 13-4, .765 (2003 Virginia. 5-2, .714)
*** Seattle also broke the record last year with their 8-3, .727 mark
6. Most One-Run Wins: Los Angeles, 40 (2005 Seattle, 36)
7. Best One-Run Record: Los Angeles, 40-16, .714 (2009 South Bay, 34-14, .708)
8. Highest Team Batting Average: Seattle, .291 (2010 Seattle, .288)
9. Most Home Runs: River Cities, 227 (2003 Brooklyn, 218)
10. Most Runs Scored: River Cities, 942 (2004 Houston, 932)
11. Most Hits: Seattle, 1660 (2010 Seattle, 1655)
12. Highest Team OBP: Seattle, .360 (2004 Houston, .356)
*** River Cities also broke the record last year with their .357 mark
13. Highest Team OPS: River Cities, .819 (tied 2004 Houston)
14. Highest R+ (Runs Scored Relative to League): Seattle, 136 (2010 Saskatoon, 128)
15. Highest OPS+ (OPS Relative to League): Seattle, 116 (2004 Houston, 2009 River Cities, 2010 Saskatoon, and 2010 Seattle, 113)
*** River Cities also broke the record last year with their 115 mark
16. Most Saves: Brooklyn, 58 (2005 Stockholm, 56)
17. Lowest ERA: Seattle, 2.76 (2010 River Cities 2.86)
*** Seattle was also the first team to give up fewer than 500 runs in a season, with 492.
18. Best ERA+ (ERA Relative to League): River Cities, 142 (2009 River Cities, 138)
19. Lowest FIP: Seattle 2.71 (2009 Seattle, 2.76)
20. Best Fielding Percentage: 2011 Houston, .986 (tied five teams)
Unfortunately, there were also a few low marks set this year. There weren't very many of them, but there were a few. Sorry, guys.
21. Most Extra Inning Losses: Danville, 13 (tied 2005 Brooklyn, 2005 Hickory, and 2010 Covington)
22. Fewest Walks Received: Denver, 350 (2010 Denver, 366)
23. Fewest Doubles: Danville, 177 (2009 Denver, 178)
24. Fewest Home Runs: Denver, 68 (tied 2010 Houston)
25. Lowest Team SLG: Denver, .309 (2010 Houston, .312)
26. Worst Team OPS: Denver, .581 (2009 Covington, .583)
As always, feel free to ask me any questions about these records, or any other team statistical issues, in the comments.
I can't believe my team did not have any of the worst records. Guess I was bad just not that bad :)
ReplyDeleteWow. Was Denver maybe the worst team EVER or what?
ReplyDeleteNo, there's nothing wrong with the competitive balance in this league at all.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons I'll never back down from my assertions that the 2005 Stockholm team was the best ever is because the rest of the league wasn't THAT bad in 2005, compared to the cheesepuffs that Seattle and (minus against me, of course) River Cities played last year.
While I'm here...
It's nice to know that my team's problems last year was starting pitching. From the 7th inning on, I probably outscored my opponents by at least 100 runs, I bet.
Denver's offense last year was really bad, no question. But the 2009 Covington squad, with its 33-129 record, would have finished 17 games behind 2011 Denver.
ReplyDeleteCovington's 2009 team had an OPS two points higher (.583 vs. .581), but scored nine fewer runs and hit a measly .210 (vs. .222 for Denver). Relative to league average, Covington was worse as scoring runs and in OPS.
It's the pitching that makes it that much worse for 2009 Covington though. Denver's pitching last year wasn't bad, with a 4.36 ERA. 2009 Covington's ERA was 5.19 and they gave up 136 more runs than Denver did this year (892 vs. 756).
Heck, the 2009 Covington squad didn't even field well, with a .981 fielding percentage.
I don't think we'll ever see a team that was as terrible overall at that 2009 Covington squad.