About the standings [Archive] - MotownSports.com Message Board

Surfer Joe

04-26-2007, 10:37 AM

The Tigers are 12-9 while the Indians are 11-7, yet the Indians are in first place. Why is this? Don't they go by wins in the standings?:confused:

dt35456884

04-26-2007, 10:40 AM

Winning percentage.

Yoda

04-26-2007, 10:42 AM

A combination of wins and losses. The Indians have 2 less losses. We have 1 more win. We are 0.5 games behind them.

DaYooperASBDT

04-26-2007, 10:57 AM

The Indians are pansies, and can't play as many games as the Tigers do ... :wink:

MackAveKurt

04-26-2007, 11:49 AM

Here's the simplest way to calculate standings, Joe, and I'll probably make it sound messy. The standings measure half the difference in how many games from .500 a team is.

Cleveland is 4 games over. Detroit is 3 games over. That's 1 game difference. Half that is your 1/2 game lead.

Red Sox are six games over. Yankees are 3 games under. That's 9. Half that and you have their 4.5 game difference in the standings.

chasfh

04-26-2007, 01:58 PM

Here's the simplest way to calculate standings, Joe, and I'll probably make it sound messy. The standings measure half the difference in how many games from .500 a team is.

Cleveland is 4 games over. Detroit is 3 games over. That's 1 game difference. Half that is your 1/2 game lead.

Red Sox are six games over. Yankees are 3 games under. That's 9. Half that and you have their 4.5 game difference in the standings.

Yes, but do you know how to calculate the magic number?

ClintD

04-26-2007, 02:03 PM

Yes, but do you know how to calculate the magic number?

simply halve that number again and that is your magic number :wink:

ewsieg

04-26-2007, 02:09 PM

The Tigers are 12-9 while the Indians are 11-7, yet the Indians are in first place. Why is this? Don't they go by wins in the standings?:confused:

They only go by wins when determing who is the Cy Young winner :shocked:

campusano07

04-26-2007, 02:11 PM

I still think it rocks that Shef, Monroe, Inge are hitting bad, Rogers is injured, our pen is weak, and we're still in second.

That's pretty dang good! Wait til we're healthy and playing to our ability.

MackAveKurt

04-26-2007, 03:22 PM

Chas, I always used the RIOT number, which right now is apparently 134.

http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseball/american_league.html

chasfh

04-26-2007, 04:06 PM

Chas, I always used the RIOT number, which right now is apparently 134.

http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseball/american_league.html

134 what?

Surfer Joe

04-27-2007, 08:37 PM

Thanks for your answers. I never understood the way they do the standings. I do now.