Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Pythagorean Records

As we have in past seasons, throughout the year we will track how the teams are doing in relation to their pythagorean expected records. Pythagorean winning percentage is an estimate of a team's winning percentage based on their runs scored and runs allowed. It can tell you whether the teams are a bit lucky or unlucky. It is calculated with this formula: (Runs Scored)^1.83/((Runs Scored)^1.83 + (Runs Allowed)^1.83). It's still early in the season, but so far everyone is about where they should be.

Team, actual wins, actual losses, runs scored, runs allowed, pythagorean wins, pythagorean losses, difference between actual and pythagorean.
Team                     W   L   RS   RA  pW  pL  Dif
Tampa Bay Rays          15   5  121   69  15   5    0
Durham Bulls            14   6  127   78  14   6    0
Montgomery Biscuits     10   9   78   79   9  10   +1
Charlotte Stone Crabs    9   8   60   48  10   7   -1
Bowling Green Hot Rods   5  14   55   89   6  13   -1
Hudson Valley Renegades  0   0    0    0   0   0    0
Princeton Rays           0   0    0    0   0   0    0
GCL Rays                 0   0    0    0   0   0    0
VSL Rays                 0   0    0    0   0   0    0
DSL Rays                 0   0    0    0   0   0    0

2 comments:

  1. Have always thought this one (computation) was really spooky. Thanks for putting it together, Doug.

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  2. Excel is my friend for this one.

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