Final Adjusted Standings for 2008

by Clay Davenport


BP Adjusted Standings
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Generated Wed Oct 1 08:29:41 EDT 2008

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Teams are sorted by division and third-order wins and losses.

Team             W    L       RS   RA   W1    L1     EQR EQRA   W2    L2    AEQR AEQRA  W3    L3      D1    D2    D3
Red_Sox          95.  67.    845  694  95.9  66.1    900  692 100.9  61.0    921  698 102.1  59.8    -0.9  -5.9  -7.1
Rays             97.  65.    774  671  91.7  70.3    817  680  94.8  67.2    838  678  97.0  65.0     5.3   2.2   0.0
Blue_Jays        86.  76.    714  610  92.5  69.5    712  632  89.8  72.2    725  624  92.0  70.0    -6.5  -3.8  -6.0
Yankees          89.  73.    789  727  87.2  74.8    812  726  89.5  72.5    830  726  91.3  70.7     1.8  -0.5  -2.3
Orioles          68.  93.    782  869  72.2  88.8    774  892  69.4  91.6    813  886  73.7  87.3    -4.2  -1.4  -5.7

Team             W    L       RS   RA   W1    L1     EQR EQRA   W2    L2    AEQR AEQRA  W3    L3      D1    D2    D3
White_Sox        89.  74.    811  729  89.6  73.3    802  744  87.2  75.8    818  751  88.1  74.8    -0.6   1.8   0.9
Indians          81.  81.    805  761  85.3  76.7    785  748  84.7  77.3    789  758  84.1  77.9    -4.3  -3.7  -3.1
Twins            88.  75.    829  745  89.7  73.3    764  754  82.5  80.5    784  770  82.9  80.1    -1.7   5.5   5.1
Tigers           74.  88.    821  857  77.6  84.4    823  850  78.4  83.6    843  861  79.4  82.6    -3.6  -4.4  -5.4
Royals           75.  87.    691  781  71.7  90.3    679  740  74.6  87.4    689  734  76.2  85.8     3.3   0.4  -1.2

Team             W    L       RS   RA   W1    L1     EQR EQRA   W2    L2    AEQR AEQRA  W3    L3      D1    D2    D3
Angels          100.  62.    765  697  88.0  74.0    750  721  84.0  78.0    754  725  84.0  78.0    12.0  16.0  16.0
Rangers          79.  83.    901  967  75.2  86.8    910  933  79.0  83.0    932  959  78.7  83.3     3.8   0.0   0.3
Athletics        75.  86.    646  690  75.6  85.4    644  684  76.1  84.9    650  685  76.7  84.3    -0.6  -1.1  -1.7
Mariners         61. 101.    671  811  66.7  95.3    673  839  64.3  97.7    684  843  65.2  96.9    -5.7  -3.3  -4.2

Team             W    L       RS   RA   W1    L1     EQR EQRA   W2    L2    AEQR AEQRA  W3    L3      D1    D2    D3
Mets             89.  73.    799  715  89.4  72.6    799  707  90.3  71.7    777  708  88.0  74.0    -0.4  -1.3   1.0
Phillies         92.  70.    799  680  93.1  68.9    803  735  87.7  74.3    791  733  86.8  75.2    -1.1   4.3   5.2
Marlins          84.  77.    770  767  80.7  80.3    750  737  81.8  79.2    742  736  81.1  79.9     3.3   2.2   2.9
Braves           72.  90.    753  778  78.4  83.6    753  762  80.0  82.0    739  759  79.1  82.9    -6.4  -8.0  -7.1
Nationals        59. 102.    641  825  61.7  99.3    640  809  63.1  97.9    626  790  63.4  97.6    -2.7  -4.1  -4.4

Team             W    L       RS   RA   W1    L1     EQR EQRA   W2    L2    AEQR AEQRA  W3    L3      D1    D2    D3
Cubs             97.  64.    855  671  98.6  62.4    844  672  97.7  63.3    811  673  94.5  66.5    -1.6  -0.7   2.5
Brewers          90.  72.    750  689  87.3  74.7    763  689  88.6  73.4    737  685  86.4  75.6     2.7   1.4   3.6
Cardinals        86.  76.    779  725  86.4  75.6    809  753  86.5  75.5    789  753  84.6  77.4    -0.4  -0.5   1.4
Astros           86.  75.    712  743  77.2  83.8    704  745  76.1  84.9    683  727  75.8  85.2     8.8   9.9  10.2
Reds             74.  88.    704  800  71.2  90.8    691  834  66.7  95.3    683  813  67.8  94.2     2.8   7.3   6.2
Pirates          67.  95.    735  884  66.7  95.3    683  900  60.1 102.0    685  883  61.8 100.3     0.3   6.9   5.2

Team             W    L       RS   RA   W1    L1     EQR EQRA   W2    L2    AEQR AEQRA  W3    L3      D1    D2    D3
Dodgers          84.  78.    700  648  86.6  75.4    720  626  91.3  70.7    706  636  88.7  73.3    -2.6  -7.3  -4.7
Diamondbacks     82.  80.    720  706  82.4  79.6    706  664  85.5  76.5    687  664  83.6  78.4    -0.4  -3.5  -1.6
Rockies          74.  88.    747  822  73.6  88.4    771  799  78.2  83.8    764  805  77.0  85.0     0.4  -4.2  -3.0
Giants           72.  90.    640  759  68.3  93.7    655  751  70.8  91.2    650  752  70.1  91.9     3.7   1.2   1.9
Padres           63.  99.    637  764  67.5  94.6    647  766  68.4  93.6    646  770  67.9  94.1    -4.5  -5.4  -4.9


Terms:

W, L : Actual team wins and losses.

RS, RA: Actual team runs scored and runs allowed.

W1, L1 ("First-order wins"): Pythagenport expected wins and losses, based on
RS and RA.

EQR, EQRA: Equivalent runs scored and equivalent runs allowed (equivalent
runs, generated from the opponent's batting line)

W2, L2 ("Second-order wins"): Pythagenport  wins and losses, based on EQR and
EQRA.

AEQR, AEQRA: EQR and EQRA, adjusted for strength of schedule: the
quality of their opponent's pitching and hitting. If AEQR is higher than EQR,
the team has faced better than average pitching; if AEQRA is higher than EQRA, the team has faced worse than average hitting.

W3, L3 ("Third-order wins"): Pythagenport  wins and losses, based on AEQR and
AEQRA.

D1, D2, D3: Deltas between actual wins and W1, W2, and W3. Positive numbers
mean the team has won more games than expected from their statistics.