Welcome back to a project where some random teenage boy makes statistical projects about sports that makes everyone think "Goodness how much free time does this kid have?!" You've already seen the weird strikeout rate and home run numbers and what not, but WHO cares about that garbage, we're here to see people win it all The average MLB career is 5.6 years, so let's just stick with 5 years In 2013 the Red Sox beat the Cardinals in the World Series 4-2, sounds pretty normal, right? The Red Sox are still one of the hottest teams in baseball right now and the Cards are on pace to probably have a wild card spot (expected after some players come and go), but here's the kicker: The Cubs and Astros lost 96 and 111 games respectively, and then went on to win the 2016 and 2017 World Series Well hey we're here for more than that, right? 2014 should give us a few more... The Giants beat the Royals in the World Series 4-3 and now the Royals are the 2nd worst team in all of baseball Sure what about 2015- The Royals beat the Mets 4-1 in the World Series and the Red Sox were one of the worst teams in baseball 2016? Please? The Red Sox are BACK baby and won the AL East also the Cubs win the World Series 4-3 to the Cleveland Indians after beginning the series 1-3 OKAY QUIT IT I know I mention the Red Sox a lot and trust me, I ain't a fan, but that's mega weird I'm going to track all the past 5 seasons for each team below and we'll see who's on top, but if you don't wanna go through all that here's the volatility (average number of games won difference per season, whether won or lost) leaderboard MLB Average the Past 5 Seasons - 9.692 1. Rangers - 17.25 2. Twins - 16.75 3. Diamondbacks - 16.5 4. Astros - 13.5 5. Tigers - 13.25 6. Angels - 12.5 T7. Red Sox - 12.0 T7. Orioles - 12.0 T7. Cubs - 12.0 10. Mariners - 11.25 T11. Rays 10.5 T11. Giants - 10.5 13. Brewers - 10.0 14. Pirates - 9.75 15. Nationals - 9.25 T16 .Blue Jays - 9.0 T16. Mets - 9.0 T16. Braves - 9.0 19. A's - 8.75 20. Cardinals - 8.5 21. Indians - 8.0 22. Marlins - 7.75 23. Reds - 7.5 24. Rockies - 7.25 T25. Royals - 6.0 T25. White Sox - 6.0 27. Phillies- 5.75 28. Dodgers - 4.5 29. Yankees - 3.5 30. Padres - 3.25 Yeah I'm going to need a bigger season count to make this more accurate
Hey hopefully you read the thing about otherwise things are gonna be pretty weird Records will be in order, 2013 then 2014 then 2015, so on The number in parenthesis next to the record will be the amount of more or less wins from the previous season, with the total wins and final differential (the different amount of wins from the 2017 record compared with the 2013 record) at the end Each team in each division will be in order from most total wins to least AL East: Red Sox 97-65, 71-91 (-26), 78-84 (+7), 93-69 (+15), 93-69 (0) Total wins 432 Final Differential -4 Yankees 85-77, 84-78 (-1), 87-75(+3), 84-78 (-3), 91-71 (+7) Total Wins 431, Final Differential +6 Orioles 85-77, 96-66 (+11), 81-81 (-15), 89-73 (+8), 75-87 (-14) Total Wins 426 Final Differential -10 Blue Jays 74-88, 83-79 (+9), 93-79 (+10), 89-73 (-4), 76-86 (-13) Total Wins 415 Final Differential +2 Rays 92-71, 77-85 (-15), 80-82 (+3), 68-94 (-12), 80-82 (+12) Total Wins 397 Final Differential -12 AL Central: Indians 92-70, 85-77 (-7), 81-80 (-4), 94-67 (+13), 102-60 (+8) Total Wins 454 Final Differential +10 Royals 86-76, 89-73 (+3), 95-67 (+6), 81-81 (-14), 80-82 (-1) Total Wins 431 Final Differential -6 Tigers 93-69, 90-72 (-3), 74-87 (-16), 86-75 (+12), 64-98 (-22) Total Wins 407 Final Differential -29 Twins 66-96, 70-92 (+4), 83-79 (+13), 59-103 (-24), 85-77 (+26) Total Wins 363 Final Differential +19 White Sox 63-99, 73-89 (+10), 76-86 (+3), 78-84 (+2), 67-95 (-9) Total Wins 357 Final Differential +4 AL West Rangers 91-72, 67-95 (-24), 88-74 (+21), 95-67 (+7), 78-84 (-17) Total Wins Final Differential -13 Angels 78-84, 98-64 (+20), 85-77 (-13), 74-88 (-11), 80-82 (+6) Total Wins 415 Final Differential +2 Mariners 71-91, 87-75 (+16), 76-86 (-11), 86-76 (+10), 78-84 (-8) Total Wins 398 Final Differential +7 A's 96-66, 88-74 (-8), 68-94 (-20), 69-93 (+1), 75-87 (+6) Total Wins 396 Final Differential -21 Astros 51-111, 70-92 (+19), 86-76 (+16), 84-78 (-2), 101-61 (+17) Total Wins 392 Final Differential +50 NL East: Nationals 86-76, 96-66 (+10), 83-79 (-13), 95-67 (+12), 97-65 (+2) Total Wins 457 Final Differential +12 Mets 74-88, 79-83 (+5), 90-72 (+11), 87-75 (-3), 70-92 (-17) Total Wins 400 Final Differential -4 Braves 96-66, 79-83 (-19), 67-95 (-12), 68-93 (+1), 72-90 (+4) Total Wins 382 Final Differential -14 Marlins 62-100, 77-85 (+15), 71-91 (+6), 79-82 (+8), 77-85 (-2) Total Wins 366 Final Differential +15 Phillies 73-89, 73-89 (0), 63-99 (-10), 71-91 (+8), 66-96 (-5) Total Wins 346 Final Differential -7 NL Central: Cardinals 97-65, 90-72 (-7), 100-62 (+10), 86-76 (-14), 83-79 (-3) Total Wins 456 Final Differential -14 Pirates 94-68, 88-74 (-6), 98-64 (+10), 78-83 (-20), 75-87 (-3) Total Wins 433 Final Differential -19 Cubs 66-96, 73-89 (+7), 97-65 (+24), 103-58 (+6), 92-70 (-11) Total Wins 431 Final Differential +26 Brewers 74-88, 82-80 (+8), 68-94 (-14), 73-89 (+5), 86-76 (+13) Total Wins 383 Final Differential +12 Reds 90-72, 76-86 (-14), 64-98 (-12), 68-94 (+4), 68-94 (0) Total Wins 366 Final Differential -22 NL West: Dodgers 92-70, 94-68 (+2), 92-70 (-2), 91-71 (-1), 104-58 (+13) Total Wins 473 Final Differential +12 Giants 76-86, 88-74 (+12), 84-78 (-4), 87-75 (+3), 64-98 (-23) Total Wins 401 Final Differential -12 Diamondbacks 81-81, 64-98 (-17), 79-83 (+15), 69-93 (-10), 93-69 (+24) Total Wins 386 Final Differential +12 Padres 76-86, 77-85 (+1), 74-88 (-3), 68-94 (-6), 71-91 (+3) Total Wins 366 Final Differential -5 Rockies 74-88, 66-96 (-8), 68-94 (+2), 75-87 (+7), 87-75 (+12) Total Wins 370 Final Differential +13
