During the past few seasons, to get the experience of pennant race baseball, I have been using actual pennant race and tier games to figure out day-to-day standings. Let’s take a look at last year’s final standings.
Since wild card, non-tier, and interleague games don’t count, you will see different game totals for each team. No problem, the games behind method still works for assigning a team’s place in the standings(Games over and under .500 are what counts).
Remember, the important thing is to get the feel of how pennant races work during baseball’s tension building long season.
EAST W L GB
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Boston 73 41 —
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New York 70 40 1
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Tampa Bay 61 54 12.5
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Detroit 48 42 13
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Toronto 50 63 22.5
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Cleveland 38 56 25
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Kansas City 38 57 25.5
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Baltimore 40 72 32
WEST W L GB
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Texas 54 43 —
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Minnesota 45 36 1
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Los Angeles 53 47 2.5
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Seattle 52 50 4.5
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Oakland 47 53 8.5
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Chicago 32 43 11
EAST W L GB
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Philadelphia 69 48 —
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Atlanta 64 54 5.5
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Cincinnati 49 44 8
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Florida 60 55 8
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Houston 41 47 13.5
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Pittsburgh 39 52 17
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New York 50 65 18
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Washington 40 77 29
WEST W L GB
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Los Angeles 71 46 —
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Colorado 66 49 4
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St. Louis 50 42 8.5
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San Francisco 63 55 8.5
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Milaukee 46 47 13
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San Diego 57 60 14
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Chicago 42 50 16.5
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Arizona 49 65 20.5
1st Tier plays 1st; and 2nd Tier plays 2nd Tier. So this year Boston, New York, Tampa Bay, and Detroit play only Texas, Minnesota, and Los Angeles from the other division;
Toronto, Cleveland, Kansas City, and Baltimore play only Seattle, Oakland,and Chicago;
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Florida play only Los Angeles, Colorado, St. Louis, and San Francisco and;
Houston, Pittsburgh, New York, and Washington play only Milwaukee, San Diego, Chicago, and Arizona.
The fact that a team plays most of their games against division pennant rivals increases the possibility of having great season long pennant races.
Next blogs will start to deal with this season’s races. I look forward to your comment and discussion.
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