Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball Handout Renowned baseball statistician Bill James devised a model for predicting a team'
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0.4. EXERCISES 21 Table 0.4: Winning percentage and Pythagorean predictions for baseball teams in 2009 TEAM w L WinPct Run Scored Runs Against Predicted Residual Arizona Diamondbacks 70 92 43.21 720 782 45.88 -2.67 Atlanta Braves 86 76 53.09 735 641 56.80 -3.71 Baltimore Orioles 64 98 39.51 741 876 41.71 -2.20 Boston Red Sox 95 67 58.64 872 736 58.40 0.24 Chicago Cubs 83 78 51.55 707 672 52.54 -0.98 Chicago White Sox 79 83 48.77 724 732 49.45 -0.69 Cincinnati Reds 78 84 48.15 673 723 46.42 1.73 Cleveland Indians 65 97 40.12 773 865 44.40 -428 Colorado Rockies 92 70 56.79 804 715 55.84 0.96 Detroit Tigers 86 77 52.76 743 745 49.87 2.90 Florida Marlins 87 75 53.70 772 706 50.39 3.31 Houston Astros 74 88 45.68 643 770 41.08 4.59 Kansas City Royals 65 97 40.12 686 842 39.90 0.23 Los Angeles Angels 97 65 59.88 883 761 57.38 2.50 Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 58.64 780 611 61.97 -3.33 Milwaukee Brewers 80 82 49.38 785 818 47.94 1.44 Minnesota Twins 87 76 53.37 817 765 53.28 0.09 New York Mets 70 92 43.21 671 757 41.00 -0.79 New York Yankees 103 59 63.58 915 753 Oakland Athletics 75 87 46.30 759 761 49.87 -3.57 Philadelphia Phillies 93 09 57.41 820 709 57.22 0.19 Pittsburgh Pirates 62 99 38.51 6:36 768 40.68 -2.17 San Diego Padres 75 87 46.30 638 769 San Francisco Giants 88 74 54.32 657 611 83.62 0.70 Seattle Mariners 85 77 52.47 640 692 46.10 6.37 St. Louis Cardinals 91 71 56.17 730 640 56.54 -0.37 Tampa Bay Rays 84 78 51.85 803 754 13.14 -1.29 Texas Rangers 87 75 53.70 784 740 52.88 0.82 Toronto Blue Jays 75 87 46.30 798 771 51.72 -5.42 Washington Nationals 59 103 36.42 710 874 39.76 -3.34 Source: www.laseball - reference.com