Strength Of Schedule Factors (Pythagorean divisional rankings?)

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I believe that Mattbot pointed me toward a strength of schedule ranking last year... it might have been on BP.

Does anyone know of any free links to showing the adjusted rankings of all teams based on the strength of their schedule?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Is this what you're looking for?

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/standings.html

I can't remember what exactly we looked at last year, but I think this was it. For a related strength of schedule discussion, there was a nice breakdown of the interleague strength of schedule disparities on BP the other day: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2957. Subscription required, though, I think.

Basically the Rangers and Cubs have it toughest (Rangers moreso because they play the full slate of 18 interleague games compared to the Cubs 12); the Padres appear to have it easiest.

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:27 (twenty-two years ago)

And what about the (un)Official Team of ILB, the SF Gigantics?

― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Here's the NL West breakdown from Joe Sheehan (the Rockies, apparently, are unworthy of comment):

NL West Opp. Pct. Non-Common Series
Padres .434 Yankees, Devil Rays, Mariners, Royals
Dodgers .554 Orioles, Yankees, Angels (2)
Giants .505 Devil Rays, Orioles, A's (2)

Everybody plays the Red Sox and Blue Jays, but the Padres catch the Devil Rays and two of the worst teams in the AL while the Dodgers are playing the Orioles and the Angels. That's a staggering difference, and one that could help the Padres take control of the NL West this month.

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:32 (twenty-two years ago)

i love you mattbot.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 04:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Pythagorean standings are based on run differential, strength-of-sched standings are just that. Different beasts.

The Pythagorean standings are available daily on Rob Neyer's ESPN page:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/neyer/index

If you want to read Neyer's daily column, those fuckers just made it "premium" (not his idea, RN said). Paying for BP is enough for me.

I don't like how the interleague shit messes with the wild card... Mets get 6 vs Yanks, Florida draws the Debbil Rays, etc.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Nice, I was actually looking for both of these... thank you guys so much.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

twelve years pass...

Rangers are 30-8 in one-run games--they're +26 in the W-L column, +22 in run differential.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-texas-rangers-are-making-unsustainable-history-in-one-run-games/

― clemenza, Thursday, 1 September 2016 18:42 (nine years ago)

Dave Cameron was ragging on them for this at Saberseminar -- "finally a barely above average team"

― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 September 2016 21:24 (nine years ago)

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