MLB Road Records

by bjork24 on Jun 1, 2008 9:33 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

I'm not much of a stat head myself (although I love reading about them when other people do the math), but I noticed something interesting when I was looking at the standings tonight. Only four teams (LAA, PHI, FLA, STL) have a winning road record, the White Sox are the only team at an even .500, and everyone else is bringing up the rear. I'm not sure what it means, but it feels good to be one of the elite few with a winning record on the road as well as at home.

GO CARDS!!!

LAA (16-11) .593
PHI (15-13) .536
FLA (13-12) .520
STL (13-12) .520
CWS (17-17) .500
TOR (16-17) .485
OAK (13-14) .481
MIN (12-13) .480
TB (11-12) .478
TEX (15-17) .469
NYY (14-16) .467
ARI (11-13) .458
HOU (15-19) .441
CHC (10-13) .435
SF (12-16) .429
BOS (14-19) .424
MIL (13-18) .419
LAD (12-17) .414
NYM (11-16) .407
DET (12-18) .400
KC (11-18) .379
CLE (9-15) .375
WSH (11-19) .367
PIT (11-19) .367
BAL (10-18) .357
SD (10-20) .333
CIN (9-19) .321
SEA (7-20) .259
COL (8-23) .258
ATL (7-21) .250

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Look at who we've played on the road, though

3 @ HOU (30-28, .517)
4 @ SFG (24-33, .421)
2 @ MIL (29-28, .509)
2 @ PIT (26-30, .464)
4 @ COL (20-37, .351)
4 @ MIL (29-28, .509)
3 @ SDP (23-35, .397)
3 @ LAD (27-28, .491)

Total: 179-219, .450

We’re also gonna be going on a road trip to Washington, Houston, and Cincinnati soon. Our competetion on the road hasn’t exactly been stellar. We’ve played most of our toughest games at home.

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
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by Mr Redbird on Jun 1, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

but

do you really think the 25+ teams below us had it much harder? It’s still a pretty impressive road record considering how well everyone is doing at home.

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Jun 1, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some teams had to have had it harder

It’s mathematically impossible for everyone to be playing a composite .450 winning percentage on the road. Briefly looked at the Cubs, and it doesn’t appear that their road schedule has been too much tougher (they did go to Philly though). I’m sure there are teams out there that have faced very tough competition on the road, but I’m too lazy and tired to look them all up.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 2, 2008 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, it's not mathematically IMPOSSIBLE

After all, if the road team always loses, then every team will have a home winning percentage of 1 and a road winning percentage of 0.

But yeah, it’s really improbable

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Jun 2, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let me clarify, I wrote that very poorly

What I was trying to say is that the teams we’ve played on the road are playing a composite .450 baseball overall; not just at home or just on the road. Since all of MLB has to add up to a .500 winning percentage, that means some teams must be playing tough competiton on the road (overall record). Sorry for the confusion.

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
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by Mr Redbird on Jun 2, 2008 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Need to compare home records

looking at the home records of the same list I get the following
3 HOU (15-9, .625)<br />4 SFG (12-17, .414)
2 MIL (16-10, .615)<br />2 PIT (15-11, .577)
4 COL (12-14, .461)<br />4 MIL (16-10, .615)
3 SDP (13-15, .464)<br />3 LAD (11-17, .393)

Total: 94-93, .503

by ubeddie on Jun 2, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs