Friday, November 10, 2017

World Series: Regular Season. 7 of 9.

1. Sunday in the park
2. Nine game series, eight games and tie
3. Home sweet home
4. Travel
5. Best of Seven WS
6. Sweeps
7. Regular Season
8. Yankees
9. Yanks 1960

This file contain pertinent data:

World Series data.

7. Regular Season:

Run difference (scored v. allowed) per game:

Biggest advantage (at least one run per game):


Year
Winner
Loser
Win Dif PerG
Los
Dif
PerG
Dif
PerG
W
L
Win
Win
Los
Win
1939
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
2.70
1.10
1.60
4
0
106
97
1927
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
2.43
1.01
1.41
4
0
110
94
1936
New York Yankees
New York Giants
2.15
0.79
1.37
4
2
102
92
1932
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
1.78
0.56
1.22
4
0
107
90
1998
New York Yankees
San Diego Padres
1.91
0.70
1.20
4
0
114
98
1944
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Browns
1.80
0.63
1.17
4
2
105
89
1937
New York Yankees
New York Giants
1.96
0.86
1.11
4
1
102
95
1975
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Red Sox
1.57
0.54
1.02
4
3
108
95


Four of the top five were sweeps.


Biggest disadvantage and therefore the biggest upset - 1906:


1987
Minnesota Twins
St. Louis Cardinals
-0.12
0.65
-0.77
4
3
85
95
1985
Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
0.30
1.08
-0.78
4
3
91
101
2006
St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers
0.12
0.91
-0.79
4
1
83
95
1945
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
0.44
1.31
-0.87
4
3
88
98
1995
Atlanta Braves
Cleveland Indians
0.73
1.62
-0.89
4
2
90
100
1969
New York Mets
Baltimore Orioles
0.56
1.62
-1.06
4
1
100
109
1906
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
0.71
2.09
-1.38
4
2
93
116


1987 Minnesota Twins are the only WS winner to allow more runs than they scored.

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