Final MLB Toss Tie Table Standings

It’s over. The final games of the regular season have been played and the MLB playoff field is set. I’ve been following this all year for the purposes of illuminating an area of interest of mine for a few years. I grew playing competitive baseball up until college. I have always loved the idea of “free baseball” as a player, I mean who doesn’t love playing games?

However, a few years ago it dawned on me that the records do not accurately reflect how the season went. So I started to look at a few ideas for how to better, more accurately reflect the best teams and make sure the best teams make the playoffs, mainly the wild card.

If you look below we have 3 different tables, all scored differently. The first is our TOSS scoring, which is Wins =1 and Ties = .5. This is pretty simple and easy. The second scoring is based on how the NHL records overtime losses and wins. The final table is classic soccer style scoring, with Wins = 3 and Ties =1.

Now I know baseball doesn’t have ties and this is something of interest still to me as all but 1 team (Chicago White Sox) played double digit extra inning games this year. Meaning, there were a lot of games/records determined by back of the bullpen type guys or even position players (i.e. Charlie Culberson for the Braves). Here is a breakdown of the numbers:

• There were 420 (insert stoner pun here) extra inning baseball games played this year.
• The Chicago White Sox were the only team to play less than double digit games this year (8, with a 4-4 record).
• 6 Teams ended the season with double digit extra inning wins:
  • Atlanta Braves (11-6)
  • Boston Red Sox (10-8)
  • Colorado Rockies (10-6)
  • Houston Astros (10-4)
  • San Francisco Giants (13-3)
  • Tampa Bay Rays (11-8)
• Tampa Bay finished the year with the most Extra Inning Games played with 19.
  • Followed by Arizona (18), Boston (18), and Pittsburgh (18).
• The Los Angeles Angels finished with the least amount of extra inning wins (3).
• And Finally, the 2019 EXTRA INNING CHAMPIONS goes to the San Francisco Giants. Winners of 13 extra inning games and possessing the best EI winning percentage at 81%.

It’s been a fun and interesting year and feel free to see how the tables look below and let me know if you agree with a weighted differential in extra inning outcomes or calling on ties to be a part of baseball.

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MLB Teams	Points
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West Champs)	105
Houston Astros (AL West Champs)	104
New York Yankees (AL East Champs)	101.5
Minnesota Twins (AL Central Champs)	101.5
Oakland Athletics (AL WC #1)	98.5
Tampa Bay Rays (AL WC #2)	94.5
Atlanta Braves (NL East Champs)	94.5
Washington Nationals (NL WC #1)	94
Cleveland Indians	93.5
St. Louis Cardinals (NL Central Champs)	89
Milwaukee Brewers (NL WC #2)	88.5
New York Mets	87
Chicago Cubs	86.5
Arizona Diamondbacks	85
Boston Red Sox	83
Philadelphia Phillies	80.5
Texas Rangers	77.5
Cincinnati Reds	76.5
Los Angeles Angels	74
San Francisco Giants	72
Chicago White Sox	72
San Diego Padres	71
Pittsburgh Pirates	71
Colorado Rockies	69
Toronto Blue Jays	67.5
Seattle Mariners	65.5
Kansas City Royals	62.5
Miami Marlins	58
Baltimore Orioles	57
Detroit Tigers	49

HOCKEY STYLE TABLE:

MLB Teams	Points
Houston Astros	218
Los Angeles Dodgers	216
New York Yankees	210
Minnesota Twins	209
Oakland Athletics	203
Atlanta Braves	200
Tampa Bay Rays	200
Cleveland Indians	193
Washington Nationals	192
St. Louis Cardinals	186
Milwaukee Brewers	185
New York Mets	181
Arizona Diamondbacks	179
Chicago Cubs	177
Boston Red Sox	176
Philadelphia Phillies	168
Texas Rangers	162
Cincinnati Reds	159
San Francisco Giants	157
Los Angeles Angels	151
Pittsburgh Pirates	149
Chicago White Sox	148
Colorado Rockies	148
San Diego Padres	147
Toronto Blue Jays	142
Seattle Mariners	140
Kansas City Royals	129
Miami Marlins	123
Baltimore Orioles	116
Detroit Tigers	104

SOCCER STYLE SCORING

MLB Teams	Points
Los Angeles Dodgers	310
Houston Astros	305
New York Yankees	299
Minnesota Twins	298
Oakland Athletics	288
Washington Nationals	277
Atlanta Braves	275
Tampa Bay Rays	274
Cleveland Indians	274
St. Louis Cardinals	261
Milwaukee Brewers	258
Chicago Cubs	253
New York Mets	253
Arizona Diamondbacks	246
Boston Red Sox	240
Philadelphia Phillies	235
Texas Rangers	226
Cincinnati Reds	222
Los Angeles Angels	217
Chicago White Sox	212
San Francisco Giants	208
San Diego Padres	207
Pittsburgh Pirates	204
Colorado Rockies	199
Toronto Blue Jays	195
Seattle Mariners	190
Kansas City Royals	180
Miami Marlins	166
Baltimore Orioles	166
Detroit Tigers	139

-J-Raz (@Jraz447)

Go Braves!