Month: June 2018

Largest Difference Between 2nd and 3rd Place Teams in a Season

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VORG favorite Jayson Stark tweeted the following recently: This #RedSox-#Yankees series isn’t just epic. It’s historic. According to it’s the first time two teams with this good a win pct have met this late in a season since 9/2/54! That was #Yankees-#Indians. Wow — Jayson Stark June 29, 2018 … which got me … Read more

Three True Outcomes Update – May

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Last year, Major League Baseball set an all-time record when 33.5% of all plate appearances ended in a walk, strikeout or homers (the “three true outcomes“). Here at the VORG, monitoring “TTO” is one of our pet projects. Each month this season, we’ll be checking on the assault on the TTO record, both on the … Read more

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