Pittsburgh vaults to the top of the POWER RANKINGS this week after going 8-2 in their last ten games. The Crawfords are solid across the board, ranking in the top six in each graded category. Another Rust Belt Division team, the Cleveland Rock 'N Rollers, are the only other squad in the MBL who rank in the top-10 in batting, pitching and fielding. The biggest positive mover in the rankings is the Brooklyn Broken Arrow Bums, who are winners of eight in a row and nine of their last ten. They slide into the 10th spot after ranking 18th last week. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Baltimore Stouts are in a free-fall, dropping seven spots from 7th to 14th. They are an interesting case as they rank in the top four in both batting and fielding, but are next to last in overall pitching. Regardless, the Stouts are still one of the unluckiest teams, along with Cleveland, when it comes to expected wins. Both teams, based on the Bill James Pythagorean theorem, have five fewer wins than they should have at this point. The same principal indicates that both Boston and Seattle are winning with a little luck to date.
| RNK | +/- | TEAM 8/20 | BAT | PIT | FLD |
PCT
|
PYTH | LUCK |
| 1 | 2 | Pittsburgh Crawfords | 6 | 2 | 1 |
.621
|
.629 | (1) |
| 2 | (1) | San Francisco Quakers | 1 | 6 | 16 |
.667
|
.660 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | Cleveland Rock 'N Rollers | 7 | 7 | 8 |
.551
|
.617 | (5) |
| 4 | (2) | Arizona Apaches | 2 | 10 | 13 |
.530
|
.543 | (1) |
| 5 | 1 | Boston Beaneaters | 3 | 8 | 23 |
.635
|
.561 | 5 |
| 6 | (1) | Colorado Briar Jumpers | 10 | 5 | 17 |
.556
|
.545 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Cincinnati Red Stockings | 9 | 12 | 11 |
.561
|
.542 | 1 |
| 8 | 0 | Toronto Redcoats | 8 | 18 | 2 |
.439
|
.481 | (3) |
| 9 | 4 | St. Louis Sliders | 17 | 4 | 15 |
.517
|
.536 | (1) |
| 10 | 8 | Brooklyn Broken Arrow Bums | 16 | 9 | 5 |
.515
|
.509 | 0 |
| 11 | (1) | Oakland Osprey | 18 | 3 | 21 |
.492
|
.474 | 1 |
| 12 | 2 | Miami Panthers | 22 | 1 | 20 |
.536
|
.512 | 2 |
| 13 | (4) | Tampa Bay Stone Ponys | 5 | 19 | 10 |
.476
|
.543 | (4) |
| 14 | (7) | Baltimore Stouts | 4 | 23 | 4 |
.409
|
.481 | (5) |
| 15 | (3) | New York Rippers | 13 | 13 | 12 |
.476
|
.486 | (1) |
| 16 | (1) | Milwaukee Phantoms | 11 | 21 | 6 |
.530
|
.476 | 4 |
| 17 | (1) | Houston Buffaloes | 23 | 11 | 3 |
.413
|
.427 | (1) |
| 18 | 4 | Detroit Buckeyes | 19 | 17 | 7 |
.439
|
.408 | 2 |
| 19 | 1 | Atlanta Stonecutters | 15 | 15 | 14 |
.397
|
.405 | (1) |
| 20 | (3) | Seattle Lightning | 14 | 14 | 19 |
.540
|
.456 | 5 |
| 21 | 0 | New York Bombers | 21 | 16 | 9 |
.417
|
.415 | 0 |
| 22 | (3) | San Diego Vipers | 12 | 22 | 24 |
.476
|
.415 | 4 |
| 23 | 0 | Washington Senators | 20 | 20 | 18 |
.429
|
.496 | (4) |
| 24 | 0 | Minnesota Millers | 24 | 24 | 22 |
.364
|
.369 | (0) |
| GLOSSARY |
| BAT - Batting Rank |
| PIT - Pitching Rank |
| FLD - Fielding Rank |
| PCT - Actual Win Percentage |
| PYTH - Expected Win Percentage |
| LUCK - Difference between actual wins and expected wins |
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