Monday, October 6, 2008

Cardinals Redux

The one year won-loss record tells to the average "Joe Smoe" that the recently victoriously Cardinals are not worthy of being holders of the World Series Title. Just allow me time to change his mind.

The fact that the Cardinals won the World Series really should not be as much of a surprise as some people think. While the team played really poorly during the year, they still had the capability to come back because the team had proven itself in the past that they are already winners. Anyways, almost the entire team was bitten by the injury bug at one time during the year [including the main players Pujols, Carpenter, Rolen, Edmonds].

The below chart documents the NL and AL three year won-loss record, showing that the Cardinals have best NL won-loss record over the span of the last three years. Simply put, this win over the Tigers is not as much of a fluke as the in your face ESPN media makes it out to sound.

American League

NYY 293-193 .603
Boston 279-207 .574
LAA 276-210 .568
Oakland 272-214 .560
Chicago 272-214 .560
MN 271-215 .558
Cleve 251-235 .516
TX 248-238 .510
Detroit 238-248 .490
Toronto 234-251 .482
Baltimore 222-264 .457
Seattle 210-276.432
Tampa 198-287 .408
KC 176-310 .362

National League

St. Louis 288-197 .594
Atlanta 265-221 .545
LA 252-214 .541
Hou 263-223 .541
Phil 259-227 .533
SD 257-229 .529
NYM 251-239 .512
Florida 244-242 .502
SF 242-243 .499
Chicago 234-252 .481
Cin 229-257 .471
Mil 223-262.460
Wash/Mon 219-267 .451
Col 211-275 .434
Pitt 206-279 .425
AZ 204-282 .420

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