How do you determine how many games back a team is in the baseball standings?
Question:For example, if a team has a 19-6 record, how many "games back" is the second place team with a 17-7 record?
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Every game you will gain a half point you win you gain half a point. If the other team loses then you will gain another half point.In the American League, can a pitcher pinch hit for the DH, if he is pitching in the other half?
I think that is 1 1/2 games back. I'm not 100% sure tho so i wanna check out the other answers.What is your opinion about Roger Clemens?
Posted this on previous question so that's why numbers not up to date."It is the average of how many more loses the second place team[or any team in that division/league for wild card] has and how many more wins the team in first has. In example in the AL East standings[right now] The Yankees have 8 more loses and 9 less wins than Boston add those two together[17] and divide by two[8.5] is how many Games Back a team is. hope that helps." and the 2nd place team will be 1 and a half back.
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each game counts a 1/2 game in the standing. so take the full amount subtract the lower level team and count in 1/2s and you will have the actual number of games backMore Questions & Answers...