Comments on: Woo-hoo, Indeed. http://www.baycityball.com/2008/11/12/woo-hoo-indeed/ Giants Baseball With a Side of STATS Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:42:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris http://www.baycityball.com/2008/11/12/woo-hoo-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-3890 Chris Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:49:29 +0000 http://www.baycityball.com/?p=2031#comment-3890 The AL is about .5 wins on average better than the National League. It doesn't sound tremendous, but it adds up a little. The AL is about .5 wins on average better than the National League. It doesn’t sound tremendous, but it adds up a little.

]]> By: obsessivegiantscompulsive http://www.baycityball.com/2008/11/12/woo-hoo-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-3889 obsessivegiantscompulsive Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:38:26 +0000 http://www.baycityball.com/?p=2031#comment-3889 Nice post, but the NL is not that much of a weaker league, if you are talking wins and losses. I've analyzed the difference between the leagues in terms of W/L and in terms of difference between AL DH and NL DH and found that the difference there accounts for much of the extra wins that the AL has compiled over the period, meaning that the lineups and pitchers are about the same, relative to each other, it is the AL ability to field a legitimate hitter at the DH spot that drives a lot of their superiority during the regular season. Nice post, but the NL is not that much of a weaker league, if you are talking wins and losses.

I’ve analyzed the difference between the leagues in terms of W/L and in terms of difference between AL DH and NL DH and found that the difference there accounts for much of the extra wins that the AL has compiled over the period, meaning that the lineups and pitchers are about the same, relative to each other, it is the AL ability to field a legitimate hitter at the DH spot that drives a lot of their superiority during the regular season.

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