Continental Standings

MLL Continental League Standings as of 6.6.2009

(only represents games reported to Web Administrator)

Place	Team	Games Won	Games Lost	Ties	Runs Scored	Runs Against	Games Played	GB Games Behind	Pct Win Average
1st	Dodgers	11	0	0	148	66	11	0.0	1.000
2nd	Diamondbacks	8	3	0	107	77	11	3.0	0.727
3rd	Angels	6	4	1	108	76	11	4.5	0.591
4th	Rays	6	5	0	58	71	11	5.0	0.545
5th	Mets	5	5	0	45	41	10	5.5	0.500
6th	Pirates	5	6	0	52	85	11	6.0	0.455
7th	White Sox	4	6	1	78	76	11	6.5	0.409
7th	Mariners	4	6	0	54	66	10	6.5	0.400
9th	Tigers	3	7	0	32	44	10	7.5	0.300
10th	Nationals	0	10	0	19	97	10	10.5	0.000

The Fine Art Of Sport Statistics

Games Behind (GB)

Statistics can be useful in calculating the number of games a team is behind the first place team .

The Games Behind is calculated as follows:

GB = ((games won by the 1st place team minus games won by any other team) plus (games lost by any other team minus games lost by the 1st place team)) divided by 2

Examples:

If the Reds have won 15 games and lost 4 games and the Blues have won 9 games and lost 10 games we would have:
        GB = (15-9)+(10-4)/2 = 6 games behind
        The Blues are 6 games behind the Reds.

If the two teams involved do not have the same number of games played, the GB would not be a whole number, example:

If the Reds have won 15 games and lost 4 games (total of games played 19) and the Browns have won 8 games and lost 10 games lost (total of games played 18) we would have:
        GB = (15-8)+(10-4)/2 = 6.5 games behind

Then the Browns are 6.5 games behind the Reds.

Standings / Average / Win Average / Pct

The standings are calculated to the nearest thousandth to determine the Win Average (AVE) or winning percentage.

AVE = (Total of wins (plus Ties * 0.5))/ Total of games played

Example: A team that has won 15 games out of 23 games has a winning percentage of .662 (15 divided by 23).

Statistics information provided by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), who also have a great web site.