Friday, June 27, 2008

The Official Domination By The American League Has Begun

For the first time this season, the AL is not only incredibly strong in power rankings (63% to the NL's 37%), but also holds the top three divisions in Major League Baseball.  The National League Central can't even claim that its #2 out-of-division record is a good enough reason for it to be ranked higher than the fourth-best division, since it can't even come close to .500 in interleague play.  No AL division is fewer than 4 games above .500 in interleague games, and no NL division is fewer than 8 games below .500.  The NL West has lost a full two-thirds of its 69 matches against the AL.

MLB League Rankings
1 - AL - 63.0%
2 - NL - 37.0%

MLB Division Rankings
1 - AL-E - 100.0%
2 - AL-C - 62.2%
3 - AL-W - 60.9%
4 - NL-C - 59.9%
5 - NL-E - 31.2%
6 - NL-W - 0.0%

Out-of-Division Records
1 - AL-E - 0.579 ( 140-102 , equals 93.7 wins over one season)
2 - NL-C - 0.536 ( 149-129 , equals 86.8 wins over one season)
3 - AL-W - 0.507 ( 114-111 , equals 82.1 wins over one season)
4 - AL-C - 0.498 ( 121-122 , equals 80.7 wins over one season)
5 - NL-E - 0.474 ( 117-130 , equals 76.7 wins over one season)
6 - NL-W - 0.406 ( 102-149 , equals 65.8 wins over one season)

Interleague Play Records
1 - AL - 0.596 ( 124-84 , equals 96.6 wins over one season)
2 - NL - 0.404 ( 84-124 , equals 65.4 wins over one season)
by division
1 - AL-C - 0.640
2 - AL-E - 0.603
3 - AL-W - 0.533
4 - NL-C - 0.446
5 - NL-E - 0.431
6 - NL-W - 0.333

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