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Slipsiding away or just plummeting downhill
2006-09-25 08:49
by Bob Timmermann

Cyril Morong and Dave Petit document the teams that have taken the biggest drops in winning percentage from the first half of the season and in the second half at Beyond the Box Score.

Thr 1879 Cubs played the first half of the season at a .769 pace, but played the second half at .400.

If you want to go for "modern" times, you can look to the 1905 Cleveland Indians which started at .636, but played the second half at a .351 pace.

The 2006 White Sox project to be 22nd in this category. The 2005 Nationals started out at .617 and played the last 81 games at a .383 pace. And if you look at those numbers, you can tell that Washington had to finish the season at .500.

Comments
2006-09-25 09:02:14
1.   dianagramr
How about the 2002 Baltimore Orioles?

Went 63-63 in first 126 games ...
Went 4-32 (!) the rest of the year ...

http://tinyurl.com/kdvxn

2006-09-25 09:08:17
2.   Bob Timmermann
It's just an 81/81 breakdown.
2006-09-25 09:11:56
3.   dianagramr
Yes ... I understand ... :-)

(back to my REAL job)

2006-09-25 09:12:40
4.   Bob Timmermann
We have real jobs?
2006-09-25 09:34:17
5.   Ken Arneson
The people who appear on Baseball Toaster exist only for the private, non-commercial entertainment uses of our audience. Any other use of the lives, talents, and abilities of these people without the expressed written consent of Baseball Toaster is prohibited.
2006-09-25 09:37:09
6.   dianagramr
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Disclaimerman(TM) to the rescue!

2006-09-25 11:57:34
7.   BlueMamma
that's not Disclaimmermann?
2006-09-25 12:14:00
8.   Bob Timmermann
Ken is Disclaimerman!
2006-09-25 12:19:36
9.   dianagramr
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I'm TinyURLGirl(TM)

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