I’ve got baseball on the brain, but at the same time I’m trying not to spend too much time and effort over analyzing every little thing about today’s game. So instead I revisisited one of my favorite baseball sites, Flip Flop Fly Ball to see what latest and greatest graphs and charts were available to peruse. And much to my delight, there was a bobblehead chart! Check it.
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SF @ CIN | SF @ KC | OAK @ SF
SF @ CIN
SF @ KC
OAK @ SF
Nice to see balance restored with a win over the A’s. Whoever was pitching in the 8th during the Reds game…yikes!
How We Do 2010
With the real season coming up here quick, let’s take a moment to see what we look like in the grand scheme of things before we add another year of numbers. (AKA, another excuse to make charts in Excel!)
From beginning of time to last season, the Giants rank #2 in the league for win percentage. Not bad really. The Yankees are the winner, of course, and it doesn’t look like they will be dethroned anytime soon. Dodgers are catching up, but we still got a decent enough gap there. (And just as an FYI, we rank #1 in total actual wins, but since not every
team started in the 1800s, that standing isn’t exactly a fair comparison.)
And since I was at it, here’s the rest of the league, for my imaginary readers whose team didn’t make the top 15:
I’m betting Rays fans are hard core.
Now about some head-to-head? How do we compare to other teams on a face-to-face level?
Giants are still beating out everyone else in the National League. They have more wins vs losses than each and every team, though it looks like the Dodgers are a few wins away from pushing that bar to the left. But that’s what makes good rivalry, right? Who wants to have a rivalry with a team that sucks?
American League is kicking our butts a bit harder. Of course, we face them much less, which makes each loss much more powerful than the National League chart. Looks like 6 out of 14 teams are beating us more than we’re beating them, including the A’s, which…sucky! Still above average though.
All-in-all not a bad state of affairs. Again though, this is over the Giants entire history, so I’m betting a lot of their momentum was built back in the day. Best make sure we keep things going so we can stay on top, eh?
Salary vs. Performance
I came across this cool applet that displays a team’s salary by year and compares/contrasts it to their performance for the same year. You can slide the date bar on top around to see how your team did throughout the season, but here’s a screen shot for the end of 2009:
I don’t know how accurate this information is, or what to even take from it really. I keep reading here and there about how money makes teams in the MLB, but this chart doesn’t necessarily confirm that. Although the Yankees pay the most and are #1, so there’s that. But there are also a lot of red lines (bad performances) in the top 10 salary positions, so maybe money isn’t everything. At least the Giants appear to have used their money wisely!
Facebook Wars: The League
Last war, I swear, and this one’s all out. Let’s see how the Giants fair in the National League:
National League | Fans |
---|---|
Arizona Diamondbacks | 57,822 |
Atlanta Braves | 209,828 |
Chicago Cubs | 446,474 |
Cincinnati Reds | 72,063 |
Colorado Rockies | 89,973 |
Florida Marlins | 74,655 |
Houston Astros | 102,833 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 118,844 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 133,330 |
New York Mets | 155,838 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 272,750 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 59,735 |
San Diego Padres | 58,558 |
San Francisco Giants | 300,691 |
Saint Louis Cardinals | 243,610 |
Washington Nationals | 38,962 |
And the winner is…
Alas, Chicago takes it, but second place for the Giants, not bad! Even with the Phillies headed for the World Series, they still fall into 3rd place. Nice!
Now let’s look at that other League we only care about once a year:
American League | Fans |
---|---|
Baltimore Orioles | 78,528 |
Boston Red Sox | 908,460 |
Chicago White Sox | 186,300 |
Cleveland Indians | 121,942 |
Detroit Tigers | 197,837 |
Kansas City Royals | 98,031 |
Los Angeles Angels | 79,211 |
Minnesota Twins | 211,973 |
New York Yankees | 1,018,320 |
Oakland Athletics | 186,981 |
Seattle Mariners | 101,736 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 93,549 |
Texas Rangers | 98,296 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 97,056 |
And the winner is:
Shocker…
How about if you mix them all together?