1997 FINAL TEAM BATTING STATS: TM GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E AVG OBP SLG RC RC27 --- --- ---- ---- ---- --- -- --- ---- --- ---- -- -- --- --- -- --- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- PPP 162 5815 1123 1661 321 26 389 1082 651 1067 64 9 134 85 20 75 0.286 0.364 0.550 1105.1 6.93 MIS 162 5828 1101 1698 314 24 342 1061 631 1002 70 12 157 111 18 115 0.291 0.367 0.530 1072.0 6.72 ILF 163 5864 1064 1732 316 36 269 1014 692 1202 73 0 176 86 15 112 0.295 0.377 0.499 1034.7 6.46 LVT 162 5732 1013 1648 341 20 312 967 557 1097 NR NR NR 62 NR NR 0.288 0.351 0.517 1051.5 6.95 BSP 162 5692 902 1631 304 39 233 856 523 942 47 41 169 91 21 114 0.287 0.351 0.476 887.0 5.63 VSQ 164 5836 884 1647 302 34 204 843 457 1033 33 10 136 158 14 60 0.282 0.338 0.450 853.1 5.31 WWH 163 5717 865 1508 293 33 195 820 749 1058 52 17 167 76 16 130 0.264 0.354 0.429 813.4 5.00 CRB 162 5527 857 1615 314 42 182 814 522 939 51 12 152 142 28 85 0.292 0.359 0.463 868.1 5.73 MSB 162 5724 855 1509 280 36 218 811 496 1090 55 12 146 87 20 136 0.264 0.328 0.439 773.6 4.77 TCB 162 5707 817 1541 280 41 233 777 445 1172 58 0 159 40 10 89 0.270 0.329 0.456 792.3 4.93 KCT 148 4963 782 1423 257 34 173 739 522 864 31 7 121 150 35 74 0.287 0.358 0.457 775.2 5.66 YKM 162 5553 709 1353 233 32 178 663 577 1073 37 90 114 122 27 86 0.244 0.319 0.393 666.5 4.15 HDG 162 5561 694 1354 249 28 142 640 629 1042 54 29 149 85 19 122 0.243 0.326 0.375 638.1 3.94 KKR 162 5633 656 1369 265 28 146 626 428 1046 NR NR NR 102 22 72 0.243 0.296 0.378 639.6 4.03 1997 FINAL TEAM PITCHING STATS: TM ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO RATIO SO/9 H/9 BB/9 SO/BB --- ---- -- -- ----- --- --- -- -- -- ------ ---- ---- --- --- --- ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- ----- WWH 4.36 91 72 0.558 163 163 43 7 33 1479.0 1423 793 717 220 550 1355 1.334 8.2 8.7 3.3 2.46 KCT 4.39 91 57 0.615 148 148 46 5 36 1330.3 1361 706 649 175 496 1034 1.396 7.0 9.2 3.4 2.08 TCB 4.46 85 77 0.525 162 162 0 0 30 1444.3 1486 777 716 173 522 971 1.390 6.1 9.3 3.3 1.86 BSP 4.58 91 71 0.562 162 162 40 2 38 1442.7 1420 810 734 214 596 1099 1.397 6.9 8.9 3.7 1.84 VSQ 4.60 92 72 0.561 164 164 63 9 41 1465.5 1377 795 749 239 472 1122 1.262 6.9 8.5 2.9 2.38 CRB 4.71 89 73 0.549 162 162 51 5 35 1422.9 1506 817 744 232 588 933 1.472 5.9 9.5 3.7 1.59 PPP 4.73 107 55 0.660 162 162 57 11 32 1463.7 1504 820 770 229 527 1130 1.388 6.9 9.2 3.2 2.14 MSB 4.96 73 89 0.451 162 162 49 4 27 1451.3 1526 914 800 228 600 1073 1.465 6.7 9.5 3.7 1.79 KKR 5.00 57 105 0.352 162 162 57 3 21 1449.0 1581 805 805 220 578 842 1.490 5.2 9.8 3.6 1.46 HDG 5.05 57 105 0.352 162 162 34 3 31 1435.0 1606 878 805 201 515 1108 1.478 6.9 10.1 3.2 2.15 MIS 5.06 95 67 0.586 162 162 46 3 37 1447.0 1524 879 813 267 603 1090 1.470 6.8 9.5 3.8 1.81 LVT 5.24 88 70 0.557 162 162 36 5 33 1428.0 1585 831 831 253 570 1106 1.509 7.0 10.0 3.6 1.94 YKM 5.50 57 105 0.352 162 162 51 7 21 1449.3 1730 952 885 277 480 884 1.525 5.5 10.7 3.0 1.84 ILF 5.78 92 71 0.564 163 162 22 3 47 1462.7 1730 1028 939 225 640 1010 1.620 6.2 10.6 3.9 1.58 I told you I didn't have anytime for analysis, but I lied. Here's a quick and dirty looking at the Pythagorean estimate of W-L record: PCT = WINS^2/(WINS^2 + LOSSES^2) with comparisons to actual W-L record. I had to estimate the runs scored agains LVT and KKR who only reported earned runs, so I used the league average of 1.091 ER/R. Note that 7 of 14 teams fall within +/- 1 of their actual record. Kansas City and Inwood were definite 'over-achievers' (i.e., actual W-L record is better than predicted), followed by Cedar Rapids. Havre de Grace (mostly managed by HAL) was the biggest underachiever, but either way was slated to lose 100 games. team RUNS/game ACTUAL PYTHAGOREAN HR/game team opp. W L PCT W L PCT diff team opp. KCT 5.28 4.77 91 57 0.615 82 66 0.551 +9 1.17 1.18 ILF 6.53 6.31 92 71 0.564 84 79 0.517 +8 1.65 1.38 CRB 5.29 5.04 89 73 0.549 85 77 0.524 +5 1.12 1.43 WWH 5.31 4.87 91 72 0.558 89 74 0.543 +2 1.20 1.35 BSP 5.57 5.00 91 71 0.562 90 72 0.554 +1 1.44 1.32 PPP 6.93 5.06 107 55 0.660 106 56 0.652 +1 2.40 1.41 VSQ 5.39 4.85 92 72 0.561 91 73 0.553 +1 1.24 1.46 LVT 6.25 5.60* 90 72 0.557 90 72 0.555 = 1.93 1.56 TCB 5.04 4.80 85 77 0.525 85 77 0.525 = 1.44 1.07 KKR 4.05 5.42* 57 105 0.352 58 104 0.358 -1 0.90 1.36 YKM 4.38 5.88 57 105 0.352 58 104 0.357 -1 1.10 1.71 MSB 5.28 5.64 73 89 0.451 76 86 0.467 -3 1.35 1.41 MIS 6.80 5.43 95 67 0.586 99 63 0.611 -4 2.11 1.65 HDG 4.28 5.42 57 105 0.352 62 100 0.385 -5 0.88 1.24 *: Opponent runs not reported. Estimated as R = 1.091*ER (based on league average R/ER)