S U R F R A T
Sporadically Updated Ratings For Ranking AL Teams
By: BosoxBob - 5/21/02
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SURFRAT is a power rankings report done by one of our regular posters (from San Diego) on the message board BosoxBob. This report will be updated at BosoxBob's leisure, as the title explains, updates will be sporadic.
An explanation of how the rankings are calculated can be found at the bottom of this page.
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Rank |
Team | RPI |
Record |
Previous |
Comment |
1 |
Red Sox | .735 |
29-11 |
1 |
Halfway through their tough stretch of games, and now with no Manny - and they're still in first. |
2 |
Mariners | .716 |
29-14 |
2 |
Hey Cameron (Mr. All-They've-Played-Is-Tampa-Bay), shove it! |
3 |
Y-----s | .691 |
29-15 |
3 |
Continuing to chew up and spit out weaker competition. |
4 |
Angels | .634 |
24-17 |
4 |
Angels looking to make it a race in the AL West. |
5 |
White Sox | .557 |
24-20 |
5 |
Bet the ChiSox are glad they won't be seeing Anaheim again for a while. |
6 |
Orioles | .469 |
19-23 |
8 |
1-4 this week, and yet they rise in the rankings thanks to worse weeks by Texas and Oakland. |
7 |
Rangers | .466 |
19-24 |
7 |
Hey Carl, good luck getting playing time now that Juan Gone is back. |
8 |
Twins | .452 |
25-20 |
9 |
Hey Twinks, nice effort against the Y-----s - not! |
9 |
A's | .451 |
19-24 |
7 |
Swept by the Blue Jays with both Hudson and Mulder pitching? Maybe the AL West isn't the best division after all. |
10 |
Blue Jays | .430 |
16-25 |
11 |
Maybe improving play will keep Blue Jay players from going to the Y-----s. |
11 |
Indians | .397 |
20-23 |
10 |
Indians instituting turn-back-the-clock games all season long, complete with circa 1980's performances. |
12 |
Royals | .385 |
16-26 |
12 |
8 games a week, is not enough to show I care. |
13 |
Devil Rays | .334 |
14-28 |
13 |
Hey, at least they took one from the Y-----s. |
14 |
Tigers | .299 |
14-27 |
14 |
No respect! No respect at all! (and none desired) |
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Teams are rated on three factors: average runs scored, average runs allowed, and winning percentage. Each of these is weighted by the team's strength of schedule, which is determined from the opponent's average winning percentage and their opponent's average winning percentage. The combination of the three weighted factors produces an overall rating. |
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