Stat of the day

[Jake]

My making fun of California is not about them being inferior... it's more of our ever present comparison as two of the Owners handed really lousy franchises with really bad previous owners. I don't hate on California... I think 9 out 10 moves that he's made in the last 5 years have been good ones.

I know. Just taking an opportunity to bust chops.

[Matt]

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="title2"><td>Highest Percentage of Wins Saved
(Top 25 Teams)

</td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="sortable" width="658" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="553"> <thead><tr class="headline"><td class="hsc2_l">Team</td><td class="hsc2">Year</td><td class="hsc2">W</td><td class="hsc2">SV</td><td class="hsc2">Pct</td></tr></thead> <tbody><tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Batavia Muckdogs</td><td>1986</td><td>79</td><td>59</td><td>74.7</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Los Alamos Bandits</td><td>1987</td><td>89</td><td>63</td><td>70.8</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Syracuse Slammers</td><td>1984</td><td>75</td><td>53</td><td>70.7</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Los Alamos Bandits</td><td>1985</td><td>68</td><td>47</td><td>69.1</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Mississippi Storm</td><td>1985</td><td>64</td><td>44</td><td>68.8</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Pittsburgh Millers</td><td>1979</td><td>48</td><td>33</td><td>68.8</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">California Kodiaks</td><td>1985</td><td>69</td><td>47</td><td>68.1</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Hyundai Dinos</td><td>1986</td><td>72</td><td>49</td><td>68.1</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Philadelphia Freedom</td><td>1978</td><td>58</td><td>39</td><td>67.2</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Pittsburgh Millers</td><td>1987</td><td>54</td><td>36</td><td>66.7</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">California Wildfire</td><td>1981</td><td>39</td><td>26</td><td>66.7</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Davenport Brawlers</td><td>1986</td><td>71</td><td>47</td><td>66.2</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">California Wildfire</td><td>1979</td><td>50</td><td>33</td><td>66.0</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Baltimore Bulldogs</td><td>1982</td><td>79</td><td>52</td><td>65.8</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Syracuse Slammers</td><td>1983</td><td>76</td><td>50</td><td>65.8</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Denver Bulls</td><td>1986</td><td>73</td><td>48</td><td>65.8</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Mississippi Storm</td><td>1987</td><td>90</td><td>59</td><td>65.6</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Syracuse Slammers</td><td>1986</td><td>78</td><td>51</td><td>65.4</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Pittsburgh Millers</td><td>1986</td><td>72</td><td>47</td><td>65.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Denver Bulls</td><td>1979</td><td>83</td><td>54</td><td>65.1</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Virginia Colonials</td><td>1985</td><td>80</td><td>52</td><td>65.0</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Mississippi Storm</td><td>1984</td><td>60</td><td>39</td><td>65.0</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Syracuse Slammers</td><td>1980</td><td>68</td><td>44</td><td>64.7</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Indianapolis Clowns</td><td>1987</td><td>93</td><td>60</td><td>64.5</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Syracuse Slammers</td><td>1985</td><td>76</td><td>49</td><td>64.5</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

[Matt]

Finally...1st. The year Simmonds had 50 saves a 2.00 ERA!

[Jistic]

None of these teams won 100 games. Interesting. In fact most of them weren't even winning teams. I don't know what that says, if anything.

[Clay]

None of these teams won 100 games. Interesting. In fact most of them weren't even winning teams. I don't know what that says, if anything.

I think it says next to nothing other than (a) they played a lot of close games and (b) they had a good Closer.

[Jistic]

I think it says next to nothing other than (a) they played a lot of close games and (b) they had a good Closer.

Just going by basic math. A good closer gets what, 40-50 saves a year? On a team that wins 75 games of course his % will be higher than a team that wins 100 games.

As team wins go up, the closers number of saves don't seem to.

[Clay]

Better teams (100 win teams) likely produce less Save situations.

[Jistic]

Better teams (100 win teams) likely produce less Save situations.

I would think they would have more save situations because they'd be leading by 3 or less runs in the 9th inning more than losing teams.

[Clay]

I would think they would have more save situations because they'd be leading by 3 or less runs in the 9th inning more than losing teams.

I'm not sure. I would think a 100 team statistically (in most cases) would have more games leading by 3 runs or more in the 9th than a 70 win team. I guess it makes sense to me by the fact that Save numbers tend to be very similar across an entire league despite the difference in Win Totals.

[Ryan]

I'm not sure. I would think a 100 team statistically (in most cases) would have more games leading by 3 runs or more in the 9th than a 70 win team. I guess it makes sense to me by the fact that Save numbers tend to be very similar across an entire league despite the difference in Win Totals.

Good teams also are more apt to have starters that can close games out themselves.

[Jistic]

Maybe we should find the seasons with the highest amount of complete games compared to total wins?

[Clay]

Sounds like work... but I'm guessing it's '78... when dudes were blowing through CGs.

[Carlos]

This was the same thing someone tried to argue with Hoffman vs. Rivera. They tried to say that Hoffman had less save opportunities because he was on a worse team.

But a quick run-through showed that during most of Rivera's productive seasons, the Yankees were middle to bottom in save opportunities.

Good teams win more games by 4 or more runs.

[Jistic]

Or maybe since the good teams win more, they don't want to be trotting out their closer 3 nights in a row? I guess we'd have to look at team saves then.

[Andrew]

Or maybe since the good teams win more, they don't want to be trotting out their closer 3 nights in a row? I guess we'd have to look at team saves then.

The best teams actually have had the most saves since the league started:

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...&subleague=All