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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
Is the dispersion of winning percentages greater on average now than it was in past years once you correct for the number of MLB teams?
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I am going to do something different than what you alluded to because math is not my forte and I just dont have time in the day this week to try and look at percentages, do the median, etc.. Instead I'm going to randomly pick some decades to denote the # of 100 win teams + 100 loss teams, which admittedly can be arbitrary. Obviously not apples to apples but I'm just going to post it and people can do with it what they will. I'll point out anything affecting numbers that comes to mind but I'm not likely to be perfect
Randomly decided on 2013-2023 (recent modern), excluding 2020 obviously, and 1970-79 ("golden age")
100+ Win/Loss Teams from the preceding subset
2023: Orioles, Braves, Dodgers/A's, Royals, White Sox, Rockies
2022: Astros, Braves, Mets, Dodgers/ A's, Pirates, Reds, Nats
2021: Rays, Giants, Dodgers/ Orioles, Rangers, Pirates, Dbacks
2019: Yankees, Twins, Astros, Dodgers/ Orioles, Tigers, Royals, Marlins
2018: Red Sox, Yankees, Astros/ Orioles, White Sox, Royals
2017: Indians, Astros, Dodgers/ No 100 Loss teams
2016: Cubs/Twins (interesting)
2015: Cardinals/No 100 Loss teams
2014: None/ None !
2013: None/ Astros, Marlins
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1979: Orioles/ Blue Jays, Athletics
1978: Yankees/ Blue Jays, Mariners
1977: Yankees, Royals, Phillies/ Blue Jays, Braves
1976: Phillies, Reds/ Expos
1975: Reds/ Tigers
1974: Dodgers/ Padres
1973: None/ Rangers, Padres
1972 (strike affected): None/ Rangers
1971: Orioles, A's/ Indians, Padres
1970: Orioles, Reds/ White Sox