Formula For Rating Teams?

boblight24 · 01-09-2014, 08:17 PM

Greetings,

Is there a Bill James formula where you can rate teams based on Wins/Losses, Runs Scored?

I have a basic one where I take Wins/Games x 162 to get a level field from teams from 1960 and before with teams from today and I take runs scored and runs against and do the same, I then add those together. It's pretty basic, anyone know of anything a little more detailed?

Thanks!

boblight24 · 01-09-2014, 08:31 PM

Code:

1910	Philadelphia (A)	102	48	150	162	674	442	360.7200	WS
1903	Boston (A)		91	47	138	162	708	504	346.3043	WS
1901	Chicago (A)		83	53	136	162	819	631	322.8088	
1909	Philadelphia (A)	95	58	153	162	605	411	306.0000	
1909	Detroit			98	54	152	162	666	493	288.8289	AL
1906	Cleveland		89	64	153	162	663	481	286.9412	
1907	Detroit			92	58	150	162	693	531	274.3200	AL
1901	Boston (A)		79	57	136	162	759	608	273.9706	
1905	Chicago (A)		92	60	152	162	612	451	269.6447	
1904	Cleveland		86	65	151	162	647	482	269.2848	
1902	Philadelphia (A)	83	53	136	162	775	636	264.4412	AL
1904	Boston (A)		95	59	154	162	608	466	249.3117	AL
1905	Philadelphia (A)	92	56	148	162	623	488	248.4730	AL
1906	Chicago (A)		93	58	151	162	570	460	217.7881	WS
1904	Chicago (A)		89	65	154	162	600	482	217.7532	
1907	Chicago (A)		87	64	151	162	588	474	215.6424	
1908	Cleveland		90	64	154	162	569	459	210.3896	
1908	Detroit			90	63	153	162	647	547	201.1765	AL
1906	New York (A)		90	61	151	162	640	543	200.6225	
1910	Detroit			86	68	154	162	679	584	190.4026	
1903	Philadelphia (A)	75	60	135	162	597	519	183.6000	
1907	Philadelphia (A)	88	57	145	162	584	511	179.8759	
1902	Chicago (A)		74	60	134	162	675	602	177.7164	
1904	New York (A)		92	59	151	162	598	526	175.9470	
1910	New York (A)		88	63	151	162	626	557	168.4371	
1910	Boston (A)		81	72	153	162	641	564	167.2941	
1902	Boston (A)		77	60	137	162	664	600	166.7299	
1908	Chicago (A)		88	64	152	162	537	470	165.1974	
1903	Cleveland		77	63	140	162	639	579	158.5286	
1908	St. Louis (A)		83	69	152	162	544	483	153.4737	
1909	Boston (A)		88	63	151	162	601	549	150.1987	
1901	Detroit			74	61	135	162	741	694	145.2000	
1904	Philadelphia (A)	81	70	151	162	557	503	144.8344	
1901	Philadelphia (A)	74	62	136	162	805	760	141.7500	
1909	Chicago (A)		78	74	152	162	492	464	112.9737	
1906	Philadelphia (A)	78	67	145	162	561	539	111.7241	
1902	St. Louis (A)		78	58	136	162	619	607	107.2059	
1905	Boston (A)		78	74	152	162	579	565	98.0526	
1907	Cleveland		85	67	152	162	531	525	96.9868	
1903	New York (A)		72	62	134	162	579	573	94.2985

I guess this will serve my purpose. I took the AL teams from 1901-1910 that had .500 or better records and ranked them using the formula I described above. The question now is what should be the cutoff point, 250 points? Any team that is over 240 should be considered?!

Thanks!

01-09-2014, 08:17 PM	#1
boblight24 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Beyond Is Where I Roam Posts: 554 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Formula For Rating Teams? Greetings, Is there a Bill James formula where you can rate teams based on Wins/Losses, Runs Scored? I have a basic one where I take Wins/Games x 162 to get a level field from teams from 1960 and before with teams from today and I take runs scored and runs against and do the same, I then add those together. It's pretty basic, anyone know of anything a little more detailed? Thanks! __________________ "No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda "Good is not good enough, when better is expected." ~Vin Scully