Broken Bat - Discussion Forum: EXWL

Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#25406	10/17/2015 12:18:35 pm
toddcates Joined: 08/02/2015 Posts: 81 Baytown Bombers VI.20	I like the changes to the expanded league standings, but I'm curious, what's the formula for figuring out the EXWL? It's obviously not based on a team's current win % alone.

#25411	10/17/2015 1:35:12 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5207 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Check the other thread on this topic (started by Pig_Cola). It's answered in there.

#25442	10/18/2015 7:12:18 am
toddcates Joined: 08/02/2015 Posts: 81 Baytown Bombers VI.20	Thanks SECA, I hadn't seen the other thread. Appreciate it.

#28922	01/14/2016 12:14:32 am
mhk Joined: 11/04/2013 Posts: 62 Inactive	Maybe the formula for EXWL should be a bit changed. Today in League IV.1 East Milwaukee has an EXWL of 90-70 but they already lost 71 games. http://brokenbat.org/league/8/2025/1 Of course it´s not important, but it does look a little silly.

#28927	01/14/2016 5:39:58 am
garfscores Joined: 10/13/2014 Posts: 488 Battle Creek Sting IV.7	Mhk- that just means they've had a lot of bad luck. Exwl is based on runs scored and runs against.

#28929	01/14/2016 6:20:16 am
mhk Joined: 11/04/2013 Posts: 62 Inactive	ok so it´s not what the team is expected to do from now on, but what they were expected to do over the whole season. maybe some bad luck, but mostly horrible bullpen

#28940	01/14/2016 10:09:14 am
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	Yeah, it's basically what their record would be if they played perfectly to their Pythagorean. It's not a prediction on how they'll finish based on how they're playing now or anything.

#28945	01/14/2016 1:29:31 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Pythagorean expectation See...baseball has been around so long that even Pythagoras played with the statistics a bit. Steve

#28947	01/14/2016 2:07:01 pm
Crazy Li Joined: 01/25/2015 Posts: 879 Inactive	He was a big fan of Crotone's team back in the day.