"You're losing the game at one point but come from behind and win -or- you're winning the game at one point but end up losing. Which team in the AL had the BEST improvement between the first half of the season and the second half of the season between 2003 and 2019? A positive value indicates the team did better. A negative value, the team did worse.
From July till the end of the season
AL:
Best: Anaheim Angels ZScore 1.87
Worst: Boston Red Sox: -1.40
NL:
Best: St. Louis Cardinals Zscore 1.61
Worst: Milwaukee Brewers: -2.04
If you want to see the significance again of the ZScore and what it can be telling you, please see:https://baseballfan999.wixsite.com/baseballdat/post/what-does-the-zscore-tell-you
Most improved Team in 2nd half of season compared to their first half with comeback wins.
Comeback win zscore totals comparing first and 2nd half to each other.
1st half (Mar-June) and 2nd (July - End) half side by side. The widest gap where Orange > Blue indicates most improved.
ZScore (comeback wins/blown lead losses) between 1st/2nd half of season. Positive Value for Wins (Blue/Green) is good. Negative Value for Losses (Orange/Red) is good.
The figures based on this time frame 2003-2019
Green = Most improved NL and AL "devil magic" teams in 2nd half of season
Red = Most declined
Second Half Improvement:
Team ZScoreTotalImprovement
0 BAL -0.543654
1 NYA -0.028095
2 BOS -1.407667
3 HOU -0.150433
4 MIL -2.036319
5 MIN -0.680293
6 DET -0.622955
7 CHA -0.065862
8 CLE 0.985527
9 KCA 0.990216
10 TEX -0.229916
11 OAK 1.242775
12 CIN -0.423949
13 SLN 1.614927
14 PIT 0.430762
15 CHN 1.182800
16 SFN -0.976023
17 SDN -1.019447
18 LAN 0.194181
19 PHI 0.390148
20 NYN 0.220348
21 ATL -0.656144
22 TOR -1.217810
23 SEA -0.838622
24 ANA 1.876628
25 TBA 0.110666
26 WAS 0.956875
27 ARI -0.018894
28 COL 0.619916
29 MIA 0.100315
Total wins and Late Inn rally wins for first half and second half of season
Team FirstHalfTotW FirstHalfRallyW SecondHalfTotW SecondHalfRallyW
0 BAL 624 243 625 228
1 NYA 766 284 835 327
2 BOS 773 261 759 277
3 HOU 673 252 699 235
4 MIL 681 257 687 233
5 MIN 672 273 708 282
6 DET 667 243 644 235
7 CHA 674 261 667 249
8 CLE 672 225 744 253
9 KCA 590 227 636 252
10 TEX 713 261 690 252
11 OAK 695 239 738 278
12 CIN 650 245 647 243
13 SLN 737 237 790 276
14 PIT 635 242 635 240
15 CHN 666 230 738 243
16 SFN 697 262 697 252
17 SDN 637 262 650 219
18 LAN 744 265 773 268
19 PHI 664 251 742 288
20 NYN 667 226 690 221
21 ATL 709 260 742 251
22 TOR 682 248 676 251
23 SEA 663 242 632 248
24 ANA 717 245 749 285
25 TBA 669 236 699 260
26 WAS 664 231 708 226
27 ARI 673 257 650 244
28 COL 641 239 652 251
29 MIA 630 239 654 225
Total losses and Late Inn losses for first half and second half of season
Team FirstHalfTotL FirstHalfBlownL SecondHalfTotL SecondHalfBlownL
0 BAL 724 276 781 291
1 NYA 573 208 581 222
2 BOS 587 209 635 264
3 HOU 697 264 685 254
4 MIL 677 237 709 285
5 MIN 668 241 708 260
6 DET 675 261 766 283
7 CHA 670 278 743 267
8 CLE 675 242 661 244
9 KCA 753 269 775 272
10 TEX 648 246 704 238
11 OAK 671 255 649 252
12 CIN 706 251 752 268
13 SLN 616 236 610 216
14 PIT 712 258 769 245
15 CHN 680 239 669 215
16 SFN 666 239 692 257
17 SDN 730 253 738 243
18 LAN 624 221 613 201
19 PHI 692 230 656 246
20 NYN 683 264 713 267
21 ATL 651 225 651 230
22 TOR 689 226 706 272
23 SEA 699 237 760 277
24 ANA 648 246 640 214
25 TBA 693 255 693 283
26 WAS 693 267 687 239
27 ARI 699 275 732 263
28 COL 723 267 740 264
29 MIA 725 269 742 261
Team ZScoresRallyWinsFirstHalf ZScoresRallyWinsSecondHalf
0 BAL -0.356063 -1.070734
1 NYA 2.506407 3.158096
2 BOS 0.900631 1.022323
3 HOU 0.272284 -0.771726
4 MIL 0.621366 -0.857157
5 MIN 1.738427 1.235901
6 DET -0.356063 -0.771726
7 CHA 0.900631 -0.173710
8 CLE -1.612758 -0.002848
9 KCA -1.473125 -0.045563
10 TEX 0.900631 -0.045563
11 OAK -0.635329 1.065039
12 CIN -0.216431 -0.430002
13 SLN -0.774962 0.979608
14 PIT -0.425880 -0.558149
15 CHN -1.263676 -0.430002
16 SFN 0.970447 -0.045563
17 SDN 0.970447 -1.455173
18 LAN 1.179896 0.637884
19 PHI 0.202467 1.492193
20 NYN -1.542941 -1.369742
21 ATL 0.830815 -0.088279
22 TOR -0.006982 -0.088279
23 SEA -0.425880 -0.216425
24 ANA -0.216431 1.364047
25 TBA -0.844778 0.296161
26 WAS -1.193860 -1.156165
27 ARI 0.621366 -0.387287
28 COL -0.635329 -0.088279
29 MIA -0.635329 -1.198881
Second Half Won/Loss Spread over First Half Won / Loss spread:
Team FirstHalfImprovementZScores SecondHalfImprovementZScores
0 BAL -1.067522 -1.611176
1 NYA 2.701882 2.673787
2 BOS 1.733119 0.325451
3 HOU -0.330370 -0.480803
4 MIL 0.706342 -1.329977
5 MIN 1.235426 0.555133
6 DET -0.604846 -1.227801
7 CHA -0.395189 -0.461051
8 CLE -0.752813 0.232714
9 KCA -1.504071 -0.513855
10 TEX 0.591852 0.361936
11 OAK -0.582892 0.659884
12 CIN -0.214837 -0.638786
13 SLN -0.078394 1.536533
14 PIT -0.553090 -0.122328
15 CHN -0.456382 0.726417
16 SFN 0.848547 -0.127477
17 SDN 0.416716 -0.602731
18 LAN 1.526094 1.720275
19 PHI 0.677583 1.067730
20 NYN -1.390625 -1.170277
21 ATL 1.198819 0.542675
22 TOR 0.678626 -0.539184
23 SEA 0.094656 -0.743966
24 ANA -0.060612 1.816016
25 TBA -0.705229 -0.594563
26 WAS -1.279265 -0.322390
27 ARI -0.465770 -0.484664
28 COL -0.953032 -0.333116
29 MIA -1.014722 -0.914408
Team RallyWinsFirstHalf BlownLeadsFirstHalf RallyWinsSecondHalf \
0 BAL 243 276 228
1 NYA 284 208 327
2 BOS 261 209 277
3 HOU 252 264 235
4 MIL 257 237 233
5 MIN 273 241 282
6 DET 243 261 235
7 CHA 261 278 249
8 CLE 225 242 253
9 KCA 227 269 252
10 TEX 261 246 252
11 OAK 239 255 278
12 CIN 245 251 243
13 SLN 237 236 276
14 PIT 242 258 240
15 CHN 230 239 243
16 SFN 262 239 252
17 SDN 262 253 219
18 LAN 265 221 268
19 PHI 251 230 288
20 NYN 226 264 221
21 ATL 260 225 251
22 TOR 248 226 251
23 SEA 242 237 248
24 ANA 245 246 285
25 TBA 236 255 260
26 WAS 231 267 226
27 ARI 257 275 244
28 COL 239 267 251
29 MIA 239 269 225
BlownLeadsSecondHalf
0 291
1 222
2 264
3 254
4 285
5 260
6 283
7 267
8 244
9 272
10 238
11 252
12 268
13 216
14 245
15 215
16 257
17 243
18 201
19 246
20 267
21 230
22 272
23 277
24 214
25 283
26 239
27 263
28 264
29 261
Team FirstHalfWPercentTot SecondHalfWPercentTot
0 BAL 0.515924 0.484076
1 NYA 0.464812 0.535188
2 BOS 0.485130 0.514870
3 HOU 0.517454 0.482546
4 MIL 0.524490 0.475510
5 MIN 0.491892 0.508108
6 DET 0.508368 0.491632
7 CHA 0.511765 0.488235
8 CLE 0.470711 0.529289
9 KCA 0.473904 0.526096
10 TEX 0.508772 0.491228
11 OAK 0.462282 0.537718
12 CIN 0.502049 0.497951
13 SLN 0.461988 0.538012
14 PIT 0.502075 0.497925
15 CHN 0.486258 0.513742
16 SFN 0.509728 0.490272
17 SDN 0.544699 0.455301
18 LAN 0.497186 0.502814
19 PHI 0.465677 0.534323
20 NYN 0.505593 0.494407
21 ATL 0.508806 0.491194
22 TOR 0.496994 0.503006
23 SEA 0.493878 0.506122
24 ANA 0.462264 0.537736
25 TBA 0.475806 0.524194
26 WAS 0.505470 0.494530
27 ARI 0.512974 0.487026
28 COL 0.487755 0.512245
29 MIA 0.515086 0.484914The input data (Apr includes Mar, Sept includes Oct reg season games)
Team,AprW,AprL,MayW,MayL,JunW,JunL,JulW,JulL,AugW,AugL,SepW,SepL,AprW_LBY5Plus,AprW_LBY4,AprW_LBY3,AprW_LBY2,AprW_LBY1,MayW_LBY5Plus,MayW_LBY4,MayW_LBY3,MayW_LBY2,MayW_LBY1,JunW_LBY5Plus,JunW_LBY4,JunW_LBY3,JunW_LBY2,JunW_LBY1,JulW_LBY5Plus,JulW_LBY4,JulW_LBY3,JulW_LBY2,JulW_LBY1,AugW_LBY5Plus,AugW_LBY4,AugW_LBY3,AugW_LBY2,AugW_LBY1,SepW_LBY5Plus,SepW_LBY4,SepW_LBY3,SepW_LBY2,SepW_LBY1,AprL_WBY5Plus,AprL_WBY4,AprL_WBY3,AprL_WBY2,AprL_WBY1,MayL_WBY5Plus,MayL_WBY4,MayL_WBY3,MayL_WBY2,MayL_WBY1,JunL_WBY5Plus,JunL_WBY4,JunL_WBY3,JunL_WBY2,JunL_WBY1,JulL_WBY5Plus,JulL_WBY4,JulL_WBY3,JulL_WBY2,JulL_WBY1,AugL_WBY5Plus,AugL_WBY4,AugL_WBY3,AugL_WBY2,AugL_WBY1,SepL_WBY5Plus,SepL_WBY4,SepL_WBY3,SepL_WBY2,SepL_WBY1
BAL,207,210,216,259,201,255,195,243,213,267,217,271,5,2,13,30,36,3,6,15,26,31,4,6,9,27,30,4,6,7,18,39,3,5,3,24,34,1,3,19,21,41,3,5,12,22,32,5,3,12,30,53,1,5,13,25,55,2,4,9,25,49,3,4,10,30,51,4,5,13,24,58
NYA,236,179,263,207,267,187,264,176,284,203,287,202,3,2,12,20,45,5,2,13,27,50,2,7,15,26,55,3,1,14,39,61,3,6,12,30,48,3,6,14,21,66,1,5,8,23,34,3,4,6,19,36,1,4,7,24,33,1,1,10,22,33,1,4,8,23,38,4,3,16,13,45
BOS,243,180,272,211,258,196,239,198,264,214,256,223,5,8,14,28,35,6,4,10,29,47,4,2,12,21,36,1,8,13,19,41,5,9,15,23,49,3,9,16,28,38,2,4,12,21,29,2,7,9,19,44,5,5,7,10,33,0,6,7,23,49,3,4,19,35,38,3,0,9,23,45
HOU,201,226,242,244,230,227,203,228,240,241,256,216,4,2,4,21,32,3,5,11,34,50,0,5,8,17,56,0,3,7,10,40,1,3,7,29,48,3,3,13,19,49,2,3,9,22,43,2,3,10,25,54,1,3,10,29,48,1,4,18,22,50,2,7,7,24,45,1,4,7,7,55
MIL,215,214,232,244,234,219,211,240,227,236,249,233,1,3,11,18,49,2,5,18,20,45,2,4,9,31,39,1,6,11,24,37,1,2,7,21,39,2,3,4,23,52,1,5,8,14,49,1,3,7,27,36,3,3,9,17,54,7,8,10,30,48,3,6,9,32,46,1,1,13,20,51
MIN,197,210,239,235,236,223,224,219,241,245,243,244,2,9,7,29,44,4,3,10,24,49,1,3,14,24,50,2,4,12,23,46,3,7,9,25,48,1,3,11,19,69,0,3,6,24,40,3,5,9,28,43,1,3,13,14,49,4,4,6,32,39,3,4,9,22,45,2,7,12,26,45
DET,210,203,229,247,228,225,214,229,215,267,215,270,1,7,9,20,33,5,3,9,18,45,2,2,9,25,55,3,2,7,18,43,4,3,12,24,40,4,8,8,22,37,3,2,6,27,33,2,2,18,30,37,2,6,10,25,58,6,4,10,21,54,6,3,13,16,54,5,1,11,25,54
CHA,210,203,238,241,226,226,209,227,230,255,228,261,3,3,10,27,38,1,3,12,31,46,2,6,8,25,46,4,2,11,30,36,1,3,16,23,43,2,4,12,22,40,2,3,11,18,44,3,3,9,28,49,4,5,15,28,56,1,5,11,23,44,0,4,16,23,55,3,3,9,21,49
CLE,195,215,246,230,231,230,220,219,263,216,261,226,2,2,5,17,28,4,2,14,32,38,4,2,9,18,48,0,2,8,18,52,7,3,12,17,56,1,2,11,21,43,5,4,9,20,36,3,3,9,25,52,3,2,13,18,40,4,2,9,27,39,0,4,10,21,41,0,1,12,27,47
KCA,174,238,194,283,222,232,193,250,211,271,232,254,2,3,7,17,37,3,4,10,22,38,2,5,13,22,42,1,5,5,24,45,1,2,8,16,53,4,2,17,24,45,2,6,10,28,44,7,3,21,26,49,0,5,3,23,42,1,5,15,21,41,4,7,12,30,47,2,6,14,19,48
TEX,214,214,257,219,242,215,200,236,255,225,235,243,2,2,12,25,36,2,4,7,38,42,1,11,14,28,37,2,4,11,22,35,5,6,8,29,47,0,2,17,23,41,4,11,8,19,35,5,4,9,19,43,3,2,13,19,52,3,9,10,22,38,5,4,8,18,40,2,5,13,23,38
OAK,220,215,223,249,252,207,236,198,256,220,246,231,3,4,7,19,40,2,5,6,16,42,2,3,12,25,53,4,9,11,28,53,3,4,8,17,51,3,5,11,24,47,3,3,12,23,40,3,4,14,14,57,3,5,9,18,47,3,3,6,23,45,5,2,9,23,44,0,7,10,28,44
CIN,199,228,236,242,215,236,208,233,226,254,213,265,1,11,5,20,41,3,5,10,26,41,2,4,7,15,54,4,5,11,24,45,2,4,7,18,43,1,6,8,14,51,3,4,10,17,38,4,4,7,33,45,6,9,7,21,43,5,1,19,15,47,0,6,12,24,44,1,7,5,25,57
SLN,249,174,255,219,233,223,251,190,279,194,260,226,1,7,12,21,46,3,3,6,20,43,3,3,6,21,42,4,3,11,30,43,1,4,16,25,52,1,5,10,16,55,1,4,11,21,38,0,4,13,20,39,1,3,11,27,43,2,4,6,20,40,0,4,3,20,29,2,2,8,29,47
PIT,196,222,230,246,209,244,220,219,205,276,210,274,2,3,6,24,37,2,8,10,26,42,1,6,10,22,43,2,2,12,25,53,2,8,5,18,43,0,3,4,15,48,0,4,11,22,40,5,2,5,26,51,5,7,11,27,42,2,1,12,21,39,1,3,12,28,45,3,5,8,14,51
CHN,213,198,227,243,226,239,233,208,245,237,260,224,1,2,15,21,32,1,2,3,22,50,2,0,12,21,46,5,3,9,16,50,0,3,13,20,40,2,4,6,18,54,2,6,6,25,38,0,5,17,28,41,0,3,8,27,33,3,0,4,26,43,4,2,7,19,37,0,3,12,21,34
SFN,217,210,248,228,232,228,220,217,238,243,239,232,1,4,10,26,41,3,2,10,21,56,2,5,16,20,45,0,3,5,25,56,0,6,9,25,44,3,4,9,26,37,6,2,9,14,46,1,3,5,24,43,2,6,4,25,49,2,1,8,19,39,4,5,6,22,55,3,3,9,21,60
SDN,193,245,236,241,208,244,192,245,232,239,226,254,5,2,7,24,38,3,2,11,25,56,4,4,12,20,49,3,2,4,21,39,2,4,8,19,44,4,2,6,19,42,0,2,7,18,46,1,1,7,27,49,1,2,16,26,50,2,1,7,22,57,1,1,7,23,38,0,2,8,22,52
LAN,237,196,265,208,242,220,240,191,270,207,263,215,2,5,14,13,41,1,6,10,25,50,2,6,10,22,58,1,2,8,16,49,3,2,7,29,58,5,2,13,23,50,2,0,15,20,46,2,1,6,18,47,1,3,10,19,31,2,3,4,15,38,1,2,10,13,47,3,2,5,21,35
PHI,214,207,245,230,205,255,237,201,247,226,258,229,3,3,10,17,41,0,4,18,23,47,1,1,13,24,46,3,4,4,26,49,7,4,9,31,49,4,8,12,26,52,2,4,9,19,34,1,5,15,19,41,3,4,12,28,34,2,2,8,20,39,7,4,14,18,55,3,6,8,22,38
NYN,220,197,238,237,209,249,217,219,241,240,232,254,0,1,5,14,57,1,6,8,22,53,1,0,7,16,35,4,0,5,23,36,3,2,6,19,39,2,5,6,26,45,3,4,5,20,38,3,7,7,20,51,1,3,16,30,56,2,4,6,14,48,3,4,10,27,50,2,3,12,25,57
ATL,215,204,261,221,233,226,240,195,256,222,246,234,3,3,5,18,48,5,5,8,26,50,1,5,13,30,40,1,2,8,24,49,2,4,7,17,53,3,2,12,21,46,3,2,8,18,46,1,1,5,26,43,1,3,9,28,31,1,4,5,18,44,1,5,7,18,47,5,3,12,17,43
TOR,200,233,260,226,222,230,205,224,222,251,249,231,2,6,11,22,47,3,3,7,22,57,4,2,11,15,36,3,3,10,16,42,3,3,15,26,36,2,2,14,26,50,4,6,11,28,34,1,3,10,22,39,2,4,9,23,30,6,7,12,21,44,4,8,9,22,51,1,2,18,24,43
SEA,210,219,219,257,234,223,193,246,224,250,215,264,2,6,7,26,38,1,6,9,25,38,1,4,9,26,44,2,2,9,24,44,3,5,10,29,46,3,6,10,20,35,5,4,6,21,41,3,7,8,27,40,3,3,8,15,46,2,4,9,27,54,5,4,15,21,40,4,3,18,19,52
ANA,216,217,256,225,245,206,240,193,245,231,264,216,4,5,8,17,28,4,8,12,22,44,3,8,11,27,44,2,5,11,27,47,5,6,12,23,46,1,3,16,27,54,4,3,9,26,38,1,3,8,37,36,0,6,9,19,47,2,1,8,18,34,6,5,10,14,48,1,3,12,20,32
TBA,208,216,237,242,224,235,217,219,249,226,233,248,2,4,9,26,33,2,3,9,26,50,1,2,7,22,40,4,4,9,20,40,2,2,16,29,50,5,2,7,23,47,2,4,10,25,43,4,7,11,23,51,6,4,5,23,37,1,1,9,34,43,3,6,9,27,47,2,9,19,25,48
WAS,204,225,237,239,223,229,207,228,250,231,251,228,6,1,6,19,36,1,2,6,28,51,5,2,8,22,38,1,4,11,16,32,5,7,12,20,31,1,2,15,27,42,2,2,6,20,51,1,4,9,29,45,1,5,11,29,52,4,5,4,18,46,1,2,5,26,51,3,3,5,20,46
ARI,225,213,224,251,224,235,202,232,228,248,220,252,2,8,15,19,49,3,3,6,21,45,3,8,11,22,42,3,3,11,12,35,1,4,6,27,47,0,3,16,17,59,2,5,10,27,37,2,4,8,22,64,0,5,13,24,52,1,4,12,24,47,2,7,6,24,48,4,2,10,25,47
COL,211,213,209,267,221,243,208,228,214,263,230,249,1,1,9,25,43,3,1,10,19,42,1,6,8,25,45,7,2,15,18,31,1,6,8,24,56,6,1,6,27,43,1,8,13,21,35,6,6,12,18,53,5,6,16,23,44,2,4,16,18,44,2,5,11,24,45,7,6,14,26,40
MIA,197,222,218,261,215,242,226,213,202,274,226,255,1,3,11,18,40,0,1,13,21,48,3,6,7,26,41,3,3,5,28,47,4,4,4,20,40,2,3,9,24,29,2,4,9,18,41,4,5,15,28,55,1,4,13,21,49,3,2,5,23,40,3,5,4,30,52,1,6,10,30,47
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