"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
NL:
Best: St. Louis Cardinals 1.60
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 figures based on this time frame 2003-2019
Green Most improved "devil magic" NL team in the 2nd half of the season
Second Half ZScore improvement over First Half:
Team ZScoreImprovement
25 SLN 1.598982
29 WAS 1.070663
6 CHN 1.025225
9 COL 0.785298
21 PIT 0.520353
20 PHI 0.456389
14 MIA 0.253499
18 NYN 0.253388
1 ARI 0.204391
13 LAN -0.002678
11 HOU -0.005796
7 CIN -0.466073
2 ATL -0.844591
22 SDN -0.981860
24 SFN -1.130079
15 MIL -2.393344
Team ZScoreImprovement 2ndHalfImprovement 1stHalfImprovement
25 SLN 1.598982 1.463695 0.078680
29 WAS 1.070663 -0.277473 -1.204865
6 CHN 1.025225 0.638502 -0.249532
9 COL 0.785298 -0.332089 -1.012303
21 PIT 0.520353 -0.096546 -0.547268
20 PHI 0.456389 1.112086 0.716769
14 MIA 0.253499 -0.867731 -1.087308
18 NYN 0.253388 -1.139812 -1.359292
1 ARI 0.204391 -0.477791 -0.654831
13 LAN -0.002678 1.538043 1.540362
11 HOU -0.005796 -0.460861 -0.455841
7 CIN -0.466073 -0.633588 -0.229882
2 ATL -0.844591 0.500730 1.232302
22 SDN -0.981860 -0.550011 0.300461
24 SFN -1.130079 -0.126311 0.852547
15 MIL -2.393344 -1.335783 0.737296
Team Disp1stHalfCBW Disp1stHalfBL Disp2ndHalfCBW Disp2ndHalfBL
25 SLN 238 236 276 216
29 WAS 232 267 227 239
6 CHN 231 239 244 216
9 COL 239 268 251 264
21 PIT 243 259 241 245
20 PHI 251 230 288 246
14 MIA 239 270 225 261
18 NYN 226 266 221 268
1 ARI 257 275 244 263
13 LAN 266 221 268 202
11 HOU 252 265 235 254
7 CIN 245 252 243 268
2 ATL 261 225 251 230
22 SDN 262 254 219 243
24 SFN 263 239 252 257
15 MIL 258 237 233 285
1stHalfCBW 1stHalfBL 2ndHalfCBW 2ndHalfBL
25 7.597103 7.468955 10.024477 6.138947
29 7.218884 9.560011 6.781024 7.515921
6 7.156786 7.660051 7.834715 6.138947
9 7.661078 9.631755 8.290696 9.170526
21 7.919662 8.995709 7.643243 7.898026
20 8.449705 7.094006 10.915120 7.962632
14 7.661078 9.776049 6.662061 8.963289
18 6.850322 9.488534 6.427293 9.450526
1 8.858503 10.141478 7.834715 9.101184
13 9.489807 6.549685 9.451770 5.368947
11 8.517167 9.417326 7.267404 8.488947
7 8.050563 8.516025 7.770628 9.450526
2 9.136400 6.788923 8.290696 6.960526
22 9.206545 8.651737 6.311488 7.769605
24 9.276958 7.660051 8.356889 8.690658
15 8.927575 7.532386 7.144230 10.687500The data file can be found here
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