"You're losing the game at one point (could be first or 2nd inning) but come from behind and win -or- you're winning the game at one point but end up losing. Which team in the MLB / NL / AL had the BEST improvement between the first half of the season and the second half of the season between 1980 and 1995? A positive value indicates the team did better. A negative value, the team did worse.
If you want to see the significance again of the ZScore and what it can be telling you, please see:
From the July to the end of the season
AL:
The best team: Toronto Blue Jays ZScore: 2.14
The worst team: the Detroit Tigers - ZScore: -2.40
NL:
The best team: New York Mets ZScore: 2.779439
The worst team: Cincinnati Reds - ZScore: -1.75
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.
The figures based on this time frame 1980-1995
Green = Most improved NL and AL "devil magic" teams in 2nd half of season
Red = Most declined
Second Half Improvement:
Team ZScoreTotalImprovement
0 BAL 0.870923
1 NYA -0.281808
2 BOS -1.302890
3 HOU 1.081093
4 MIL 1.370138
5 MIN -0.124776
6 DET -2.408063
7 CHA 0.594569
8 CLE 1.114569
9 KCA 2.014439
10 TEX -0.405298
11 OAK -0.550227
12 CIN -1.755200
13 SLN -0.984055
14 PIT 0.449825
15 CHN 0.095002
16 SFN 0.464477
17 SDN -1.014456
18 LAN 0.109833
19 PHI -0.605676
20 NYN 2.779439
21 ATL -0.762707
22 TOR 2.143573
23 SEA -2.038043
24 ANA 0.177267
25 WAS -0.534335
26 COL 0.255106
27 MIA -0.752718
Total wins and Late Inn rally wins for first half and second half of season
Team FirstHalfTotW FirstHalfRallyW SecondHalfTotW SecondHalfRallyW
0 BAL 580 216 671 249
1 NYA 613 213 692 241
2 BOS 609 212 677 227
3 HOU 588 217 679 251
4 MIL 566 208 674 246
5 MIN 541 200 631 229
6 DET 614 225 661 224
7 CHA 567 218 687 240
8 CLE 536 180 626 248
9 KCA 575 207 698 248
10 TEX 577 207 600 221
11 OAK 609 227 663 261
12 CIN 611 240 649 230
13 SLN 592 230 672 227
14 PIT 554 184 653 236
15 CHN 545 188 628 219
16 SFN 576 221 654 241
17 SDN 566 213 615 221
18 LAN 620 193 664 222
19 PHI 582 214 646 231
20 NYN 567 190 672 235
21 ATL 593 222 638 246
22 TOR 607 225 689 264
23 SEA 542 226 565 222
24 ANA 595 207 617 230
25 WAS 617 219 671 241
26 COL 94 38 103 44
27 MIA 91 38 91 39
Total losses and Late Inn losses for first half and second half of season
Team FirstHalfTotL FirstHalfBlownL SecondHalfTotL SecondHalfBlownL
0 BAL 579 227 635 242
1 NYA 538 197 625 232
2 BOS 543 207 642 256
3 HOU 588 210 621 218
4 MIL 586 231 646 239
5 MIN 631 217 669 252
6 DET 543 191 656 249
7 CHA 579 219 636 228
8 CLE 610 223 694 269
9 KCA 571 202 623 192
10 TEX 588 230 703 258
11 OAK 574 193 627 241
12 CIN 559 196 654 228
13 SLN 570 193 634 212
14 PIT 587 217 672 262
15 CHN 621 221 671 253
16 SFN 608 211 637 220
17 SDN 619 221 678 257
18 LAN 555 205 635 232
19 PHI 568 207 677 240
20 NYN 580 239 646 219
21 ATL 573 202 661 246
22 TOR 568 218 608 205
23 SEA 652 210 714 258
24 ANA 581 213 681 233
25 WAS 546 203 637 239
26 COL 121 53 105 27
27 MIA 121 41 117 34
Team ZScoresRallyWinsFirstHalf ZScoresRallyWinsSecondHalf
0 BAL 0.357818 0.511267
1 NYA 0.293868 0.356295
2 BOS 0.272551 0.085096
3 HOU 0.379135 0.550009
4 MIL 0.187284 0.453152
5 MIN 0.016749 0.123839
6 DET 0.549670 0.026982
7 CHA 0.400452 0.336924
8 CLE -0.409588 0.491895
9 KCA 0.165967 0.491895
10 TEX 0.165967 -0.031133
11 OAK 0.592303 0.743723
12 CIN 0.869422 0.143210
13 SLN 0.656254 0.085096
14 PIT -0.324320 0.259438
15 CHN -0.239053 -0.069875
16 SFN 0.464402 0.356295
17 SDN 0.293868 -0.031133
18 LAN -0.132469 -0.011761
19 PHI 0.315185 0.162581
20 NYN -0.196419 0.240067
21 ATL 0.485719 0.453152
22 TOR 0.549670 0.801838
23 SEA 0.570987 -0.011761
24 ANA 0.165967 0.143210
25 WAS 0.421769 0.356295
26 COL -3.436578 -3.459871
27 MIA -3.436578 -3.556728
Second Half Won/Loss Spread over First Half Won / Loss spread:
Team FirstHalfImprovementZScores SecondHalfImprovementZScores
0 BAL -0.500522 0.370401
1 NYA 0.701239 0.419431
2 BOS 0.217476 -1.085415
3 HOU 0.292764 1.373858
4 MIL -1.010098 0.360040
5 MIN -0.723759 -0.848534
6 DET 1.465603 -0.942460
7 CHA -0.063605 0.530964
8 CLE -1.820830 -0.706260
9 KCA 0.230622 2.245061
10 TEX -1.007469 -1.412766
11 OAK 1.460345 0.910118
12 CIN 1.868340 0.113140
13 SLN 1.585110 0.601054
14 PIT -1.389171 -0.939346
15 CHN -1.399688 -1.304687
16 SFN 0.414900 0.879377
17 SDN -0.359981 -1.374437
18 LAN -0.484267 -0.374434
19 PHI 0.300652 -0.305024
20 NYN -2.112427 0.667011
21 ATL 0.854446 0.091739
22 TOR 0.271730 2.415303
23 SEA 0.667059 -1.370984
24 ANA -0.255771 -0.078504
25 WAS 0.685464 0.151129
26 COL -0.209386 0.045720
27 MIA 0.321224 -0.431493
Team RallyWinsFirstHalf BlownLeadsFirstHalf RallyWinsSecondHalf \
0 BAL 216 227 249
1 NYA 213 197 241
2 BOS 212 207 227
3 HOU 217 210 251
4 MIL 208 231 246
5 MIN 200 217 229
6 DET 225 191 224
7 CHA 218 219 240
8 CLE 180 223 248
9 KCA 207 202 248
10 TEX 207 230 221
11 OAK 227 193 261
12 CIN 240 196 230
13 SLN 230 193 227
14 PIT 184 217 236
15 CHN 188 221 219
16 SFN 221 211 241
17 SDN 213 221 221
18 LAN 193 205 222
19 PHI 214 207 231
20 NYN 190 239 235
21 ATL 222 202 246
22 TOR 225 218 264
23 SEA 226 210 222
24 ANA 207 213 230
25 WAS 219 203 241
26 COL 38 53 44
27 MIA 38 41 39
BlownLeadsSecondHalf
0 242
1 232
2 256
3 218
4 239
5 252
6 249
7 228
8 269
9 192
10 258
11 241
12 228
13 212
14 262
15 253
16 220
17 257
18 232
19 240
20 219
21 246
22 205
23 258
24 233
25 239
26 27
27 34
Team FirstHalfWPercentTot SecondHalfWPercentTot
0 BAL 0.464516 0.535484
1 NYA 0.469163 0.530837
2 BOS 0.482916 0.517084
3 HOU 0.463675 0.536325
4 MIL 0.458150 0.541850
5 MIN 0.466200 0.533800
6 DET 0.501114 0.498886
7 CHA 0.475983 0.524017
8 CLE 0.420561 0.579439
9 KCA 0.454945 0.545055
10 TEX 0.483645 0.516355
11 OAK 0.465164 0.534836
12 CIN 0.510638 0.489362
13 SLN 0.503282 0.496718
14 PIT 0.438095 0.561905
15 CHN 0.461916 0.538084
16 SFN 0.478355 0.521645
17 SDN 0.490783 0.509217
18 LAN 0.465060 0.534940
19 PHI 0.480899 0.519101
20 NYN 0.447059 0.552941
21 ATL 0.474359 0.525641
22 TOR 0.460123 0.539877
23 SEA 0.504464 0.495536
24 ANA 0.473684 0.526316
25 WAS 0.476087 0.523913
26 COL 0.463415 0.536585
27 MIA 0.493506 0.506494Here's the input data generated by the custom program designed to extract the scenario.Apr includes March reg season games. Sept includes Oct reg season games.
Please note the Expos are referenced as WAS
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,138,171,233,199,209,209,217,186,225,211,229,238,2,1,5,16,29,2,2,8,22,49,6,2,7,22,43,1,2,9,17,46,2,3,5,26,48,2,6,10,29,43,0,5,7,23,42,1,7,10,21,36,1,4,3,22,45,3,4,5,23,37,3,6,9,19,47,0,3,11,32,40 NYA,162,141,239,190,212,207,224,182,221,230,247,213,1,2,3,13,28,2,5,8,18,43,4,8,12,21,45,6,4,11,16,46,4,1,5,15,36,3,4,16,15,59,1,5,7,13,27,2,1,13,17,30,3,1,7,28,42,2,7,9,14,35,3,4,13,20,48,2,6,9,21,39 BOS,164,138,234,198,211,207,210,201,232,211,235,230,2,3,5,16,34,4,8,6,26,31,0,1,11,23,42,3,6,6,20,30,2,7,12,15,48,1,7,7,22,41,1,4,8,10,28,0,7,5,13,49,6,4,6,31,35,1,4,12,23,42,5,5,9,19,47,3,3,14,23,46 HOU,162,158,209,223,217,207,206,201,229,203,244,217,2,2,7,12,30,1,3,7,20,48,4,2,9,26,44,3,2,5,16,47,4,5,9,23,47,4,3,11,23,49,1,1,11,14,35,4,7,9,21,34,1,1,16,14,41,2,1,9,14,42,2,2,5,25,44,2,2,10,27,31 MIL,156,134,203,232,207,220,203,210,242,214,229,222,2,5,7,15,32,4,5,10,16,40,2,3,3,24,40,4,4,6,16,42,1,3,11,26,47,3,3,9,31,40,1,3,8,13,34,1,4,10,16,50,3,4,9,24,51,5,3,13,14,37,2,1,12,23,46,3,2,3,16,59 MIN,140,184,197,235,204,212,199,206,201,238,231,225,0,5,6,16,31,2,2,8,20,36,2,8,7,12,45,0,5,10,20,37,2,3,9,21,50,3,2,8,15,44,2,5,9,22,34,5,8,8,23,33,1,4,7,18,38,1,6,5,21,47,1,5,10,26,47,1,6,13,20,43 DET,154,150,230,201,230,192,201,211,225,224,235,221,2,3,6,16,29,5,3,8,21,52,1,3,12,27,37,0,3,8,25,38,2,3,12,15,37,2,4,16,19,40,3,5,8,14,29,5,0,10,17,48,2,2,4,17,27,4,5,14,20,43,4,4,12,26,42,1,5,8,17,44 CHA,150,144,205,222,212,213,208,203,217,224,262,209,1,6,8,14,35,1,6,6,14,49,2,4,9,21,42,7,3,12,22,39,2,2,10,16,43,2,3,10,16,53,2,3,4,17,23,4,4,6,25,52,1,6,14,12,46,3,5,6,19,44,3,2,7,27,43,1,2,9,13,44 CLE,137,158,203,235,196,217,187,223,218,236,221,235,0,3,5,11,20,2,6,9,17,39,3,2,8,22,33,3,2,9,17,38,2,6,9,22,49,4,7,15,27,38,4,5,5,18,26,5,10,10,21,37,2,4,13,19,44,1,2,15,22,43,3,4,14,25,49,2,5,8,36,40 KCA,136,157,224,210,215,204,214,201,258,184,226,238,1,5,5,12,30,3,4,7,21,44,1,2,5,19,48,0,7,10,15,44,4,1,10,37,41,0,3,12,19,45,1,5,4,13,27,2,3,10,17,46,3,3,10,13,45,2,0,13,12,39,1,5,4,16,30,0,3,6,17,44 TEX,149,153,207,230,221,205,184,224,201,236,215,243,4,4,8,10,29,2,7,9,16,41,3,5,7,22,40,2,2,9,16,44,4,2,12,19,36,0,2,8,24,41,0,2,11,12,30,1,5,6,22,56,0,10,11,21,43,1,5,8,22,48,4,1,12,16,53,2,1,16,23,46 OAK,185,144,215,217,209,213,205,208,236,197,222,222,3,3,10,16,35,1,4,12,21,43,1,6,11,20,41,4,4,14,19,49,4,7,12,20,51,1,3,11,15,47,1,2,6,18,25,1,4,11,20,34,3,5,5,22,36,2,1,9,25,38,3,3,9,23,45,5,1,15,23,39 CIN,165,145,228,207,218,207,193,212,222,218,234,224,2,1,12,10,33,9,4,13,22,41,3,4,16,31,39,4,3,11,14,38,4,5,13,21,33,2,5,15,22,40,1,2,5,9,29,4,6,9,16,34,0,3,8,26,44,4,4,10,20,39,2,3,4,15,44,3,2,7,15,56 SLN,161,144,213,219,218,207,203,200,233,195,236,239,1,3,8,16,36,5,3,14,20,36,2,4,13,20,49,5,2,9,16,39,1,3,9,17,48,2,2,6,23,45,1,0,6,14,20,2,1,11,18,48,2,2,5,22,41,4,3,10,15,36,2,2,4,19,41,3,3,5,14,51 PIT,154,139,192,229,208,219,205,211,211,233,237,228,2,0,5,14,24,1,4,4,23,32,0,1,8,27,39,4,3,12,16,44,0,3,5,17,39,3,5,9,26,50,1,1,5,16,25,5,3,11,17,49,2,2,9,23,48,4,4,7,21,44,3,4,15,23,49,1,5,6,22,54 CHN,133,169,220,212,192,240,200,202,218,219,210,250,2,1,6,8,21,2,4,3,24,48,1,1,9,23,35,1,5,7,14,44,4,3,12,17,44,2,6,6,19,35,2,1,7,14,32,6,2,12,17,42,2,4,12,19,49,2,1,11,20,32,2,4,12,24,45,3,4,17,27,49 SFN,154,175,214,220,208,213,217,185,210,219,227,233,3,0,3,19,24,2,1,17,14,61,1,4,8,23,41,1,1,14,20,47,4,2,13,17,41,4,4,7,22,44,1,1,2,19,35,1,1,10,32,39,3,1,8,24,34,2,4,8,14,37,3,4,12,22,41,1,3,6,28,35 SDN,155,171,196,238,215,210,182,222,211,221,222,235,0,2,6,15,28,1,2,15,19,41,2,4,12,18,48,3,2,8,20,30,1,2,11,13,49,4,4,9,19,46,1,3,5,12,27,2,3,11,26,54,4,6,6,27,34,3,3,7,23,47,5,4,13,20,40,1,4,4,33,50 LAN,177,153,232,193,211,209,201,205,224,208,239,222,2,1,3,22,26,1,2,7,18,43,1,4,5,24,34,1,4,13,13,34,2,2,12,16,40,0,4,10,28,43,1,1,10,16,25,0,2,8,17,37,5,6,9,27,41,3,4,6,18,32,3,3,8,15,58,4,5,14,24,35 PHI,144,156,223,198,215,214,203,212,212,229,231,236,1,5,7,18,27,2,5,10,25,33,5,6,8,19,43,3,2,5,18,31,5,5,9,15,55,0,5,10,19,49,4,0,6,13,24,4,1,8,15,50,2,3,14,20,43,2,2,14,16,50,2,3,16,10,44,1,8,11,21,40 NYN,156,138,210,215,201,227,220,189,215,228,237,229,0,0,6,14,32,3,1,11,17,37,3,1,9,22,34,2,3,7,22,42,2,2,7,21,52,2,2,2,32,37,3,4,5,14,26,1,4,16,20,51,2,3,10,32,48,2,2,6,15,37,2,2,5,19,55,1,6,10,19,38 ATL,146,164,228,206,219,203,202,208,217,216,219,237,2,2,10,7,28,5,4
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