Every San Francisco Giants Team Ranked by Pythagorean Record

Updated through 2019

Here's every regular season team in SFG history ranked by pythagorean record, normalized for a 162 game season.  I've included what happened to each of the teams which made the postseason, and included the best position player and pitcher on each team, as determined by regular season WARP (Davenport version) plus WAR (baseball-reference version).  Ranking is regular season only.

1. 1962 100 Lost WS to Yankees Best WAR+WARP position player/pitcher Mays 10.3 Marichal 3.3, Sanford 3.3.  Yup, the best team in SFG history wasn't the WS Champion, it was the first WS loser, the '62 team.  
2. 2002 98 Lost WS to Angels Bonds 12.35, Nen 3.65.  8 outs away and a 5 run lead. 
3. 1993 98 Bonds 11.5, Swift 4.5 103 regular season wins and didn't make the playoffs.
4. 2000 97 Lost in playoffs to Mets Kent 8.55, Hernandez 3.2. The missing great SFG team of recent vintage, the best regular season team in 2000, and bounced in the NLDS.
5. 2010 94 World Champions defeated Rangers Huff 6 Wilson 4.65. Your First Ever World Champion San Francisco Giants
6. 1987 93 Lost in NLCS to Cardinals Clark 4.75, Robinson 2.3. A wide open postseason in '87, the Twins are the worst WS winners in baseball history. 
7. 2003 93 Lost in NLDS to Marlins Bonds 9,75, Schmidt 6.35
8. 1967 93 Hart 5.6, Perry 5.75
9. 1961 93 Mays 8.65 McCormick 4.7
10. 1989 92 Lost WS to A’s Clark 9.85, Garrelts 3.65
11. 1998 91 Bonds 10.2, Nen 5
12. 1965 91 Mays 11, Marichal 9.75
13. 1959 91 Mays 7.7 Jones 5.55
14. 2016 90 Lost in NLDS to Cubs Posey 5.6, Bumgarner 6.15 
15. 1986 90 Davis 4.45, Krukow 3.15
16. 1968 90 McCovey 7.45 Marichal 6
17. 1963 90 Mays 10.5 Marichal 7.9
18. 2015 89 Posey 7.2, Bumgarner 6.2
19. 1969 89 McCovey 8.35, Marichal 8.1
20. 1964 89 Mays 10.75, Marichal 6.65
21. 2012 88 World Champions defeated Tigers Posey 8, Cain 5
22. 1971 88 Lost in NLCS to Pirates Mays 6.3, Marichal 2.9
23. 2004 88 Bonds 11.6, Schmidt 5.35
24. 2014 87 World Champions defeated Royals Posey 5.7 , Bumgarner 5
25. 1966 86 Mays 8.9, Marichal 9.55
26. 2001 86 Bonds 12.75, Ortiz 4.2
27. 1988 86 Clark 7.9, Reuschel 3.5
28. 2009 86 Sandoval 5.45, Lincecum 6.45
29. 1973 85 Bonds 7.3, Bryant 3.2
30. 1999 85 Kent 4.6, Ortiz 2
31. 1960 85 Mays 9.35 McCormick 6.2
32. 1958 84 Mays 10.5 Antonelli  4.5
33. 1978 83 Clark 6.3, Knepper 6.45
34. 1981 83 Morgan 3.1, Alexander 4
35. 1990 82 Williams 5.15, Brantley 4.3
36. 1972 82 Speier 7.5 Bryant 3.1
37. 1970 81 McCovey 7.05, Perry 7.55
38. 1994 81 Bonds 7.5, Jackson 2.15
39. 1997 80 Lost in playoffs to Marlins Bonds 8.5, Estes 4.05
40. 2011 80 Sandoval 6.05, Lincecum 4.9
41. 1983 80 Evans 5.05, Hammaker 4.65
42. 1982 79 Morgan 5.7, Minton 6.4
43. 1975 79 Speier 4.65, Montefusco 6.05
44. 2007 77 Bonds 4.2, Cain 4.1
45. 2006 76 Bonds 4.6, Schmidt 3.8
46. 1991 76 Clark 6.25, Wilson 2.45
47. 1977 75 Thomasson 2.25, Halicki 5.7
48. 2013 74 Pence 5.65 Bumgarner 4.6
49. 1980 73 Evans 4.9, Blue 5.15
50. 1979 73 Clark 3.3, Lavelle 3.5
51. 1992 72 Clark 5.5 Swift 4.6
52. 2019 71 Yastrzemski 2.65 Samardzija 3.35
53. 2005 71 Alou 3.75, Lowry 3.35
54. 1976 71 Murcer 2.25, Montefusco 6.6
55. 1974 71 Bonds 4.6, Barr 6.3
56. 1996 71 Bonds 9.85, Beck 2.35
57. 2018 70 Crawford 3.25, Bumgarner 2.8
58. 1984 69 Davis 4.9, Lavelle 2.9
59. 2008 68 Winn 4.35, Lincecum 7.2
60. 1995 68 Bonds 8.35, Leiter 1.35
61. 2017 67 Posey 4.7, Bumgarner 3.75
62. 1985 67 Davis 3.55, Krukow 3.6

Tendown, October 16, 2016

245 is here.  This is Tendown 246.

1. Enough with the Notrious RBG Stuff.

With more and more football players across the country refusing to stand for the national anthem before games, Justice Ginsburg called the protest “dumb and disrespectful.”



2. Clinton at Goldman

“There's nothing magic about regulations, too much is bad, too little is bad,” she told a Goldman Sachs symposium. “How do you get to the golden key, how do we figure out what works? And the people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry.”

3. Taibbi.

The first symptom of a degraded aristocracy is a lack of capable candidates for the throne. After years of indulgence, ruling families become frail, inbred and isolated, with no one but mystics, impotents and children to put forward as kings. Think of Nikolai Romanov reading fortunes as his troops starved at the front. Weak princes lead to popular uprisings. Which brings us to this year's Republican field.

4. Yemen.

5. Remember, Hamilton isn't Real.

The show portrays Hamilton as a “young, scrappy, and hungry” immigrant (he was born on the Caribbean Island of Nevis, but qualified as a U.S. citizen when the Constitution was adopted), an egalitarian, and a passionate abolitionist. All of this is wrong, Gordon-Reed said.

“In the sense of the Ellis Island immigrant narrative, he was not an immigrant,” she said. “He was not pro-immigrant, either.

“He was not an abolitionist,” she added. “He bought and sold slaves for his in-laws, and opposing slavery was never at the forefront of his agenda.

“He was not a champion of the little guy, like the show portrays,” she said. “He was elitist. He was in favor of having a president for life.”

6. The Democrats are Driving me Bonkers.

come January, Democrats will continue to be the dominant political faction in the U.S. — more so than ever — and the tactics they are now embracing will endure past the election, making them worthy of scrutiny. Those tactics now most prominently include dismissing away any facts or documents that reflect negatively on their leaders as fake, and strongly insinuating that anyone who questions or opposes those leaders is a stooge or agent of the Kremlin, tasked with a subversive and dangerously un-American mission on behalf of hostile actors in Moscow.

7.

Congrats to the @Cubs, advancing to the #NLCS. #SFGiants

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) October 12, 2016

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Your pal,

Jim

Best Players, Each Position, 2016 MLB Season

Using the best WAR calculation that exists, B-Ref+Davenport, these are the best players from the 2016 MLB season.

C B.Posey SFG   5.6
    J.Lucroy Mil/Tex  4.8
    W.Ramos Wash  4.7
    Y.Molina StL 3.5
    JT Realmuto Mia 3.5
    Y.Grandal LA 3.5

1B A.Rizzo Chi 7.45
      F.Freeman Atl 6.9
      M.Cabrera Det 6.35
      J.Votto Cin 5.9
      P.Goldschmidt Ari 5.45

2B R.Cano Sea 7.3
      J.Altuve Hou 6
      I.Kinsler Det 5.7
      DJ LeMahieu Col 5.3
      B.Dozier Min 5.15
   
SS  F.Lindor Cle 5.85
      C.Correa Hou 5.1
      C.Seager LA 4.9
      J.Villar Mil 4.85
      A.Russell Chi 4.8
   
3B K.Bryant Chi 8.2 NL MVP
      K.Seager Sea 7.05
      N.Arenado Col 6.9
      J.Donaldson Tor 6.45
      M.Machado Bal 6.15
   
LF C.Yelich Mia 4.65
      R.Braun Mil 4.4
      S.Marte Pit 4.35
      Y.Cespedes NYM 4.05
       B.Gardner NYY 3.65

CF M.Trout LAA 9.2 AL MVP
      O.Herrera Phi 4.65
      C.Blackmon Col 4.5
      D.Fowler Chi 4.35
      J.Bradley Bos 4.35
   
RF M.Betts Bos 8.5
      A.Eaton CWS 6.4
      G.Springer Hou 5.65
      B.Harper Wash 3.25
      S.Piscotty StL 3.2
   
DH D.Ortiz Bos 5.55
       N.Cruz Sea 4.9
       E.Encarnacion Tor 3.65

SP N.Syndergaard NYM 6.6 - NL Cy
     M.Scherzer Wash 6.55
     J.Verlander Det 6.3 - AL Cy
     C.Martinez StL 6.3
     C.Kershaw LAD 6.25
     M.Bumgarner SFG 6.15
     C.Kluber Cle 5.75
     T.Roark Wash 5.7
     J.Cueto SFG 5.55
     J.Lester Chi 5.55
     J.Fernandez Mia 5.5
     J.Quintana CWS 5.35
     C.Sale CWS 5.2
     K.Hendricks Chi 5.2
     R.Porcello Bos 5
     M.Tanaka NYY 4.9
     J.Teheran Atl 4.85
     R.Hill Oak/LAD 4.55
     M.Fullmer Det 4.5
     D.Pomeranz SD/Bos 4.5
   
   
Relievers
Z.Britton Bal 5.4
A.Miller NYY 5.15
M.Melancon Was/Pit 5.05
A.Chapman NYY/Chi 4.3
K.Jansen LAD 4.15
A.Colome TB 3.65
B.Ziegler Ari/Bos 3.6
S.H Oh StL 3.55
J.Familia NYM 3.25
D.Phelps Mia 3.25





 

         

Let's Pick Some College Football Games, Oct 15 2016

I'm 25-26

Nwestern +4.5 Mich St. win
Neb -3.5 Ind win
Clem -17.5 NC St loss
Miami -7.5 UNC loss
Miss -7.5 Ark loss
Utah -9.5 Ore St loss
UNLV +8.5 Hawaii win
EMich +7 Ohio win

4-4
29-30

2016 NFL Super Contest Picks, Week 6

I'm an ugly 10-15

Cincinnati +8.5 loss
Miami +7.5 win
Sea -6.5 loss
Oak pick loss
NO +3 win

2-3
12-18