Power Rankings arenโt just standings, but rather, they should measure domination and production in conjunction with their record. These rankings take into account each teamโs record, run production, and how they measure against the rest of the league.
For an explanation of how the SD Scoreย is calculated, see below. The number to the right is where they were ranked last week.
2 โย Boston Red Sox (49-24); SD Score +2.91 (1)
3 โย NY Yankees (46-21); SD Score +2.59 (2)
4 โ Atlanta Braves (42-29); SD Score +1.78 (5)
5 โย Chicago Cubs (40-28); SD Score +2.35 (4)
6 โย Milwaukee Brewers (42-29); SD Score +1.14 (7)
7 โย Arizona Diamondbacks (39-32), SD Score +1.04 (12)
8 โย Seattle Mariners (46-26); SD Score +0.54 (8)
9 โย LA Dodgers (37-33); SD Score +1.45 (11)
10 โย Washington Nationals (37-31); SD Score +0.92 (6)
11 โย Cleveland Indians (37-33); SD Score +0.82 (10)
12 โย St. Louis Cardinals (37-32); SD Score +0.16 (13)
13 โย LA Angels (38-34); SD Score +0.82 (9)
14 โย Philadelphia Phillies (37-32); SD Score +0.06 (15)
15 โย Pittsburgh Pirates (35-36); SD Scoreย +0.21 (16)
16 โย Oakland Aโs (36-36); SD Score -0.08 (14)
17 โย Detroit Tigers (36-37); SD Score -0.55 (19)
18 โย Toronto Blue Jays (33-38); SD Score -0.41 (18)
19 โย San Francisco Giants (35-37); SD Score -0.73ย (17)
20 โย Minnesota Twins (31-37); SD Score -0.32 (21)
21 โย Tampa Bay Rays (33-38); SD Score -0.51 (22)
22 โย Colorado Rockies (34-37); SD Score -0.87 (20)
23 โย San Diego Padres (34-40); SD Score -1.21 (23)
24 โย NY Mets (30-38), SD Score -1.40 (24)
25 โย Texas (29-44); SD Score -1.71 (25)
26 โย Cincinnati Reds (26-45); SD Score -1.57 (26)
27 โย Miami Marlins (28-44); SD Score -2.88 (28)
28 โย Chicago White Sox (24-46); SD Score -2.25 (27)
29 โย Baltimore (20-50); SD Score -3.01 (30)
30 โย Kansas City Royals (22-49); SD Score -3.42 (29)
SD Score explanation:
Run production is one of the best measures of how a team is performing and how dominant or bad they are.
The formula takes each teamโs runs scored and runs allowed totals and how many standard deviations from the league average they are.
Example: 1927 Yankees
The 27 Yankees score 975 runs (1927ย ALย average was 762 and SD of team runs for the AL was about 115). Take the difference from the league average (975-762=213) and divide by the SD (115), the 1927 Yankees were 1.85 SD above the league average in runs scored.
They allowed 599 runs (the SD in runs allowed for the 1927 AL was about 88.5), which was 163 runs less than the league average. 163/88.5 gives us a 1.84 SD above the league average in runs allowed.
Add 1.85 and 1.84 to get a final SD Score of +3.69 for the 1927 Yankees, which is amazing.
(SD ranking explanation found in โBaseballย Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Timeโ by Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein)
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