Playoff Odds Graphs!
The playoff odds graphs that we’ve been tweeting out all season are now available on the site thanks to our resident visualization guru, Sean Dolinar!
David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.
The playoff odds graphs that we’ve been tweeting out all season are now available on the site thanks to our resident visualization guru, Sean Dolinar!
David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.
At least the Phillies were consistent…
The Phillies had a season high 0.5% chance of reaching the playoffs on April 11. It was all down hill from there.
This graph should be Exhibit 1 on why Matt Williams should be fired. I know he is not 100% to blame, but a team that talented, should not free fall like that right when becoming healthy.
This is cool.
The win percentage graph is off – as you mouse over, it provides a percentage (i.e. .4% or .5%) instead of the actual winning percentage for each team.
The AL West graph is rather entertaining.
Dig it! But am I the only one who wants to be able to isolate one (or maybe two) TEAM(s) and plot 3 or 4 of the different graphs on one graph?
Apparently the Mets won like eight games on June 28th and then lost turned around and lost like seven on June 29:
6/27 20.4%
6/28 44.5%
6/29 26.5%
Close, on June 28 they swept a double header against the Reds on a day where the Cubs, Pirates, and Nationals all lost (technically the Nats split a double header). None of those teams played on June 29, though, so I can’t begin to explain why the odds reset so quickly. Occam’s Razor says it is a glitch in the matrix.
The phillies playoff odds just farted at the beginning of the season and died.