October 1, 2006

Final Standings / Contest

     W   L  GB   HOME  ROAD 1-RUN  RS  RA X W-L
NY 97 65 -- 50-31 47-34 24-22 930 767 95-67
Tor 87 75 10 50-31 37-44 20-10 809 754 86-76
Bos 86 76 11 48-33 38-43 29-20 820 825 81-81
Bal 70 92 27 40-41 30-51 22-20 768 899 69-93
TB 61 101 36 41-40 20-61 17-22 689 856 65-97
Boston outperformed their expected W-L record by five games.

In our contest to guess the team's final record, the lowest entry was 88 wins. Thanks in no small part to the August From Hell, the Sox fell shy of that by two wins.

2 comments:

laura k said...

Alex Gonzalez out-hit Jason Varitek.

I just wanted to repeat that for effect. It's so amazing.

Thank [something] for the National League. I hate interleague play, but where we would have finished without them?

allan said...

Alex Gonzalez out-hit Jason Varitek.

In batting average, yes. Which is something.

Let's see:

Gonzalez: .255/.299/.397
Varitek: .238/.325/.400

Varitek got on base more often, which is the important thing, but Jesus, I didn't expect the slugging to be about equal.

And we are blessed with two more years of this?!?

Thank [something] for the National League. I hate interleague play, but where we would have finished without them?

Third. Solidly third.