I experimented with batter stats last year, but that was looking at the horrible and injury-and-demotion skewing Twins. This year, I decided to look at the development of the American League triple-crown stats' leaders, as, at the end of the year, one Tiger was atop all three lists.

For parts 1-3, here are Monday's look at the AL, and Tuesday's look at the NL, and yesterday's look at the Wild Card and Draft Position races.

American League Batting Average:
Showing the top nine finishers, all that finished over .310. The first point on the graph represents the first day's play. I didn't start players at zero.

Well, that doesn't look all that usable. Let's zoom in starting after the All-Star break: Continue reading AMR Graphs: The 2012 AL Triple Crown (Part 4 of 4) →

Today, a look at how the inter-division Wild-Card races developed, and also the Race for draft position. Here's Monday's look at the AL, and yesterday's look at the NL.

These graphs show games above or below .500 at the conclusion of each game. So double-headers will show two markers, one above the other. I started each team off at 0 on the day preceding its first game.

American League Wild Card Race:
There was a lot of churning going on in these races up until the very end, with Basically six teams contending for four playoff spots. I also kept the Sox in there (and the Tigers) to show that as late as August 29, not only did the Sox have a lead in the Central division, but they also had the third-best record in the American League as a whole. From that point, they went 13-20 and finished with the eighth-best record in the AL

Continue reading AMR Graphs: The Wild Cards and Draft Pick Races (Part 3 of 4) →

Today, we'll look at the NL. Here's yesterday's look at the AL.

These graphs show games above or below .500 at the conclusion of each game. So double-headers will show two markers, one above the other. I started each team off at 0 on the day preceding its first game.

National League Central

Continue reading AMR Graphs: The 2012 National League (Part 2 of 4) →

I've done these in the past and here they are for 2012. Nothing really cool stands out this time around.

These graphs show games above or below .500 at the conclusion of each game. So double-headers will show two markers, one above the other. I started each team off at 0 on the day preceding its first game.

American League Central

Continue reading AMR Graphs: The 2012 American League (Part 1 of 4) →