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January 27, 2006

An Introduction To Mediocrity

So this isn’t the happiest chart ever produced. It does provide an introduction to some aspects of the franchise’s history that I intend to explore, and I needed to push the previous entry down the page.

All-time record in Texas: 2,596-2,775, .483 winning percentage, 179 games below .500

Most games above .500: 2 (5-3 and 7-5 records in 1972)

Most games below .500: 193 (April 6, 2004)

Best 500-game stretch: 275-225 (October 1, 1976 through April 21, 1980)

Worst 500-game stretch: 206-293, .413 (May 22, 1972 through June 8, 1975)

Last positive 500-game stretch: ended September 30, 2001

Texas has a Pythagorean winning percentage of .4845 versus a real mark of .4833, so they’ve been cheated out of six wins over the course of 34 years.

Posted by Lucas at January 27, 2006 01:29 AM