Oakland Athletics Playoff Chances 2012-3WC

Lost to Minnesota 0-4, playoff odds down 0.8 to 1.4%
22-29   .431

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did yesterday and who we should root for today.   Explain

Wednesday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Minnesota 4 Oakland 0 -0.4
-0.2
Cleveland 3 Kansas City 6 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Kansas City vs Oakland-0.3+0.4
-0.1+0.2

What If

Chances based on how well the Oakland finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
99-134In100181*
9876-36In1001
9775-37In50502
9674-38In3333333
9573-39In4411449
9472-40In4594511
9371-41In1624256245
9270-42In1224359190
9169-43In81676251154
9068-44In513667101326
8967-45In29663182657
8866-4699.3%0365729511,229
8765-4797.424403912302,240
8664-4891.8022440257103,863
8563-4979.40110313717306,253
8462-5059.2014193629101010,237
8361-5134.2001825362361015,652
8260-5214.700021231331740023,312
8159-534.600041834301220033,312
8058-541.00001724352471046,184
7957-550.20002123034184061,377
7856-560.00004183530101079,116
7755-570.0000192738214098,313
7654-580.0000317383390117,439
7553-59Out00183043180135,351
7452-60Out0032045301151,016
7351-61Out0011142432162,408
7250-62Out00634555168,074
7149-63Out00225639167,602
7048-64Out001166815161,096
6947-65Out00106822149,027
6846-66Out0066430133,690
6745-67Out035839114,221
6644-68Out01504894,592
6543-69Out1425775,600
6442-70Out0346657,835
6341-71Out0277343,255
6240-72Out0208030,592
6139-73Out0158520,972
6038-74Out118913,870
5937-75Out8928,635
5836-76Out5955,249
5735-77Out3973,095
5634-78Out1991,737
5533-79Out199997
5432-80Out0100472
5331-81Out0100226
22-52Out100382*
Total:1.4%0000011246101938182,200,000

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

Ye of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.

Big Games

WednesdayNone
FridayNone

What If

This isn't your lottery pick because it does not factor in ping pong balls.
It's the final seed that gets you the ping pong balls.
The top 12 seeds are wrong, just ignore them for now.

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
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22-134
Total: