Oakland Athletics Playoff Chances 2012-3WC 50/50

Lost to Minnesota 0-4, playoff odds down 2.1 to 18.1%
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 -2.4
-0.3
Texas 8 Seattle 21 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Kansas City vs Oakland-2.4+2.4
-0.3+0.3
Cleveland vs Minnesota-0.1+0.1
Detroit vs Yankees+0.1-0.1

What If

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

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If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
100-134In100225*
9977-35In98258
9876-36In982124
9775-37In9442251
9674-38In9451455
9573-39In88902919
9472-40In8213141,713
9371-41In7220173,042
9270-42In612928005,083
9169-43100.0%4635414108,156
9068-44In31409192012,846
8967-45100.01840132540019,331
8866-4699.98341928910028,077
8765-4799.5324252717400039,474
8664-4897.911425212611200053,030
8563-4991.50623122822710069,025
8462-5075.202185213019510087,463
8361-5149.51121102630164000106,922
8260-5223.40703143030143000124,667
8159-538.10300418322812200140,577
8058-542.4020016213426910153,793
7957-550.710019253523710162,427
7856-560.200021230341830165,357
7755-570.100004183531111161,849
7654-580.0000182639224154,250
7553-590.0000031537359141,169
7452-600.00017294419124,392
7351-61Out003204730106,435
7250-62Out00111444487,317
7149-63Out006375769,470
7048-64Out003296853,047
6947-65Out01217839,236
6846-66Out1158528,033
6745-67Out00109019,423
6644-68Out069312,747
6543-69Out04968,138
6442-70Out02984,953
6341-71Out1992,913
6240-72Out1991,647
6139-73Out0100859
6038-74Out100473
5937-75Out0100241
22-58Out100393*
Total:18.1%12423567810111314132,200,000

* 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.

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If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TWW-L123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
22-134
Total: