Pittsburgh Pirates Playoff Chances 2012-3WC 50/50

Beat Cincinnati 2-1, playoff odds up 3.6 to 34.7%
25-25   .500

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
Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 +3.4
+0.4
Giants 1 Arizona 4 +0.2
Colorado 13 Houston 5 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Milwaukee vs Pittsburgh-3.4+3.4
-0.4+0.4
Houston vs Cincinnati+0.2-0.2
Giants vs Cubs-0.2+0.2
Mets vs St. Louis+0.1-0.1

What If

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

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
103-137In100217*
10277-35In98260
10176-36In100126
10075-37In982247
9974-38In9631495
9873-39In9550963
9772-40In93701,774
9671-41In8811012,911
9570-42In81170204,877
9469-43In74221208,129
9368-44In642934012,518
9267-45In513756019,280
9166-46In374210101028,192
9065-47100.0%25431614200039,504
8964-48100.01339241940053,324
8863-4999.96313022910069,187
8762-5099.3221342116510086,902
8661-5196.7011341723123000106,443
8560-5288.904291024229200124,280
8459-5371.7012141828207100141,210
8358-5445.700131823291861000154,211
8257-5521.10702122629175100162,384
8156-567.103004142829164100165,998
8055-571.801001516302915400162,353
7954-580.40001619312813300154,058
7853-590.10001721332610200140,974
7752-600.00000029253423710124,263
7651-610.0000031329341840106,013
7550-62Out001518353010187,407
7449-63Out0018273821469,443
7348-64Out003163734953,110
7247-65Out01830431839,609
7146-66Out00321463028,156
7045-67Out0113444219,091
6944-68Out007385512,693
6843-69Out00329687,983
6742-70Out0121774,939
6641-71Out115852,929
6540-72Out011891,683
6439-73Out0892935
6338-74Out595493
6237-75Out397234
6136-76Out100111
6035-77Out29866
5934-78Out10030
5833-79Out11899
25-57Out100186*
Total:34.7%361045778888776422,200,000

* 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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25-137
Total: