"...per the brilliant Sports Club Stats"
(thank you Mr. Dater)

St. Louis Cardinals Playoff Chances 2012-3WC

Lost to Atlanta 7-10, playoff odds down 2 to 90.9%
27-24   .529

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
Atlanta 10 St. Louis 7 -1.3
-0.2
Giants 1 Arizona 4 +0.1
Colorado 13 Houston 5 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Mets vs St. Louis-1.7+1.5
-0.2+0.2
Giants vs Cubs-0.1+0.2

What If

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

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
109-138In100853*
10881-30In1000666
10780-31In10001,290
10679-32In99102,399
10578-33In99104,251
10477-34In98207,261
10376-35In9730011,632
10275-36In9550018,208
10174-37In9280027,192
10073-38In88120138,558
9972-39In82160152,815
9871-40In752212070,838
9770-41In662924089,762
9669-42In55363600109,746
9568-43In4442680130,100
9467-44In3246101200147,064
9366-45In2246161610159,567
9265-46In1341232120167,372
9164-47100.0%7342926400169,659
9063-48100.032434298100165,251
8962-4999.8115372915300155,764
8861-5099.1083526237100140,831
8760-5196.50330192915300121,797
8659-5289.401241128259100102,874
8558-5375.00175223119510083,683
8457-5454.401121329291430065,602
8356-5531.9060520332592049,400
8255-5614.403011026332061035,876
8154-575.210041530301540025,184
8053-581.4100162133261020016,751
7952-590.30021026332171010,985
7851-600.1000314313216306,950
7750-61Out01620342710104,222
7649-62Out0210283520402,474
7548-63Out041635321111,417
7447-64Out282937213772
7346-65Out041938317359
7245-66Out73446120214
7144-67Out142158142104
7043-68Out311503636
6942-69Out43481021
6841-70Out178581712
6740-71Out1005
6639-72Out1001
64-65Out1002*
270-111Out100180
Total:90.9%232318148542110000002,200,000

* 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
TWW-L123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
27-138
Total: