St. Louis Cardinals Playoff Chances 2015-3 50/50

Beat Giants 7-5, playoff odds up 0.006 to 99.99%
83-45   .648

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

Saturday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Cardinals 2 Pirates 1 +3.3
+0.3
Sunday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Cardinals 3 Pirates 2 +3.3
+0.3

What If

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

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If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs123456789101112131415Count
108-115In1002,430,393*
10724-8In10005,244,356
10623-9In100013,960,062
10522-10In100032,091,067
10421-11In1000064,152,120
10320-12In10000112,212,976
10219-13In9901172,565,822
10118-14In98020234,129,466
10017-15In950050280,927,018
9916-16In8900110298,475,044
9815-17In7900210280,911,191
9714-18In6500350234,131,426
9613-19In4800510172,552,595
9512-20In3200671112,199,319
9411-21100.0%1710793064,143,475
9310-22100.07108210032,086,472
929-23100.02007720013,968,638
918-2499.90006435005,241,583
907-2599.60004752001,678,798
896-2698.0000306820452,004
885-2792.90177670100,703
874-2881.477418117,694
863-2961.72603352,556
852-3042.704245120241
841-316.364444616
830-328.308404660176,865
Total:100.0%780021100002,133,851,900

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs