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

Los Angeles Angels Playoff Chances 2011

Beat Seattle 9-5, playoff odds down 3.1 to 30%
6-3   .667

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

Friday, 4/8100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Los Angeles 0 Cleveland 1 -24.9
-1.3
Kansas City 4 Texas 12 -5.8
-0.5
Toronto 2 Detroit 3 +4.9
Boston 6 Minnesota 5 -2.3
-0.1
New York 14 Oakland 7 -0.8
-0.0
Baltimore 2 Seattle 5 -0.5
Saturday, 4/9100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Boston 6 Kansas City 4 -11.1
-0.1
Seattle 5 Los Angeles 9 +11.0
+0.4
Oakland 4 Texas 11 -2.1
-0.1
Toronto 1 New York 7 -0.9
Minnesota 3 Detroit 4 -0.3
-0.0
If winner is:HomeAway
Sunday, 4/10100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Boston vs Tampa BayOut+41.0
-0.3+0.4
Los Angeles vs Toronto+9.6Out
+0.3-1.1

What If

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

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If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs1234567891011121314Count
71-039.6%406023,509,485
60-1Out1007,544,991
Total:30.0%30462431,054,476
Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs