With all the games, baseball is nearly a perfect round robin tournament. I think a good criterion would be margins rather than winning games in this case, with winning games as the tie-breaker.
Does this show that Boston and St. Louis would have won their league pennants? What if Condorcet for division winners? Any changes? ------------------------------ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings/grid MLB Standings Grid: 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MLB Standings American League Team-By-Team Standings Grid Tms vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Intr Ana Bal Bos CWS Cle Det KC Min NYY Oak Sea TB Tex Tor Lg Ana -- 6-3 4-5 5-4 4-5 7-2 7-0 5-4 5-4 10-9 13-7 6-1 9-10 4-5 7-11 Bal 3-6 -- 10-9 2-4 3-3 6-0 6-3 4-5 5-14 0-7 7-2 11-8 5-2 11-8 5-13 Bos 5-4 9-10 -- 4-2 3-4 6-1 4-2 2-4 11-8 8-1 5-4 14-5 4-5 14-5 9-9 CWS 4-5 4-2 2-4 -- 10-9 8-11 13-6 9-10 3-4 2-7 7-2 4-2 6-3 3-4 8-10 Cle 5-4 3-3 4-3 9-10 -- 9-10 11-8 7-12 2-4 6-3 5-4 3-3 1-8 5-2 10-8 Det 2-7 0-6 1-6 11-8 10-9 -- 8-11 7-12 4-3 4-5 5-4 3-3 4-5 4-2 9-9 KC 0-7 3-6 2-4 6-13 8-11 11-8 -- 7-12 1-5 2-7 2-5 3-6 4-5 3-3 6-12 Min 4-5 5-4 4-2 10-9 12-7 12-7 12-7 -- 2-4 2-5 5-4 4-5 5-2 4-2 11-7 NYY 4-5 14-5 8-11 4-3 4-2 3-4 5-1 4-2 -- 7-2 6-3 15-4 5-4 12-7 10-8 Oak 9-10 7-0 1-8 7-2 3-6 5-4 7-2 5-2 2-7 -- 11-8 7-2 11-9 6-3 10-8 Sea 7-13 2-7 4-5 2-7 4-5 4-5 5-2 4-5 3-6 8-11 -- 2-5 7-12 2-7 9-9 TB 1-6 8-11 5-14 2-4 3-3 3-3 6-3 5-4 4-15 2-7 5-2 -- 2-7 9-9 15-3 Tex 10-9 2-5 5-4 3-6 8-1 5-4 5-4 2-5 4-5 9-11 12-7 7-2 -- 7-2 10-8 Tor 5-4 8-11 5-14 4-3 2-5 2-4 3-3 2-4 7-12 3-6 7-2 9-9 2-7 -- 8-10 National League Team-By-Team Standings Grid Tms vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Intr Ari Atl ChC Cin Col Fla Hou LA Mil Mon NYM Phi Pit SD SF StL Lg Ari -- 2-4 4-2 3-3 6-13 3-4 2-4 3-16 3-3 0-6 3-4 1-5 2-4 7-12 5-14 1-5 6-12 Atl 4-2 -- 3-3 2-4 4-2 14-5 3-3 4-3 4-2 15-4 12-7 10-9 4-2 3-3 4-3 2-4 8-10 ChC 2-4 3-3 -- 9-8 5-1 3-3 10-9 2-4 10-7 3-3 4-2 3-3 13-5 4-2 2-4 8-11 8-4 Cin 3-3 4-2 8-9 -- 3-3 4-2 6-11 4-2 10-8 4-2 3-3 3-3 9-10 2-4 3-3 5-14 5-7 Col 13-6 2-4 1-5 3-3 -- 1-5 1-5 8-11 2-4 2-4 1-5 5-3 2-4 10-9 8-11 1-5 8-10 Fla 4-3 5-14 3-3 2-4 5-1 -- 3-3 3-3 4-2 11-8 15-4 12-7 1-5 4-2 2-5 2-4 7-11 Hou 4-2 3-3 9-10 11-6 5-1 3-3 -- 1-5 13-6 2-4 2-4 6-0 12-5 2-4 2-4 10-8 7-5 LA 16-3 3-4 4-2 2-4 11-8 3-3 5-1 -- 3-3 4-3 3-3 1-5 6-0 10-9 10-9 2-4 10-8 Mil 3-3 2-4 7-10 8-10 4-2 2-4 6-13 3-3 -- 5-1 2-4 0-6 6-12 2-4 1-5 8-9 8-4 Mon 6-0 4-15 3-3 2-4 4-2 8-11 4-2 3-4 1-5 -- 9-10 7-12 4-2 1-6 1-5 3-3 7-11 NYM 4-3 7-12 2-4 3-3 5-1 4-15 4-2 3-3 4-2 10-9 -- 8-11 1-5 1-6 4-2 1-5 10-8 Phi 5-1 9-10 3-3 3-3 3-5 7-12 0-6 5-1 6-0 12-7 11-8 -- 3-3 5-1 2-4 3-3 9-9 Pit 4-2 2-4 5-13 10-9 4-2 5-1 5-12 0-6 12-6 2-4 5-1 3-3 -- 3-3 5-1 5-12 2-10 SD 12-7 3-3 2-4 4-2 9-10 2-4 4-2 9-10 4-2 6-1 6-1 1-5 3-3 -- 12-7 2-4 8-10 SF 14-5 3-4 4-2 3-3 11-8 5-2 4-2 9-10 5-1 5-1 2-4 4-2 1-5 7-12 -- 3-3 11-7 StL 5-1 4-2 11-8 14-5 5-1 4-2 8-10 4-2 9-8 3-3 5-1 3-3 12-5 4-2 3-3 -- 11-1 -- Send real replies to ted stern at u dot washington dot edu Frango ut patefaciam -- I break that I may reveal ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
