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Whether attempting to formulate standings for a private baseball team or trying to figure out different scenarios for Major League Baseball playoff races, knowing how to calculate baseball standings can be useful for fans. Figuring these standings requires keeping track of each team's individual performance over the course of a season in order to rank them and, depending on the league's setup, determine who should play in the postseason. In general, baseball standings consist of four primary components: A team's wins and losses, its win percentage and the number of games it is from taking the lead in the standings.
Create a spreadsheet or piece of paper with, at minimum, five columns. List each team in alphabetical order under the first column. Place a header of '"W" for wins over the second column, an "L" for losses over the third column, "Pct" for winning percentage over the fourth and "GB" for games behind over the fifth.
Track each team's performance over the season. Write the number of wins each team has directly to the right of its name on the spreadsheet under the "W" column. Write the losses under the column directly to the right labeled "L."
Add the number of wins and losses for each team to determine the total number of games played. Then take the number of wins a specific team has an divide it by the number of games played. The result is the team's winning percentage. For example, a 40-10 team would have played 50 games during a season. Dividing 40 by 50 results in a winning percentage of .800, which means that the team has won 80 percent of its games. For the purposes of calculating the standings, record the winning percentage in decimal format to three places. For instance, a team with a winning percentage of .6666 repeating would simply be recorded as .667.
Rank each team by winning percentage, with the highest at the top of the standings and the lowest at the bottom.
Note the top team in the standing's overall record. To determine the number of games each team needs to make up to catch the leader, subtract the number of losses the leader has by its number of wins. Do the same calculation, but this time subtract the trailing team's losses from its wins. Subtract the two results and divide the resulting number by two. For example, if Team X leads the standings at 40-10 while Team Y is in third with a record of 35-14, the calculation would go as follows: (40 -10) - (35-14) / 2 = 4.5. Thus, Team Y would be 4.5 games behind Team X. Place this value in the column labeled "GB" for each team. Don't put a number in the "GB" column next to the first-place team.
Fill in the remaining blanks under the "GB" column and ensure that each team is listed in the correct order from top to bottom. The teams should be in descending order by both winning percentage and the number of games behind.
Create a spreadsheet or piece of paper with, at minimum, five columns. List each team in alphabetical order under the first column. Place a header of '"W" for wins over the second column, an "L" for losses over the third column, "Pct" for winning percentage over the fourth and "GB" for games behind over the fifth.
Track each team's performance over the season. Write the number of wins each team has directly to the right of its name on the spreadsheet under the "W" column. Write the losses under the column directly to the right labeled "L."
Add the number of wins and losses for each team to determine the total number of games played. Then take the number of wins a specific team has an divide it by the number of games played. The result is the team's winning percentage. For example, a 40-10 team would have played 50 games during a season. Dividing 40 by 50 results in a winning percentage of .800, which means that the team has won 80 percent of its games. For the purposes of calculating the standings, record the winning percentage in decimal format to three places. For instance, a team with a winning percentage of .6666 repeating would simply be recorded as .667.
Rank each team by winning percentage, with the highest at the top of the standings and the lowest at the bottom.
Note the top team in the standing's overall record. To determine the number of games each team needs to make up to catch the leader, subtract the number of losses the leader has by its number of wins. Do the same calculation, but this time subtract the trailing team's losses from its wins. Subtract the two results and divide the resulting number by two. For example, if Team X leads the standings at 40-10 while Team Y is in third with a record of 35-14, the calculation would go as follows: (40 -10) - (35-14) / 2 = 4.5. Thus, Team Y would be 4.5 games behind Team X. Place this value in the column labeled "GB" for each team. Don't put a number in the "GB" column next to the first-place team.
Fill in the remaining blanks under the "GB" column and ensure that each team is listed in the correct order from top to bottom. The teams should be in descending order by both winning percentage and the number of games behind.
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