MLB Power Rankings

5/5/08 Rankings

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

May 5th, 2008

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its award-winning baseball simulation engine to present the most comprehensive and unbiased ranking possible of all 30 teams in baseball each Monday during the regular season. To come up with the rankings, using only their statistical performance to date this season, each team is simulated against every other team 100 times – 50 at home and 50 at the opposing ballpark so that all five pitchers in the current rotation pitch ten times at each location.

Teams Ranked by Winning Percentage
(everyone plays everyone 100 times)

	Team	Win Pct	RS/G	RA/G
1.	St. Louis Cardinals	65.8%	5.4	3.6
2.	Arizona Diamondbacks	65.6%	5.5	3.7
3.	Chicago Cubs	63.8%	5.9	4.3
4.	Atlanta Braves	61.8%	5.0	3.8
5.	Los Angeles Dodgers	59.3%	5.7	4.5
6.	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	58.2%	4.6	3.8
7.	Boston Red Sox	58.0%	5.1	4.3
8.	Chicago White Sox	57.9%	4.3	3.6
9.	Philadelphia Phillies	56.7%	4.9	4.2
10.	Oakland Athletics	53.8%	4.3	3.8
11.	Anaheim Angels	52.6%	4.7	4.7
12.	Detroit Tigers	52.3%	5.2	4.9
13.	Baltimore Orioles	51.1%	4.1	3.9
14.	New York Mets	51.0%	4.7	4.7
15.	Toronto Blue Jays	50.9%	4.1	4.0
	Team	Win Pct	RS/G	RA/G
16.	Cleveland Indians	49.3%	4.2	4.4
17.	New York Yankees	45.6%	4.2	4.7
18.	Cincinnati Reds	45.4%	4.5	5.0
19.	Colorado Rockies	45.0%	4.3	4.8
20.	San Diego Padres	44.8%	3.5	3.9
21.	Minnesota Twins	44.2%	3.9	4.4
22.	Florida Marlins	44.1%	4.5	5.2
23.	Milwaukee Brewers	42.8%	4.4	5.3
24.	Texas Rangers	42.8%	5.0	5.8
25.	Houston Astros	42.6%	4.5	5.3
26.	Kansas City Royals	42.2%	3.7	4.5
27.	Seattle Mariners	41.4%	4.0	4.9
28.	Pittsburgh Pirates	39.3%	4.1	5.2
29.	Washington Nationals	37.0%	3.7	5.0
30.	San Francisco Giants	34.7%	3.8	5.7

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