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Created Tue 8th Apr 2008 8:24am PST by bayoubear[Admin]

How many teams in the MLB will win 100 or more games this regular season?

Settled as One team wins 100 or more games

Only the Angels.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/

Background:

Background: A 100 win season is quite an accomplishment for any team. Will it happen this year, and if so, will more than one team hit the century mark in victories?



CATEGORY EDITOR UPDATE
Teams in the running, as of Wed:

Tampa Bay Rays - 95 wins, with 5 games left (yeah, seems unlikely but they've won 5 of their last 6 and are facing 2 teams who've won less than 50% of their games)

Los Angeles Angels - 97 wins, with 5 games left (the Angels have also won 5 of the their last 6)

Chicago Cubs - 95 wins, with 6 games remaining (the Cubs have won 4 of their last 6 games)

All 3 teams have clinched a playoff birth spot and would like to end on a strong note.
So, who can pull it off?!

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
No team wins 100 or more games
3%
One team wins 100 or more games
95%
Two teams win 100 or more games
1%
Three teams win 100 or more games
0%
Four or more teams win 100 or more games
0%
Settled as One team wins 100 or more games on Sun 28th Sep 2008 4:09pm PST

Suspend date: Fri 26th Sep 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 28th Sep 2008 4:09pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 26th Sep 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: No team wins 100 or more games: 40%, One team wins 100 or more games: 40%, Two teams win 100 or more games: 10%, Three teams win 100 or more games: 6%, Four or more teams win 100 or more games: 4%

Action history:

Created Tue 8th Apr 2008 8:24am PST by bayoubear[Admin]
Suspended Fri 26th Sep 2008 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Suspended Sun 28th Sep 2008 3:36pm PST by onedave[Power User]: Suspended pending settlement
Settlement requested Sun 28th Sep 2008 3:36pm PST by onedave[Power User]: Please settle as 'One team wins 100 or more games.' Los Angeles won 100 games. No other team can win 100 games.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/ (market suspended)
Settled as 'One team wins 100 or more games' Sun 28th Sep 2008 4:09pm PST by mrperfkt[Admin]: Only the Angels.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/

Suspend date: Fri 26th Sep 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 28th Sep 2008 4:09pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 26th Sep 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (221)

1 year ago
carnacthemagnificent predicted No team wins 100 or more games (H$50 at 1%)
1 year ago
codfight predicted One team wins 100 or more games (H$3,870 at 94%)
1 year ago
monkey_man_444 predicted No team wins 100 or more games (H$20 at 3%)
1 year ago
onedave[Power User] predicted One team wins 100 or more games (H$500 at 92%)
1 year ago
gilliganp predicted One team wins 100 or more games (H$43 at 90%)

Comments (11)

  1 buckeyetom
It's going to take a .620 winning percentage to achieve 100 wins based on a 162 game season. As of 6/28 only 4 teams are within credible striking distance. None of the four teams currently have a win% greater than .613 and that's the Cubs. This is a good teaser question like some of the proposition bets you would find in Vegas. Yea, I just took the bait and bet on it.
posted 1 year ago
  2 buckeyetom
(8/10) Looks like maybe the Angels have a shot with 46 games left if they play .583 ball the rest of the way in. They are playing .629 thus far.
posted 1 year ago
  3 pixelpaws
(9/11) The Angels have the best record at 88-57, but even that means they'd need to win 12 of their last 17 games. Eight of their remaining games are against Seattle (with a dismal 57-87 record), three are against Oakland, and six are against Texas. If they sweep Seattle twice, they'd only need to win four of the nine games against the other two teams.
posted 1 year ago
  4 carnacthemagnificent
Now that the Angels have clinched, they will shut it down and coast into the playoffs with an eye on setting their rotation.
posted 1 year ago
  5 Erik
For even one team, ie the Angels (owners of the best record in baseball), to win 100 games they'd have to play better than .900 ball the rest of the season. They currently have 92 wins with 11 games remaining, needing 8 wins to reach 100.
I can't see it.
posted 1 year ago
  6 Erik
woops....off on my calculations. closer to .700 ball, I think...Still can't see it.
posted 1 year ago
  7 carnacthemagnificent
The current calculation is pretty straight-forward. Angels have htree games left.
posted 1 year ago
  8 carnacthemagnificent
What am I saying?!? Guess it wasn't so straight forward! :) 97 wins and five games left.
posted 1 year ago
  9 mrperfkt[Admin]
@bayoubear - I've edited the background of this question in order to provide an update and as this is one of our top questions this week!

This could become exciting if 1 of the 2 other teams goes on a win streak!
posted 1 year ago
  10 mrperfkt[Admin]
All 3 teams won yesterday making this a little bit more interesting!
posted 1 year ago
  11 number1
it's not possible for any other team but the Angels to win 100 games. Three games left and the Angels have 99
posted 1 year ago

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