Box Stats: Could you please explain how a team can be .5 games ahead

[CatWoman]

or behind?

Sports aren't played in half games!!!!

[yankeedem]

1. One team has played more games than the other

nt

[wryter2000]

2. It happens if one team has played more than the other

One team might have 10 wins and 5 losses while the other has 10 wins and 4 losses. The second team is ahead by half a game.

[Cuban_Liberal]

3. Easy:

Team A is 50W-32L; Team B is 50W-33L. 18 - 17 divided by 2 = .5 .

:)

[NWHarkness]

4. It's because the teams have not played the same number of games

If The Tigers played 20 games and won 10, and the White Sox played 19 and won 10, the White Sox would be slightly ahead, which is expressed by calling it a half game.

[Sean Reynolds]

7. haha, Tigers 10 games above .500....

You're funny! ;-)

[Cuban_Liberal]

8. I also found that amusing.

;)

[NWHarkness]

9. Ahem

In my example, the Tigers were at .500.

It could happen.

[Sean Reynolds]

10. Ah quick reading is never good.

I thought you meant they were at 20-10.

:bounce:

[NWHarkness]

11. Your confusion is understandable

I used "Tigers" and "won" in the same sentence.

Although, after the interleague games, it looks like if they were in the NL they would be a powerhouse.:D

[Lefty48197]

12. We're better at math than they are

apparently!

[Don_G]

5. Ask Newt Gingrich

How any "average" individual can have a "third" of a divorce.

Or Elaine Chao on the latest employment figures.

[CatWoman]

6. oh, Don!!!

:D