Thursday, May 9, 2013

Owner Statistics

I always find the opinions of other owners to be interesting.  If I read an opinion from an owner, often I take a look at the owner's accomplishments and if I see they never make the playoffs, I minimize their statements.  Vice-versa, if an owner with significant accomplishments, like Dakar or Josepaco, has something to contribute, I'm all ears.  With today's various thoughts about budgeting, I began to take a look at the records of the people offering opinion and that got me thinking about the records of our owners.  I then analyzed the records of all owners and have some numbers to share.  Please note, I excluded any owner with less than 20 seasons played.  The number may be arbitrary, but I felt it was fair.  Here is a list of regular season winning percentages:


OwnerSeasonsWin pct
dakar *630.550
pfontaine600.550
chase39610.545
erffdogg1140.541
josepaco *480.535
SLOBS500.532
mal247470.529
northerngaul400.528
wrecks300.525
wholck *540.522
sjr456310.516
cmchristians400.515
boydndahood/KJD450.511
edham55760.510
VegasBombers780.509
tylermathias940.498
dilo600.494
firesign34820.491
yoker701790.490
davisbrian780.478
thomas36is340.474
dhyatt1080 *240.464
robertbaron220.455
aireball3200.444
dpj0122250.408

You'll note I added erffdogg's numbers as a point of reference, as I had previously referenced his success.  Of course, some people may believe win percentage doesn't tell the whole story.  Some people play to win the WS and if you can't do that, you need to rebuild, which involves a lot of losing.  I put myself into that group.  Consequently, here are some numbers that show the percentage of times an owner made it to the playoffs.

OwnerSeasonsPlayoffsPlayoffs as a % of seasons played
dakar *63390.619
sjr45631180.581
chase3961340.557
pfontaine60330.550
northerngaul40220.550
wrecks30160.533
mal24747250.532
erffdogg114600.526
boydndahood/KJD45230.511
josepaco *48240.500
SLOBS50240.480
wholck *54240.444
edham5576320.421
VegasBombers78300.385
thomas36is34130.382
cmchristians40150.375
yoker70179640.358
tylermathias94270.287
robertbaron2260.273
dilo60160.267
firesign3482200.244
dhyatt1080 *2450.208
davisbrian78150.192
aireball32000.000
dpj01222500.000

Guess what, these lists look pretty similar, but that makes sense.  You win more games, you make the playoffs more.  Well, what about winning the big one.  Here are those numbers:


OwnerSeasonsWSWorld Series as a % of seasons played
erffdogg114120.105
dakar *6360.095
VegasBombers7850.064
mal2474730.064
josepaco *4830.063
yoker70179100.056
boydndahood/KJD4520.044
wholck *5420.037
wrecks3010.033
chase396120.033
sjr4563110.032
northerngaul4010.025
SLOBS5010.020
pfontaine6010.017
dilo6010.017
tylermathias9410.011
cmchristians4000.000
edham557600.000
firesign348200.000
davisbrian7800.000
thomas36is3400.000
dhyatt1080 *2400.000
robertbaron2200.000
aireball32000.000
dpj01222500.000

This chart is a little different, but I think the numbers speak volumes.  Other than this league's namesake, Dakar is clearly the winningest owner in this world and we all need to listen when Dakar speaks.  Chase39's advice from earlier today should be given a very close analysis.  Josepaco is a proven winner and pfontaine just needs to add one or two more WS trophy's to join Dakar as the elite owner in Erffdogg.

Lastly, I'd like to point out that I am better than average using these metrics, which is the only time I've ever been better than average.

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