I heard an announcer on the radio yesterday declare that the Detroit Tigers are "8 games over .500" how do they figure this? The Tigers are 30-22, which means they have 8 more wins that losses. 30-22 means they have played 52 games .500 would then be 26-26, which means the Tigers are only 4 games over .500. Any ideas how this got started??
2007-05-31 01:17:05 · 8 answers · asked by mossmayhem 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Gawd...This got started by ARITHMETIC. In the entire world, not just baseball, .500 (spoken "five-hundred") means half. If you drop half of the pizzas you deliver, you're a .500 player at Papa Johns.
So...if you carried 20 pizzas today, half of that number, or 50 percent (50%, expressed as .5 with however many zeros you place to the right) is 10 pizzas, or half of the number of total pies, 10 pizzas=half.
Okay, let's say you dropped 14 pizza pies, that is how many over half? Let's see, 10+4=14. The values are constant (10=10, 4=4), so the answer must be 4 (four). You are 4 (four) pizzas over .500.
Now, get back to class and listen up. Also, don't get a job working around 600 degree conveyor belt ovens.
2007-05-31 02:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by TD Euwaite? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are taking the current record and saying that The Tigers would have to lose 8 games in a row to reach the .500 mark. Losing the next 8 games would put them at 30-30 which would then be .500.
2007-05-31 01:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
However many more wins than losses is the team's number of games over .500. In your example, the Tigers are 30-22. 30 is eight more than 22, hence the Tigers are eight games over .500.
2007-05-31 01:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by frenchy62 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe they go with 22-22 being .500, so with 30 wins they are 8 games over 22.
2007-05-31 01:51:57 · answer #4 · answered by John H 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It just means how many more wins they have than losses. A good way to look at it is: If they lose 8 games in a row, they would be at 30-30, which is .500 so that makes them 8 games over .500
2007-05-31 01:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by Shawn C 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If they lose 8 games in a row, what will their record and percentage be? Class? Anyone? That's right, 30-30, .500. Here's a hint, try not to overthink something simple.
2007-05-31 14:34:25 · answer #6 · answered by Ubi Caritas 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wins minus losses (W - L).
Yeah, it would be more accurate to figure this number based upon total games played, but since it is done the same way for every team, it's just a bookkeeping method.
Another approach would be to call it "eight half-games" but that would just annoy people.
Winning is hard. Anyone can lose.
2007-05-31 05:14:28 · answer #7 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-06 09:12:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋