Michal Norred mlb blog
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
MLB: statistical finish in the league leaders into September
Post Highlights
- A little over 70% of teams that led the league standings on September 1st, have gone on to win the league pennant.
- The last AL team to lead the league standings on September 1st and miss the postseason, were the 1978 Boston Red Sox.
- The 2004 St. Louis Cardinals are the last team from the NL to convert a September 1st lead in the league standings into a pennant.
Baseball fans have a lot cheap mlb jerseys to be excited about when their favorite team leads the league standings heading into September. Such a position almost certainly means a postseason berth, which could culminate in a league pennant and even a World Series title.
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