Final Efficiency Ratings for Major League Baseball for 2003

by James K. Sayre

If you level the playing field for Major League Baseball by handicapping for baseball teams to compensate for the disparity in size of team payrolls, then the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are the best team in Major League Baseball.

Compiled after the end of the regular season (based on team salaries at start of regular season). These Efficiency Ratings for Major League Baseball for 2003 are based on the number of team wins per million dollars of team payroll.

The four most efficient baseball teams in terms of wins per million dollars team salary are:

Best: Tampa Bay Devil Rays with a rating of 1.989 wins per million dollars team salary.

Second: Montreal Expos 1.810.

Third: Oakland Athletics 1.731

Fourth: Kansas City Royals 1.712.

The four least efficient baseball teams in terms of wins per million dollars team salary are:

Worst: New York Mets with a rating of 0.561 wins per million dollars team salary.

Second Worst: New York Yankees 0.610.

Third Worst: Texas Rangers 0.618.

Fourth Worst: Toronto Bluejays 0.711.

So if one is willing to handicap baseball teams to compensate for the disparity in size of team payrolls, and thus examine their true efficiency, then the best teams in baseball are the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, followed by the the Montreal Expos, the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals.

Conversely, by this handicapping, the worst team in baseball is the New York Mets, followed by the New York Yankees, the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Bluejays.

American League

Team__________Team payroll______Wins______Wins/$1,000,000 payroll

_______________ (rounded to nearest___________ (trancated after third

________________thousand)____________________decimal place).

Eastern Division:

Tampa Bay Devil Rays $31,661,000 63 1.989

Boston Redsox 104,874,000 95 0.963

Baltimore Orioles 75,502,000 71 0.940

Toronto Bluejays 61,176,000 86 0.711

New York Yankees 180,322,000 101 0.610

Central Division:

Kansas City Royals 48,475,000 83 1.712

Minnesota Twins 65,319,000 90 1.393

Chicago Whitesox 71,336,000 86 1.205

Cleveland Indians 58,109.000 68 1.170

Detroit Tigers 59,007,000 43 0.728

Western Division:

Oakland Athletics 56,597,000 96 1.731

Seattle Mariners 92,268.000 93 1.007

Anaheim Angels 83,235,000 77 0.925

Texas Rangers 106,278,000 70 0.618

Final Efficiency Ratings for Baseball for 2003

Compiled after the end of the regular season

(based on team salaries at start of regular season)

National League

Team__________Team payroll______Wins______Wins/$1,000,000 payroll

_______________ (rounded to nearest___________ (trancated after third

________________thousand)____________________decimal place).

Eastern Division:

Montreal Expos $45,854,000 83 1.810

Florida Marlins 63,281.000 91 1.596

Atlanta Braves 103,912,000 101 0.991

Philadelphia Phillies 95,339,000 86 0.902

New York Mets 116,254,000 66 0.561

Central Division:

Milwaukee Brewers 47,294,000 68 1.437

Pittsburgh Pirates 62,315,000 75 1.203

Cincinnati Redlegs 65,083,000 69 1.060

Houston Astros 79,947,000 87 1.088

Chicago Cubs 86,577,000 88 1.085

St. Louis Cardinals 101,826,000 85 0.834

Western Division:

San Diego Padres 57,872,000 64 1.105

San Francisco Giants 100,061,000 100 0.999

Colorado Rockies 78,738,000 74 0.939

Arizona Diamondbacks 92,665,000 84 0.906

Los Angeles Dodgers 109,247,000 85 0.778

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