Wanted to take a moment to congratulate the Texas Rangers for their big win over the evil New York Yankees to advance to their first ever World Series. The Rangers’ fellow Texas-based partners in futility, the Houston Astros, managed their way to the 2005 World Series…so, now only two Major League franchises have failed to make a World Series – Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals/Expos.
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The criteria for the ‘most efficient’ teams is combining low ‘cost per win’ with at least 87 wins (5 games above .500).
Hence, the 5 most efficient teams from the 2010 MLB season are:
1) San Diego Padres (90 wins…$419,656 per win)
2) Texas Rangers (90 wins…$612,404 per win)
3) Tampa Bay Rays (96 wins…$748,688 per win)
4) Cincinnati Reds (91 wins…$795,072 per win)
5) Atlanta Braves (91 wins…$927,284 per win)
The criteria for the ‘least efficient’ teams is combining high ‘costs per win’ with a non-winning season (i.e. 81 or fewer wins). By this criteria, the 5 least efficient teams from the 2010 MLB season are:
1) Chicago Cubs (75 wins…$1.96 million per win)
2) New York Mets (79 wins…$1.68 million per win)
3) Seattle Mariners (61 wins…$1.61 million per win)
4) Detroit Tigers (81 wins…$1.52 million per win)
5) Los Angeles Angels (80 wins…$1.31 million per win)
