stoopidstats 2018 -- wins, losses and games over 500

Another baseball season is over, so it's time once again for StoopidStats!

So let's start with the cumulative won/lost records file, which you can get to here: https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Files%20to%20link%20from%20blog/HistoryThrough2018.xlsx?role=personal

The file is ,chock full of charts, but the above is the 2018 version of the dream chart that got me doing this in the first place: Cumulative games over .500 for every major league franchise ever.

Of course, the file also looks at cumulative wins, and groups statistics by location, by state (or state-like entity), and by name.

Highlights for this year in terms of wins:

• No franchise passed any other franchise.
• Los Angeles passed Washington and Baltimore to become the 10th-winningest location. Since Los Angeles is one of only three locations that currently have two teams (the others are New York and Chicago -- which are in first and second places), it makes sense that it would be moving up in rank.
• Milwaukee passed Kansas City to become the 15th-winningest location.
• Miami passed Providence to besome the 34th-winningest location.Of course, Providence hasn't had a franchise since the 1880s. Miami didn't have one until 2012, so it is now in the process of passing all those locations that used to have franchises but don't anymore.
• No state (or state-like entity) passed any other this year -- something which surprised me.
• "Twins" passed "Browns" to become the 17th-winningest team name. Congratulations to Minnesota fans.
• "Rays" passed "Superbas," "White Stockings" and "Naps" to become the 37th-winningest team name. The other three fall to 38th, 39th and 40th. I have an uncle in the Tampa area, so I should probably congratulate him.