Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

I really wonder why we should give that much importance to +/- records and why it should be the 2nd criteria
considered in case of a tiebreak...

In a $40M league, my team stands 1st overall in +/- with +100...

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/league/457220

Yet, it stands 4 games below .500 at 55-59, 12 games out of 1st place in my division...

According to the expanded standings, it should be 1st with a 68-46 record...

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/league/expanded/457220

Mind you I agree that my 3-6 XI and 10-26 one run game records play a big role...

But really...

You need to win some 1 run games....

Run Differential is a funny thing and it can be skewed badly by those 1 run wins & losses.

You win a game 10-0 and then lose 9 straight 1 run games and you have a 1-9 record despite having a positive run differential.

So as important as R/D seems like it should be ... It isn't.

To add insult to injury, I have the 3rd best team offense and also the 3rd best team pitching...

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/league/stats/teams/457220

And out of my 29 total HRs... 17 are by my hitters and 12 by my pitchers...

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/team/1656662

It is in the long run, just not in the short run. After 2082 completed teams here to date, I feel confident in that assertion.

Just had event 6 barnstormer led the league run diff all the way till last night of reg season and did not make playoffs. Gary clausen beat me out with neg run diff. I was 118 plus he was minus 13. Go figure

P Steve Renko is 2nd on the team with 5 HRs... only George Scott has more with 7...