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Mariners and Bruce Bochy

September 11, 2019
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I read something pretty neat this morning, and to save you the article (which really only has one point), here is the gist of it:

From 1995-2019, the Mariners and Bruce Bochy have something in common (well, yesterday they did) – they each have a record of 1995-2019! That’s cool, and also, who has time to figure that kind of thing out? Even though it is cool, I don’t think it is something for which either Bruce nor the M’s are particularly proud about. But it is very close to .500, which isn’t too bad. So I did a quick search to see what the best team during that stretch, the hated Yankees, did in terms of record: 2357-1655 (.589).

That is a pretty big difference. It also doesn’t help that 1995 was the year the Mariners set the record for wins in a season only to get bounced by these same Yankees. Let’s not talk about them anymore.

How’d we do yesterday? Let’s check…I’ll just be giving game scores and no stats because I’m tired and it’s late (and today was technically Ron’s day but Serve Day (a George Fox tradition) and some other things got in the way.

EFL Standings for 2019
EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Portland Rosebuds 95 51 .652 — 930.6 677.8
Flint Hill Tornadoes 92 54 .633 2.8 916.6 685.3
Old Detroit Wolverines 86 60 .591 8.9 851.6 703.8
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 79 65 .550 15 770.3 685.2
Peshastin Pears 79 67 .539 16.6 763.7 709.0
Canberra Kangaroos 75 71 .511 20.7 817.8 804.1
Haviland Dragons 74 72 .510 20.8 809.2 786.8
Kaline Drive 69 77 .476 25.8 688.1 724.5
Cottage Cheese 65 79 .451 29.4 806.4 882.0
Bellingham Cascades 62 82 .433 31.9 665.6 774.3
Brookland Outs 61 83 .423 33.3 699.4 815.1
D.C. Balk 57 89 .394 37.8 639.8 797.5
Portland: W, 13-3
Flint Hill: “L,” 10-4
Old Detroit: L, 4-8
Pittsburgh: L, 3-6
Peshastin: W, 5-1
Canberra: “W,” 5-8
Haviland: W (-1), L (2); 2-8
Kaline: W (-1), L (2); 4-12
Cottage: W, 9-6
Bellingham: L, 6-15
Brookland: L, 0-8
DC: “L,” 5-4
Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2014
AL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
New York Yankees 95 51 .651 —
Flint Hill Tornadoes 92 54 .633 2.6
Tampa Bay Rays 87 59 .596 8
Old Detroit Wolverines 86 60 .591 8.7
Boston Red Sox 76 69 .524 18.5
Toronto Blue Jays 56 89 .386 38.5
Baltimore Orioles 46 98 .319 48
NL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Atlanta Braves 90 56 .616 —
Washington Nationals 79 64 .552 9.5
Philadelphia Phillies 75 69 .521 14
New York Mets 74 70 .514 15
Canberra Kangaroos 75 71 .511 15.4
D.C. Balk 57 89 .394 32.5
Miami Marlins 51 93 .354 38
AL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Minnesota Twins 89 55 .618 —
Cleveland Indians 85 61 .582 5
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 79 65 .550 9.7
Chicago White Sox 64 80 .444 25
Bellingham Cascades 62 82 .433 26.6
Kansas City Royals 53 92 .366 36.5
Detroit Tigers 43 100 .301 45.5
NL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 81 63 .563 —
Chicago Cubs 77 67 .535 4
Milwaukee Brewers 76 68 .528 5
Cincinnati Reds 67 78 .462 14.5
Cottage Cheese 65 79 .451 16.1
Pittsburgh Pirates 63 82 .434 18.5
Brookland Outs 61 83 .423 20
AL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Houston Astros 95 51 .651 —
Oakland A’s 85 60 .586 9.5
Haviland Dragons 74 72 .510 20.6
Texas Rangers 72 74 .493 23
Kaline Drive 69 77 .476 25.6
Los Angeles Angels 67 79 .459 28
Seattle Mariners 59 86 .407 35.5
NL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Portland Rosebuds 95 51 .652 —
Los Angeles Dodgers 94 52 .644 1.3
Peshastin Pears 79 67 .539 16.6
Arizona Diamondbacks 75 70 .517 19.8
San Francisco Giants 70 75 .483 24.8
San Diego Padres 67 77 .465 27.3
Colorado Rockies 61 84 .421 33.8

3 Comments

  • Jamie:

    Thanks for writing an update on my day. I just now (10:25 PM) sat down with enough time to try to write something. It was Serve Day for you, too, and yet you managed to squeeze out a post. An extra Serve Day project! Helping an elderly man through a big day.

    So it may appear a bit ungracious of me, but… the M’s set the modern record for wins in a season (116) in 2001. Then, as you noted, got bounced out of the playoffs without reaching the World Series. Since then they’ve been suffering the Curse of … of what? The Pat Gillick Franchise Aftermath? The Flukey Heist of an All-Time Record?

    Here’s another gentle correction: In 1995 it was the Mariners who bounced the Yankees in the game featuring Edgar’s double.

    • Shoot. I knew the dates seemed wrong in my brain. I should have remembered better the Yankees losing in 95. Oh well…

      • We Mariners fans only have two competitive team accomplishments to treasure: 1995’s miraculous run to the playoffs, topped off by Edgar’s double, and 2001’s 116 wins. Only three players were on both those teams: Edgar, Dan Wilson, and Jay Buhner, and Buhner was in his last season, making his first appearance on Sept. 1, and appearing in only 19 of the team’s last 27 games.