Would mind resorting that using the second column?The Sox won 108 with a pythag that suggested a merely excellent 103 win team. So while this is the best Sox team by wins, it's the fourth best by W% and the third by pythagorean W%
This prompted a question, that led me to make a spreadsheet: this is the eleventh "luckiest" Red Sox team, as measured by the difference between W% and pythag W%.
Here is the Sox' W% – their pythag W% for franchise history.
(There's a tie for first between the excellent 1946 team and the abjectly terrible 1923 team — pythag W% of .355, our sixth worst result — which is interesting. That merely awful team could have been much worse!)
That sums to 0.025. Meaning that this year's over-performance takes us from a very slightly unlucky franchise to a lucky one. It's kind of amazing that after 12 decades its close enough that a single moderately lucky year can flip it one way or the other.Code:2018 0.032 2017 0.001 2016 -0.032 2015 -0.016 2014 -0.007 2013 -0.019 2012 -0.031 2011 -0.022 2010 0.006 2009 0.009 2008 -0.003 2007 -0.031 2006 0.034 2005 0.030 2004 0.009 2003 0.008 2002 -0.041 2001 -0.007 2000 -0.003 1999 0.011 1998 -0.015 1997 -0.016 1996 0.022 1995 0.040 1994 0.024 1993 0.002 1992 0.001 1991 0.007 1990 0.020 1989 -0.012 1988 -0.026 1987 -0.028 1986 0.03 1985 -0.048 1984 0.004 1983 0.012 1982 0.024 1981 0.011 1980 0.025 1979 -0.007 1978 0.020 1977 0.017 1976 -0.025 1975 0.041 1974 -0.005 1973 -0.011 1972 0.033 1971 0.009 1970 -0.002 1969 0.033 1968 0.029 1967 -0.006 1966 -0.006 1965 -0.041 1964 0.009 1963 -0.003 1962 0.006 1961 0.007 1960 -0.004 1959 -0.032 1958 0.009 1957 -0.003 1956 0.028 1955 -0.022 1954 -0.034 1953 0.032 1952 -0.013 1951 0.018 1950 0.00 1949 -0.009 1948 0.015 1947 0.005 1946 0.046 1945 0.015 1944 -0.041 1943 -0.019 1942 0.001 1941 -0.020 1940 0.007 1939 0.038 1938 0.008 1937 0.000 1936 -0.026 1935 0.019 1934 -0.026 1933 -0.041 1932 -0.014 1931 0.019 1930 -0.034 1929 0.004 1928 -0.007 1927 -0.010 1926 -0.025 1925 -0.029 1924 -0.023 1923 0.046 1922 0.009 1921 0.006 1920 0.004 1919 -0.028 1918 -0.005 1917 0.002 1916 0.029 1915 0.038 1914 0.029 1913 0.012 1912 0.022 1911 -0.016 1910 -0.029 1909 0.042 1908 -0.056 1907 -0.022 1906 0.002 1905 0.002 1904 -0.002 1903 0.008 1902 0.016 1901 -0.019