vaff87 wrote:The_Hater wrote:Question. Since the expanded playoff format was introduced, has a team ever missed the playoffs with a +183 run differential?
I did some research. In 1954, the Yankees missed the playoffs with a 242 run differential, and the White Sox missed the playoffs with a 190 differential. Since then, only two teams have missed the playoffs with a differential greater than 183:
2002 Red Sox - 194
1987 Jays - 190
The Jays missed when there were only 2 teams in each league so the answer is one.
Had 5 teams made the playoffs in 2002 instead of 4, the Sox and Mariners would have played a tiebreaker game. So the answer might actually be zero
Thanks for the research Vaff. Cheers.