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Apparently, the Title Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Does Actually Make Sense in Some Contexts
2004-07-19 12:30
by Mike Carminati

The Tigers beat the Yankees yesterday, 4-2, to better their 2003 win total in a little over half a season. The Tigers are now 44-47 with a .484 winning percentage. Last year, Detroit was a historically poor 43-119 with a .265 winning percentage. That's a .218 improvement.

Nate Robertson (9-4) also equaled the 2003 Tiger high in wins. Mike Maroth won nine while losing 21—the first man in 23 years to lose 20 games in a season.

If the Tigers can keep up their mediocre ways, they will have the best turnaround in the majors since the 1902-03 Giants and the 17th best all-time (displacing the second-year Diamondbacks).

Here are the top 20 turnarounds all-time:

TeamLgYr 1WLPCTYr 2WLPCTDiff
Louisville ColonelsAA188927111.19618908844.667.471
Hartford Dark BluesNA18741637.30218755428.659.357
Cincinnati RedsNL18771542.26318783723.617.354
Detroit WolverinesNL18854167.38018868736.707.328
Brooklyn BridegroomsNL18985491.372189910147.682.310
Columbus BuckeyesAA18833265.33018846939.639.309
Baltimore OriolesAA18832868.29218846343.594.303
St. Louis BrownsNL189839111.26018998467.556.296
New York GiantsNL19024888.35319038455.604.251
Buffalo BisonsNL18802458.29318814538.542.249
Troy TrojansNL18791956.25318804142.494.241
Pittsburgh AlleghenysNL189023113.16918915580.407.238
Baltimore OriolesNL18936070.46218948939.695.234
Cleveland BluesNL18792755.32918804737.560.230
Pittsburgh AlleghenysAA18843078.27818855655.505.227
Chicago White StockingsNL18846250.55418858725.777.223
Arizona DiamondbacksNL19986597.401199910062.617.216
Chicago White StockingsNL18794633.58218806717.798.215
Boston Red SoxAL19457183.461194610450.675.214
Boston BravesNL193538115.24819367183.461.213

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