Below is a listing of the top ten MLB teams with respect to team strength (BAT + PITCH) runs above average as of 4/20/2014. Miami leads the league with almost 7 unearned runs above average. Giving up unearned runs is something a team does not want to do. It indicates that team has poor fielding contributing to why that team ranks so high in the team strength category but merely average in the W/L column.
BAT | PITCH | R | RA | W | L | UR | LR | Team Name |
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9.8 | 23.3 | 87 | 55 | 13 | 5 | -0.9 | -0.3 | OAK |
2.8 | 17.4 | 81 | 63 | 14 | 5 | -2.9 | 0.7 | MIL |
-6.2 | 26.3 | 72 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | ATL |
16.3 | 3.3 | 94 | 81 | 9 | 10 | -6.9 | 0.2 | MIA |
3.8 | 14.4 | 81 | 66 | 12 | 7 | -2.9 | -0.3 | LAN |
28.8 | -10.6 | 106 | 93 | 10 | 10 | -4.9 | -0.3 | COL |
2.8 | 10.4 | 78 | 69 | 11 | 8 | -1.9 | -2.3 | SFN |
20.3 | -8.6 | 97 | 84 | 8 | 10 | 2.1 | -0.8 | ANA |
-2.7 | 11.4 | 74 | 63 | 11 | 8 | 3.1 | -0.8 | SLN |
6.3 | 1.4 | 86 | 81 | 11 | 8 | -4.9 | 2.2 | WAS |