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Baseball Standings Calculator

Games back calculator and baseball standings builder.

Type in your teams and their win-loss records to get a sorted standings table with win percentage and games back — for a rec league, travel bracket, Little League division, or a fantasy pool. Add runs scored and allowed to see run differential and Pythagorean expected win percentage.

Win % + games back Head-to-head tiebreaker Any number of teams Run differential Pythagorean expected record Shareable link
Enter teams

Teams and records

Add a row per team. Wins and losses are required; ties, runs scored (RS), runs allowed (RA), and a division label are optional.

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Standings

Live standings

Sorted by win percentage. The leader shows a dash for games back. Run columns appear once you enter runs scored and allowed. Teams level on win percentage are highlighted and separated by the order below.

Tiebreaker order

Numbered columns in the table above are the tiebreakers, applied top to bottom until two teams separate.

  1. PCT Win percentage — Wins ÷ (wins + losses). Ties are excluded.
  2. H2H Head-to-head — Combined record against the other tied teams only. Appears once two teams are tied; blank if you have not entered those games.
  3. DIFF Run differential — Runs scored minus runs allowed. Used only when both teams have runs entered.
  4. W More wins — A team with a longer schedule at the same percentage ranks ahead.
  5. L Fewer losses — Applied when wins are also equal.
  6. Team Team name (A–Z) — A last resort so the order is stable, not a real tiebreaker — the note under the table says so.
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How to use it

From records to standings in four steps

1

Add every team

Enter each team name and its wins and losses. Add a row for every team in the league or division. Ties are optional and are excluded from win percentage.

2

Break any ties

The table sorts by win percentage automatically. When teams tie, a head-to-head panel appears — enter the games they played against each other and the H2H column breaks the tie before run differential.

3

Add runs for the deeper view

Fill in runs scored and runs allowed to unlock run differential and a Pythagorean expected win percentage — a better read on whether a record is lucky or earned.

4

Share or bookmark it

Use the share button to copy a link that rebuilds the exact table for anyone. Bookmark it to update the standings as the season goes on.

FAQ

Questions about baseball standings

How is baseball win percentage calculated?

Win percentage is wins divided by total decisions (wins plus losses), shown to three decimals. A team at 18-6 has a win percentage of .750. Ties are excluded from the calculation, which is the standard baseball convention.

How do you calculate games back in the standings?

Games back is the average of the wins the leader is ahead by and the losses the trailing team is ahead by: ((leaderWins − teamWins) + (teamLosses − leaderLosses)) / 2. The first-place team is always zero games back and shows a dash.

What is Pythagorean expected win percentage?

Popularized by Bill James, it estimates the win percentage a team "should" have from its runs scored and runs allowed: RS^1.83 / (RS^1.83 + RA^1.83). Comparing it to the actual record hints at whether a team has been lucky or unlucky in close games.

How does the calculator break a tie in the standings?

Teams level on win percentage are separated by head-to-head record first, then run differential, then more wins, then fewer losses. When two or more teams tie, a head-to-head panel appears under the team table: enter the games those teams played against each other and the H2H column and the standings order update immediately. Head-to-head counts only games against the other tied teams, which is how MLB and most leagues do it. If nothing separates them, the note under the table says the tie is unresolved rather than pretending alphabetical order is a result.

Does this calculator work for softball or other leagues?

Yes. The math is league-agnostic. It works for baseball, softball, Little League, travel ball, high school, college, rec leagues, and fantasy pools — anywhere you track wins and losses. Runs scored and allowed are optional.

Can I group teams into divisions?

Yes. Add a group or division label to each team and the calculator renders a separate, independently sorted standings table for each group. Leave the group blank to keep everyone in one table.

Is the standings link private?

The full table is encoded into the share link itself — there is no login, no account, and nothing stored on a server. Anyone with the link sees the same standings, and the link never expires.

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