Burke the American's Power Rankings

Burke the American - special to the Cobb Times Herald

The debate has been raging for some time now, which came first, the chicken or the egg, or in Cobb World's case, the American League or the National League? Doing his patriotic best to determine once and for all which league is the most gun toting, flag waving, apple pie baking league in the game, Burke the American has crunched the numbers and shared his results with the Times Herald readership. So who's on first? Read on and find out.

Fielding Rankings - AL vs. NL

National League	ER	Field. %	DP	Plus - Neg	CS %	Total
Atlanta Pitbulls	25	23	23	2	29	102
Fargo Fug Nuts	26	26	1	19	1	73
Honolulu Islanders	1	1	11.5	2	22	37.5
Huntington Hillbilles	2	2	14	1	30	49
Iowa City Corn Dogs	5	5.5	20	18	9.5	58
Jackson Pollocks	7.5	10	11.5	16	18.5	63.5
Lousiville Tysons	18	17	10	8	31	84
New York Pick Pockets	7	5.5	5.5	4	21	43
Omaha Sluggers	28.5	29.5	3.5	25.5	25	112
Richmond Cohibas	9.5	10	3.5	20.5	16	59.5
Saint Louis HoundDogs	21	21	32	32	4	110
Salem Bitches	14	14	18	11	8	65
Sioux Falls Corn Cleats	17	19	29	27.5	3	95.5
Syracuse Beagles	21	23	21	25	27.5	117.5
Toledo Tsunamis	15.5	17	15	8	2	57.5
Wichita Wankers	28.5	29.5	1	8	12	79
Total					1206
American League
Anaheim Sharks	30	29.5	8.5	30	9.5	102
Augusta Angry Armadillo's	15.5	17	22	16	6.5	73
Charlotte Dogs	12	14	16	5	13	37.5
Chicago Sabercats	4	5.5	31	6	26	49
Cleveland Steamers	11	10	2	13.5	32	58
Helena Hellsraisers	24	23	17	11	11	63.5
Kansas City Express	6	10	28	3	14	84
Mexico City Diablos Rojos	27	29.5	25	27.5	17	43
Nashville Rebel Riders	32	29.5	27	13.5	24	112
New York Titans	31	29.5	5.5	25.5	23	59.5
Pawtucket G-Maniacs	21	21	19	31	5	110
Pittsburgh SSP	19	21	24	16	15	65
Scranton Dragons	9.5	10	8.5	22.5	18.5	95.5
Tacoma Jerry Gang	3		26	11	27.5	117.5
Toronto Blue Jays	7.5	5.5	13	22.5	6.5	57.5
Vancouver Grizzlies	13	14	30	20.5	20	79
Total					1206

Batting Rankings - Al vs. NL

National League	AVG	OBP	X BH	R	SB	Total
Atlanta Pitbulls	8.5	11	21	19	30	89.5
Fargo Fug Nuts	29.5	25.5	32	30	16	133
Honolulu Islanders	7	8.5	5	10	18	48.5
Huntington Hillbilles	22	25.5	24.5	21	4	97
Iowa City Corn Dogs	1	1	2	1	6	11
Jackson Pollocks	11.5	15.5	3	5.5	32	67.5
Lousiville Tysons	18.5	11	7	11	13	60.5
New York Pick Pockets	10	8.5	17	20	28	83.5
Omaha Sluggers	29.5	32	28	28	7	124.5
Richmond Cohibas	8.5	13.5	6	5.5	22	55.5
Saint Louis HoundDogs	17	21.5	10	16	19	83.5
Salem Bitches	18.5	17	14	12	11.5	73
Sioux Falls Corn Cleats	23	30	18	22	2	95
Syracuse Beagles	26	28.5	26	32	10	122.5
Toledo Tsunamis	4	6	1	2	5	18
Wichita Wankers	21	24	20	27	25	117
Total					1279.5
American League
Anaheim Sharks	31	28.5	30	29	20	138.5
Augusta Angry Armadillo's	6	2	22	14	31	75
Charlotte Dogs	13.5	18	12	9	8.5	61
Chicago Sabercats	25	19	27	24	29	124
Cleveland Steamers	11.5	13.5	11	13	23	72
Helena Hellsraisers	27	23	19	23	26.5	118.5
Kansas City Express	13.5	7	8	7	11.5	47
Mexico City Diablos Rojos	3	5	13	8	15	44
Nashville Rebel Riders	28	27	24.5	25	14	118.5
New York Titans	24	21.5	31	26	24	126.5
Pawtucket G-Maniacs	16	15.5	16	17	8.5	73
Pittsburgh SSP	20	20	23	18	1	82
Scranton Dragons	32	31	29	31	26.5	149.5
Tacoma Jerry Gang	2	3.5	4	3	21	33.5
Toronto Blue Jays	5	3.5	9	4	17	38.5
Vancouver Grizzlies	15	11	15	15	3	59
Total					1360.5

Pitching Rankings - AL vs. NL

National League	ERA	WHIP	Wins	SOBB	SV / SVO	Total
Atlanta Pitbulls	12	11.5	13	11	27	74.5
Fargo Fug Nuts	30	30.5	32	30	25	147.5
Honolulu Islanders	6	5	7.5	5	8.5	32
Huntington Hillbilles	16	8.5	19	27.5	24	95
Iowa City Corn Dogs	11	13.5	2.5	3.5	32	62.5
Jackson Pollocks	13	8.5	12	3.5	6	43
Lousiville Tysons	1	2	2.5	6	3	14.5
New York Pick Pockets	17	17	15.5	15	11	75.5
Omaha Sluggers	31	30.5	31	29	23	144.5
Richmond Cohibas	9	17	9.5	9.5	1	46
Saint Louis HoundDogs	25	20	22	16	18	101
Salem Bitches	4	3.5	11	12	4	34.5
Sioux Falls Corn Cleats	28	24.5	26	24.5	29	132
Syracuse Beagles	29	28	29.5	17	8.5	112
Toledo Tsunamis	19	8.5	5	2	10	44.5
Wichita Wankers	23.5	24.5	27.5	19.5	22	117
Total					1276
American League
Anaheim Sharks	21	27	24	26	30	128
Augusta Angry Armadillo's	7	6	7.5	7	12	39.5
Charlotte Dogs	5	8.5	9.5	9.5	20	52.5
Chicago Sabercats	15	17	17.5	19.5	16	85
Cleveland Steamers	23.5	24.5	21	22	14	105
Helena Hellsraisers	18	19	20	27.5	17	101.5
Kansas City Express	3	1	5	1	5	15
Mexico City Diablos Rojos	27	24.5	17.5	23	13	105
Nashville Rebel Riders	26	29	27.5	31	21	134.5
New York Titans	20	21	23	21	19	104
Pawtucket G-Maniacs	32	32	25	32	31	152
Pittsburgh SSP	8	11.5	14	14	15	62.5
Scranton Dragons	22	22	29.5	24.5	28	126
Tacoma Jerry Gang	14	13.5	5	13	2	47.5
Toronto Blue Jays	2	3.5	1	8	26	40.5
Vancouver Grizzlies	10	15	15.5	18	7	65.5
Total					1364

In summation, the totals look like this:

• The American League and National League both have equally good (or bad) fielding with matching totals of 1206.
• The American League is the superior hitting league, by a margin of 81, 1360.5 to 1279.5.
• The American League is the superior pitching league, by a margin of 88, 1364 to 1276

The Grand total puts the American League on top by 161 points over the National League, thus claiming Cobb World superiority at the close of season 10.

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