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Since, I think 162 games is a better barometer of trends I have
chosen to look at playoff teams to see the impact of payroll dollars.
Here are some interesting stats.
There have been 112 playoff teams since 1995. The average payroll ranking of a playoff team is 9.88
The top payroll team has made the playoffs 79% of the time.
The top 5 payroll teams (or roughly 17% of of the league) have accounted for 31% of the 112 playoff teams
The top 10 payroll teams have accounted for 60% of the 112 playoff teams
The top 15 payroll teams have accounted for 78% of the 112 playoff teams
Conversely,
The bottom 10 payroll teams (or roughly 1/3) have accounted for 12% of the 112 playoff teams.
The bottom 5 payroll teams have accounted for 8% of the 112 playoff teams.
What I am saying for 2009 is:
50% of the playoff teams were from the top 7 teams in payroll.
62.5% of the playoff teams came from the top 10 payroll teams.
87.5% of the payroll teams (7 of 8) came from the top 18 payrolled teams.
12.5% or one team came from the bottom 12 payrolled teams.
I think you can see that the majority of playoff teams come from top 10 in payroll. Another way to look at this is that of the top 9 payroll teams 50% made the playoffs. Of the bottom 21 teams 14% made the playoffs. That trend is pretty consistent with the past 15 years.
....Conversely in MLB to have a 50/50 chance you have to be in the top 8 in payroll and from 1995 to 2008 there were 0 teams to move from the bottom 5 to the top 8. The highest jump of a bottom 5 team was the 2000 White Sox who went up to 14th in 2001 from the bottom 5. I think it is obvious why, in 2008 to jump from the 26th rank in MLB payroll to the 8th you would have to increase payroll by $63mm dollars...
For 2009 to get from the bottom 5 in payroll to the top 9 you would have to increase your payroll by $38mm.
Obviously increasing your payroll from 18 to 19 isn't going to be significant but the magic number here is 9 right, since half the playoff teams come from from the top 9 in payroll. To get from the bottom 10 (21st in salary) to the top 9 you will need to increase payroll by $32mm in 2009 or nearly 46%.
There have been 112 playoff teams since 1995. The average payroll ranking of a playoff team is 9.88
The top payroll team has made the playoffs 79% of the time.
The top 5 payroll teams (or roughly 17% of of the league) have accounted for 31% of the 112 playoff teams
The top 10 payroll teams have accounted for 60% of the 112 playoff teams
The top 15 payroll teams have accounted for 78% of the 112 playoff teams
Conversely,
The bottom 10 payroll teams (or roughly 1/3) have accounted for 12% of the 112 playoff teams.
The bottom 5 payroll teams have accounted for 8% of the 112 playoff teams.
What I am saying for 2009 is:
50% of the playoff teams were from the top 7 teams in payroll.
62.5% of the playoff teams came from the top 10 payroll teams.
87.5% of the payroll teams (7 of 8) came from the top 18 payrolled teams.
12.5% or one team came from the bottom 12 payrolled teams.
I think you can see that the majority of playoff teams come from top 10 in payroll. Another way to look at this is that of the top 9 payroll teams 50% made the playoffs. Of the bottom 21 teams 14% made the playoffs. That trend is pretty consistent with the past 15 years.
....Conversely in MLB to have a 50/50 chance you have to be in the top 8 in payroll and from 1995 to 2008 there were 0 teams to move from the bottom 5 to the top 8. The highest jump of a bottom 5 team was the 2000 White Sox who went up to 14th in 2001 from the bottom 5. I think it is obvious why, in 2008 to jump from the 26th rank in MLB payroll to the 8th you would have to increase payroll by $63mm dollars...
For 2009 to get from the bottom 5 in payroll to the top 9 you would have to increase your payroll by $38mm.
Obviously increasing your payroll from 18 to 19 isn't going to be significant but the magic number here is 9 right, since half the playoff teams come from from the top 9 in payroll. To get from the bottom 10 (21st in salary) to the top 9 you will need to increase payroll by $32mm in 2009 or nearly 46%.
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my owner doesn't invest in his team, lets blame the Yankees... Its so unfair the Yankees have people who live in CT who work in NYC go to yankee games
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