| Week # | Beg Date | End Date | Best Bets | Wins | Losses | Ties | Units | Running Total |
| 1 | 4/29/2013 | 5/5/2013 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +1.20 | +1.20 |
| 2 | 5/6/2013 | 5/12/2013 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | +0.08 | +1.28 |
| 3 | 5/13/2013 | 5/19/2013 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -5.28 | -4.00 |
| 4 | 5/20/2013 | 5/26/2013 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3.82 | -0.18 |
| 5 | 5/27/2013 | 6/2/2013 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | +14.28 | +14.10 |
| Season Totals | 39 | 24 | 15 | 0 | +14.10 |
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All Stats and Records quoted are through games of Sunday, June 2nd
Week in Review
The Baseball Handicapper had a strong week going 8-1 and winning 14.28 Units. We are now +14.10 units on the season. We were fortunate Saturday as the Twins scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th to win as a -1.25 favorite. Overall our teams outscored their opponents by 20 runs. We also won our 1st (and only thus far) Over/Under selection of the 2013 Season.
Extremes in Win/Loss Percentages
Most years the best team in all of baseball wins less than .667 of it's games and the worst teams wins more than .333. Put another way, most seasons the best team usually wins less than 2 of 3 and the worst team usually wins more than 1 of 3. This would put all teams with win percentages between .333 and .667. 2012 was no exception, as the Nats lead all of baseball with a 98-64 record (.605) and Houston was at the bottom with their 55-107 mark (.340). When exceptions do occur, they are usually on the losing end. You have to go back the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks to find such an exception as that lowly squad finished with a 51-111 record (.315).
The 2013 season was shaping up with the possibility of 2 teams exceeding this measure of futility, with both the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins looking like likely candidates. Both teams however finished strong last week with the Astros winning 5 straight and the Marlins 3 in a row. That leaves only Miami below the infamous .333 mark. As of Sunday they were 16-41 sporting a .281 win percentage. The best team in the league, the St. Louis Cardinals. are 37-19 with a .661 win rate, just below that .667 upper bar.
Have a great week!
The Baseball Handicapper
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