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Originally Posted by Lou Gehrig
I understand the percentage is the final determining factor but I do not recall ever seeing it "leap frog" over the GB standings to determine the divisional or pennant winner in MLB. That is not saying it has never happened.
It is my understanding that is why OOTP and others list the standings the way they do.
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Your understanding is incorrect. The papers back in the day when they actually reported on baseball would show the standings in order of winning percentage, not by how many games back a team was. It rarely was different but sometimes because of rain outs you'd see a team in first that was a half a game back.