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Just so you game GMs don't feel too bad, here's another real-life example: a club which had a .701 winning percentage—yet it finished 2½ games out of first place.
It happened in the 1920 International League season. It was a two-club battle between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Maple Leafs. Entering the final month of the campaign the two were in a dead heat. During that last month Toronto won 20 of 22 games. But it wasn't enough. Baltimore won its last 25 games in a row to take the pennant.
The final records: Baltimore, 110-43 .719; Toronto, 108-46 .701.
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