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The Second-Chance Qualifier is about to get underway, with 64 teams battling for 12 spots in the GTOAT Quarterfinals.
These are all clubs that were fairly close to qualifying in the first round. Consider: the 1977 Yankees secured a quarterfinal berth with just a .520 win percentage, 131st overall. A total of 58 teams that finished with a better winning percentage didn’t qualify. They’re all clinging to life in the Second-Chance.
How good are the teams in this tournament? Well, every team that ran up at least a .557 winning percentage in the first round qualified for the Quarterfinals; 54 teams out of our 384-team field managed to do so.
But at just one point lower -- .556 – only one of four teams made it.
The Second-Chance qualifier is composed of the 64 teams with the highest winning percentages in the first round that didn’t qualify for the Quarterfinals. Their win percentages in the first round ranged from .556 to .519, just one point lower than the aforementioned ’77 Yanks – and several .519 teams didn’t make the cut for the Second-Chance.
Here are the top 12 teams favored to survive the Second-Chance and advance to the Quarterfinals, based on their first-round win percentages:
1 1913 Giants
2 2009 Yankees
3 1905 Pirates
4 2011 Yankees
5 1914 A’s
6 2016 Cubs
7 1974 Reds
8 1942 Yankees
9 1956 Yankees
10 1927 Yankees
11 1958 Yankees
12 1928 Giants
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