WilliamTell Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I've always wondered if there was a lot of difference between the Twins and White Sox interleague schedule. There was a small discussion about it last night in the game thread so I decided to do some research over the past 7 full seasons. Although 2003 and 2004 would've been a lot closer, if not a White Sox division crown with a more even schedule. I found out that there isn't a lot of difference between the two teams. I ran out of time to go more in depth with interleague records for each team because I have to be at work in 15 minutes. White Sox 2001 83 Wins Cubs 88, Cubs 88, Reds 66, Cardinals 93, Pirates 62, Brewers 68 Average Interleague Opponents: 77.5 Wins Twins 2001 85 Wins Brewers 68, Brewers 68, Reds 66, Cardinals, 93, Pirates 62, Astros 93 Average Interleague Opponents: 75 White Sox 2002 81 Wins Cubs 67, Cubs 67, Expos/Nationals 83, Mets 75, Phillies 80, Braves 101 Average Interleague Opponents: 78.8 Twins 2002 94 Wins Brewers 56, Brewers 56, Braves 101, Marlins 79, Mets 75, Phillies 80 Average Interleague Opponents: 74.5 White Sox 2003 86 Wins Cubs 88, Cubs 88, Diamondbacks 84, Dodgers 85, Giants 100, Padres 64 Average Interleague Opponents: 84.8 Twins 2003 90 Wins Brewers 68, Brewers 68, Giants 100, Padres 64, Diamondbacks 84, Rockies 74 Average Interleague Opponents: 76.3 White Sox 2004 83 Wins Cubs 89, Cubs 89, Phillies 86, Braves 96, Marlins 83, Expos/Nationals 67 Average Interleague Opponents: 85 Twins 2004 92 Wins Brewers 67, Brewers 67, Mets 71, Phillies 86, Expos/Nationals 67, Diamondbacks 51 Average Interleague Opponents: 68.2 White Sox 2005 99 Wins Cubs 79, Cubs 79, Rockies 67, Padres 82, Dodgers 71, Diamondbacks 77 Average Interleague Opponents: 75.8 Twins 2005 83 Wins Brewers 81, Brewers 81, Diamondbacks 77, Dodgers 71, Giants 75, Padres 82 Average Interleague Opponents: 77.8 White Sox 2006 90 Wins Cubs 66, Cubs 66, Reds 80, Cardinals 83, Astros 82, Pirates 67 Average Interleague Opponents: 74 Twins 2006 96 Wins Brewers 75, Brewers 75, Pirates 67, Astros 82, Cubs 66, Dodgers 88 Average Interleague Opponents: 75.5 White Sox 2007 72 Wins Cubs 85, Cubs 85, Astros 73, Phillies 89, Pirates 68, Marlins 71 Average Interleague Opponents: 78.5 Twins 2007 79 Wins Brewers 83, Brewers 83, Expos/Nationals 73, Braves 84, Mets 88, Marlins 71 Average Interleague Opponents: 80.3 White Sox Interleague Average: 79.2 Wins Twins Interleague Average: 75.3 Wins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeynach Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I have kind of noticed this myself. Most of it has to do with the 6 games we have against the cubs vs them against the brewers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Also, when one team actually beats most of the teams they play and the other doesn't, it can make up for the slight difference in win differential, although I admit I don't know for sure how both teams fared in interleague play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Philips Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 02:27 PM) Also, when one team actually beats most of the teams they play and the other doesn't, it can make up for the slight difference in win differential, although I admit I don't know for sure how both teams fared in interleague play. I have had a problem with the fairness of our schedule for some time.. Purely state sometimes we would play the angels or the yankees 9 games while others in our division played them only 6.. Is it possible with the aid of a computer for each team in our division to play the same oponents within a game or so every year.. Even if that means that we play the brewers, the reds, the cards, and whoever the tigers play.. Each team in our division should have 162 games against the same foes. Myself, We can do without the cross town classic..I've been to Cubs Sox games and believe me I'd rather work as a correctional center guard with hardened criminals intent on killing me like I did for 21 years rather than one game with those "riff raff ~!@#$^ cub fans! Edited June 26, 2008 by forrestg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchwarmerjim Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Interleague records before todays games (better records are bolded) 2008: MIN 11-3 CWS 8-6 2007: MIN 11-7 CWS 4-14 2006: MIN 16-2 CWS 14-4 2005: MIN 8-10 CWS 12-6 2004: MIN 11-7 CWS 8-10 2003: MIN 10-8 CWS 10-8 2002: MIN 10-8 CWS 8-10 2001: MIN 9-9 CWS 12-6 2000: MIN 7-11 CWS 12-6 1999: MIN 10-7 CWS 9-9 1998: MIN 7-9 CWS 7-9 1997: MIN 7-8 CWS 8-7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 QUOTE (forrestg @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 06:05 PM) I have had a problem with the fairness of our schedule for some time.. Purely state sometimes we would play the angels or the yankees 9 games while others in our division played them only 6.. Is it possible with the aid of a computer for each team in our division to play the same oponents within a game or so every year.. Even if that means that we play the brewers, the reds, the cards, and whoever the tigers play.. Each team in our division should have 162 games against the same foes. Myself, We can do without the cross town classic..I've been to Cubs Sox games and believe me I'd rather work as a correctional center guard with hardened criminals intent on killing me like I did for 21 years rather than one game with those "riff raff ~!@#$^ cub fans! I could be wrong, and i'm not gonna look it up, but I live in NY and am fairly cerrtain we've never played the yankees 9 times in any one season in recent memory. Any discrepancy would purely be due to interleague play and not inter-division play within the AL. Again, i could be wrong but i'm fairly confident I'm not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiffalicious Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 27, 2008 -> 11:17 AM) I could be wrong, and i'm not gonna look it up, but I live in NY and am fairly cerrtain we've never played the yankees 9 times in any one season in recent memory. Any discrepancy would purely be due to interleague play and not inter-division play within the AL. Again, i could be wrong but i'm fairly confident I'm not They played the Yankees 10 times last year (7 at home, 3 in NY.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 QUOTE (spiffalicious @ Jun 27, 2008 -> 01:10 PM) They played the Yankees 10 times last year (7 at home, 3 in NY.) HA! Well whaddya know...one woulda thought I'd have picked up on that haha. I guess I just always assumed teams inter-division schedules within the AL were all the same within their own divisions. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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