Durham ousted Memphis in 11 innings on Tuesday night, winning the Triple-A championship game and drawing to a close the minor league season. To reflect on the season that was, we present the final organizational standings. You’ll find a ranking of all 30 organizations based on their cumulative regular-season records for all domestic clubs, both full-season and short.
As an added bonus, we’ve included cumulative games over/under .500 (DIF) as well as any league champions or runners-up in the organization. And for making you wait, you’ll find a bonus chart detailing the best and worst short-season clubs following this chart. Hey, the Pioneer League season didn’t end until Saturday night.
We ran the full-season version two weeks ago.
| ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS | |||||||
| NO | ORG | W | L | PCT | DIF | LEAGUE CHAMP | RUNNER-UP |
| 1 | Giants | 411 | 286 | .590 | 125 | Salem-Keizer (NWL) San Jose (CAL) |
AZL Giants Connecticut (EL) |
| 2 | Yankees | 381 | 309 | .552 | 72 | Staten Island (NYP) Tampa (FSL) |
Scranton/W-B (IL) |
| 3 | White Sox | 383 | 318 | .546 | 65 | ||
| 4 | Phillies | 364 | 329 | .525 | 35 | Lakewood (SAL) | |
| 5 | Twins | 358 | 328 | .522 | 30 | Elizabethton (APP) | |
| 6 | Angels | 361 | 332 | .521 | 29 | Orem (PIO) | |
| 7 | Athletics | 359 | 336 | .517 | 23 | Midland (TL) | Sacramento (PCL) |
| 8 | Padres | 359 | 337 | .516 | 22 | Fort Wayne (MWL) | |
| 9 | Rockies | 365 | 345 | .514 | 20 | Tri-City (NWL) | |
| 10 | Mariners+ | 388 | 368 | .513 | 20 | AZL Mariners | High Desert (CAL) |
| 11 | Nationals | 351 | 336 | .511 | 15 | GCL Nationals | |
| 12 | Cubs | 351 | 338 | .509 | 13 | Tennessee (SL) | |
| 13 | Indians | 350 | 341 | .507 | 9 | Akron (EL) | Mahoning Valley (NYP) |
| Marlins | 350 | 341 | .507 | 9 | Jacksonville (SL) | GCL Marlins | |
| 15 | Dodgers | 351 | 344 | .505 | 7 | ||
| 16 | Tigers | 344 | 343 | .501 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Rays+ | 376 | 379 | .498 | -3 | Durham (IL) | Charlotte (FSL) |
| 18 | Braves | 338 | 348 | .493 | -10 | Danville (APP) | |
| 19 | Red Sox | 339 | 350 | .492 | -11 | Greenville (SAL) Salem (CAR) |
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| 20 | Rangers | 341 | 354 | .491 | -13 | ||
| 21 | Royals+ | 372 | 387 | .490 | -15 | Burlington (MWL) NW Arkansas (TL) |
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| 22 | Brewers | 332 | 348 | .488 | -16 | ||
| 23 | Cardinals+ | 369 | 391 | .486 | -22 | Memphis (PCL) | |
| Pirates | 339 | 358 | .486 | -19 | Lynchburg (CAR) | ||
| 25 | Orioles+ | 367 | 390 | .485 | -23 | ||
| 26 | D’backs | 336 | 376 | .472 | -40 | Missoula (PIO) | |
| 27 | Reds | 314 | 374 | .456 | -60 | ||
| 28 | Blue Jays | 312 | 379 | .452 | -67 | ||
| 29 | Mets+ | 338 | 412 | .451 | -74 | ||
| 30 | Astros+ | 320 | 442 | .420 | -122 | ||
+ These seven organization have seven affiliates; the other 23 have six affiliates.
Intuitively, it would seem a more difficult task for an organization to stock seven minor league clubs with talent. And we see that only the Mariners among the lucky seven managed to crack the top half of the standings. Note that the Astros and Rays each added a GCL affiliate for this season.
Best And Worst Short-Season Teams
| TOP 10 MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS | ||||||||
| NO | TEAM | W | L | PCT | LEAGUE | LVL | ORG | LAST 10 |
| 1 | AZL Giants | 39 | 17 | .696 | Arizona | R | Giants | 5-5 |
| 2 | Danville | 47 | 21 | .691 | Appalachian | R | Braves | 6-4 |
| GCL Marlins | 38 | 17 | .691 | Gulf Coast | R | Marlins | 7-3 | |
| 4 | AZL Angels | 38 | 18 | .679 | Arizona | R | Angels | 8-2 |
| 5 | Orem | 51 | 25 | .671 | Pioneer | R | Angels | 7-3 |
| 6 | Elizabethton | 45 | 23 | .662 | Appalachian | R | Twins | 6-4 |
| 7 | GCL Nationals | 36 | 19 | .655 | Gulf Coast | R | Nationals | 8-2 |
| 8 | Mahoning Valley | 49 | 27 | .645 | New York-Penn | SS | Indians | 6-4 |
| Salem-Keizer | 49 | 27 | .645 | Northwest | SS | Giants | 8-2 | |
| 10 | GCL Twins | 34 | 21 | .618 | Gulf Coast | R | Twins | 5-5 |
| Staten Island | 47 | 29 | .618 | New York-Penn | SS | Yankees | 8-2 | |
| Tri-City | 47 | 29 | .618 | Northwest | SS | Rockies | 7-3 | |
Best Of The Best: Mahoning Valley and Salem-Keizer (SS), Danville (R advanced), AZL Giants (R complex).
| BOTTOM 10 MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS | ||||||||
| NO | TEAM | W | L | PCT | LEAGUE | LVL | ORG | LAST 10 |
| 1 | Billings | 24 | 52 | .316 | Pioneer | R | Reds | 3-7 |
| 2 | GCL Astros | 18 | 38 | .321 | Gulf Coast | R | Astros | 2-8 |
| 3 | GCL Rays | 19 | 36 | .345 | Gulf Coast | R | Rays | 4-6 |
| 4 | Auburn | 26 | 49 | .347 | New York-Penn | SS | Blue Jays | 3-7 |
| 5 | Burlington | 24 | 44 | .353 | Appalachian | R | Royals | 5-5 |
| 6 | Tri-City | 27 | 48 | .360 | New York-Penn | SS | Astros | 5-5 |
| 7 | AZL Royals | 20 | 35 | .364 | Arizona | R | Royals | 5-5 |
| 8 | Yakima | 28 | 48 | .368 | Northwest | SS | D’backs | 5-5 |
| 9 | Casper | 28 | 46 | .378 | Pioneer | R | Rockies | 4-6 |
| 10 | AZL Athletics | 22 | 34 | .393 | Arizona | R | Athletics | 6-4 |
| GCL Mets | 22 | 34 | .393 | Gulf Coast | R | Mets | 3-7 | |
Worst Of The Worst: Auburn (SS), Billings (R advanced), GCL Astros (R complex).
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I’ll tell you what would really be interesting, Matt — if these results were graphed against the average relative age of the teams in each organization, properly calculated. (And is anyone doing that? You’d want to weight each player’s age by his PA or BFP).
Posted by Eric M. Van | September 29, 2009 at 5:42 am | Shortcut