Math and Baseball: Winning Percentage Activity Sheet

Winning Percentage Activity Worksheet

Example:

This years World Champion Anaheim Angels, coached by Mike Scioscia, had a cumulative record of 256 wins and 230 losses. To determine the coaches winning percentage take the total number of wins divided by the total number of games. Then change the decimal into a percent.

Year	Wins	Losses
2000	82	80
2001	75	87
2002	99	63
	256	230

Total Games		486

Wins = 256 = .526 = 52.6%

Games 486

Now try one on your own-

Dusty Baker – Managed the San Francisco Giants in an losing effort in the 2002 World Series.

Year	Team	Wins	Losses
1993	San Fancisco	103	59
1994	San Fancisco	55	60
1995	San Fancisco	67	77
1996	San Fancisco	68	94
1997	San Fancisco	90	72
1998	San Fancisco	89	74
1999	San Fancisco	86	76
2000	San Fancisco	97	65
2001	San Fancisco	90	72
2002	San Fancisco	95	66

Joe Torre – Who is currently the coach of the New York Yankees has a coaching career that starts back into the late seventies. With Joe’s record, your task is to calculate his winning percentage for each team he coached, and then determine his overall coaching percentage.

Year	Team	Wins	Losses
1977	New York Mets	49	68
1978	New York Mets	66	96
1979	New York Mets	63	99
1980	New York Mets	67	95
1981	New York Mets	41	62
1982	Atlanta Braves	89	73
1983	Atlanta Braves	88	74
1984	Atlanta Braves	80	82
1990	St. Louis Cardinals	24	34
1991	St. Louis Cardinals	84	78
1992	St. Louis Cardinals	83	79
1993	St. Louis Cardinals	87	75
1994	St. Louis Cardinals	53	61
1995	St. Louis Cardinals	20	27
1996	New York Yankees	92	70
1997	New York Yankees	96	66
1998	New York Yankees	114	48
1999	New York Yankees	98	64
2000	New York Yankees	87	74
2001	New York Yankees	95	65
2002	New York Yankees	103	58