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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