POTG Poll Totals

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

POTG Beer Poll Standings - Cumulative YTD at the All Star Break

Player Name	POTG Points
David Wright	17.30981
Tom Glavine	15.76626
Carlos Beltran	14.88423
Carlos Delgado	13.67144
Jose Reyes	11.13561
Pedro Martinez	10.91510
Xavier Nady	7.27674
Steve Trachsel	6.50496
Paul LoDuca	6.06395
Jose Valentin	5.62293
Cliff Floyd	4.52040
Brian Bannister	4.41014
Duaner Sanchez	4.18164
Darren Oliver	3.96913
Alay Soler	3.63837
Orlando Hernandez	3.74862
Billy Wagner	3.74862
Kazuo Matsui	3.30761
Chad Bradford	3.19735
Aaron Heilman	2.97685
Lastings Milledge	2.64609
Julio Franco	2.42558
Ramon Castro	2.09482
Pedro Feliciano	1.87431
Chris Woodward	1.43330
John Maine	1.21279
Jorge Julio	0.88203
Victor Zambrano	0.88203
Heath Bell	0.77178
Henry Owens	0.44101
Eli Marrero	0.33076
Mike Pelfrey	0.22051

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

POTG Beer Polls Player of the Month for July

Congratulations to Carlos Beltran

Player Name	POTG Points
Carlos Beltran	22.16216
Jose Valentin	16.75676
John Maine	15.13514
Carlos Delgado	14.59459
Cliff Floyd	14.05405
Orlando Hernandez	13.51351
Xavier Nady	10.27027
David Wright	9.72973
Jose Reyes	9.72973
Endy Chavez	9.72973
Steve Trachsel	8.64865
Darren Oliver	7.56757
Duaner Sanchez	5.40541
Billy Wagner	5.40541
Paul LoDuca	4.32432
Pedro Martinez	4.32432
Aaron Heilman	4.32432
Chad Bradford	2.70270
Tom Glavine	2.70270
Heath Bell	2.16216
Mike Pelfrey	2.16216
Henry Owens	2.16216
Julio Franco	1.62162
Pedro Feliciano	1.08108
Chris Woodward	0.54054

Thanks to all those that cast their votes.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

POTG Beer Poll Player of the Year Standings through 7/31/06

I'm not sure that many people actually care, but here are the year to date totals through the end of July.

Player Name	POTG Points
Carlos Beltran	16.11969
David Wright	15.73359
Carlos Delgado	14.47876
Tom Glavine	13.89961
Jose Reyes	10.42471
Pedro Martinez	10.32819
Xavier Nady	7.23938
Steve Trachsel	6.75676
Jose Valentin	6.66023
Cliff Floyd	5.98456
Endy Chavez	5.98456
Paul LoDuca	5.69498
Orlando Hernandez	4.72973
Duaner Sanchez	4.24710
Billy Wagner	4.05405
Darren Oliver	3.86100
Brian Bannister>	3.86100
Aaron Heilman	3.76448
Alay Soler	3.18533
John Maine	3.08880
Chad Bradford	2.99228
Kaz Matsui	2.89575
Lastings Milledge	2.31660
Julio Franco	2.22008
Ramon Castro	1.83398
Pedro Feliciano	1.83398
Chris Woodward	1.25483
Heath Bell	1.06178
Jorge Julio	0.77220
Victor Zambrano	0.77220
Mike Pelfrey	0.38610
Henry Owens	0.38610
Eli Marrero	0.28958
Geremi Gonzalez	0.19305
Jose Freakin' Lima	0.00000
Anderson Hernandez	0.00000

Upon edit: I inadvertantly had Tom Glavine and Carlos Delgado reversed in the standings, now correct.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Why are the numbers for July alone higher than the year-to-date numbers?

Something appears amiss.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I don't mean to nitpick, by the way. I realize you're doing a lot of this by hand, and I know how hard that is.

[Guest cooby]

It's a test! Rockin Doc wanted to be sure we were looking!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

None of this will likely make sense, but I will try to explain my methodology as best I can.

The player scores are a static reflection of their overall accumulation of points in relation to the total number of votes cast within that period of time (year to date or single month). It is not a steady accumulation of points amassed. That is why players such as Jorge Julio and Kaz Matsui (and in the future Xavier Nady) slide down the chart when they no longer are accumulating points. Their overall contribution to the team for the year becomes a lesser ratio over time.

In attempt to clarify, a player accumulates points for a nomination (1 pt./nomination for position players and 2 pts./nomination for pitchers), winning the POTG vote (1 pt.), and votes cast for them. The sum of these numbers represents the total number of points amassed by the player. To get the points listed in the chart the players points are divided by the total number of votes cast. Since the number of votes cast is constantly changing, the scores of the players vary. Ultimately, the actual number next to the players name is representative of the voters perception of their contribution to the team in relation to the overall body of work for all the players during that span of time (monthly or YTD). It is not representative of a set, hard number.

For any given segment of time (POTM or POTY)

Nominatin Pts. + Poll Victories + Poll Votes = POTM(Y) Poll Points accumulated

POTM(Y) Poll Points Accumulated / (Total Votes cast)(100) = POTG Points in Chart for the specified Month or YTD

In retrospect, I should have divided the points amassed by each player by the total number of points amassed by all players, that way their score would represent the percentage of the overall points accumulated for that specified period. Unfortunately, I figured this out later in the season and I'm not fond of recalculating all the scores for each month and YTD to reflect that score. Particularly since, having done so with the YTD scores, the order of standings remains unchanged (only the number representations change).

[Guest cooby]

I don't get it, but I appreciate the work involved, and the polls themselves...thanks!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I recalculated the player YTD scores through July 31 to reflect the percentage of points amassed versus the total points awarded. Hopefully, seeing the player standings as a percentage will make it easier to understand the relationship between respective players.

It's not the number that matters as much as the relative positions of the players in relation to one another.

Player Name	POTG Points
Carlos Beltran	9.52109
David Wright	9.29304
Carlos Delgado	8.55188
Tom Glavine	8.20981
Jose Reyes	6.15735
Pedro Martinez	6.10034
Xavier Nady	4.27594
Steve Trachsel	3.99088
Jose Valentin	3.93387
Cliff Floyd	3.53478
Endy Chavez	3.53478
Paul LoDuca	3.36374
Orlando Hernandez	2.79361
Duaner Sanchez	2.50855
Billy Wagner	2.39453
Darren Oliver	2.28050
Brian Bannister	2.28050
Aaron Heilman	2.22349
Alay Soler	1.88141
John Maine	1.82440
Chad Bradford	1.76739
Kaz Matsui	1.71038
Lastings Milledge	1.36830
Julio Franco	1.31129
Ramon Castro	1.08324
Pedro Feliciano	1.08324
Chris Woodward	0.74116
Heath Bell	0.62714
Jorge Julio	0.45610
Victor Zambrano	0.45610
Mike Pelfrey	0.22805
Henry Owens	0.22805
Eli Marrero	0.17104
Geremi Gonzalez	0.11403
Jose Freakin' Lima	0.00000
Anderson Hernandez	0.00000