New UMDB graphic feature

[Benjamin Grimm]

On each season's "Charts and Graphs" tab:

[batmagadanleadoff]

Your work on the UMDB is treemendous. Your site is a true Mets treasure.

[Edgy MD]

I like icy mountains more than sandy valleys.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[Zvon]

Very kool.

[dgwphotography]

Love it. Your work on there constantly amazes me.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Very cool, 1985 looks like the Swiss Alps!

[Frayed Knot]

Bad June '85, bad June!

I like how 1986's chart quickly shows just two four-game losing streaks (and none longer). Sigh!

[G-Fafif]

This feature is killer, in not in the shall we say offbeat "revolver" way.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Thank you everyone!

I do like how these graphs tell a story, not a complete story, but a story nonetheless. 1973 certainly doesn't look like a championship season. And look at that steep ascent in the second half of 1969. 2010 really looked like it could've been something, but July killed them. (That little peak sticking up in September of that year surprised me. I didn't remember them going above .500 that late in the season.)

If anyone has any suggestions of other ways I might be able to turn data into graphics, I'd love to hear them. I can't promise I'd be able to do it, but I'd still love to hear the suggestions.

[Edgy MD]

How many other seasons, apart from 1985 include no sub-.500 activity?

[Benjamin Grimm]

2006 does.

[Gwreck]

and 2007.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thank you everyone! ... If anyone has any suggestions of other ways I might be able to turn data into graphics, I'd love to hear them. I can't promise I'd be able to do it, but I'd still love to hear the suggestions.

Here's an idea. It's a variation on the graphic you just unveiled. It's a chart/graphic that shows how many games ahead/behind the Mets were/are at every point of every season. A Mets standings chart/graphic. A chart/graphic for every season. The Y axis indicates how many games behind the first place team or games ahead of the second place team the Mets are/were. The X axis shows either the date for each given season (e.g., July 3, 1977, August 8, 1988, etc.) or the game # (e.g., 81st game of the season, 103rd game, 144th, etc.)* The horizontal baseline or thick line that represents a .500 record in the newest graphic would, here, indicate a tie for first with at least one other team, or the start of the season (game #0), when every team has the same record.

Also, maybe this proposed graphic could also be combined in some kind of overlay with the newest graphic, to provide the user with a combined record and standings all in one graphic. Users could choose to view the graphics separately or as one combined overlay.


* Or both. A toggle switch, perhaps?

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thank you everyone! ... If anyone has any suggestions of other ways I might be able to turn data into graphics, I'd love to hear them. I can't promise I'd be able to do it, but I'd still love to hear the suggestions. Here's an idea. It's a variation on the graphic you just unveiled. It's a chart/graphic that shows how many games ahead/behind the Mets were/are at every point of every season. A Mets standings chart/graphic. A chart/graphic for every season. The Y axis indicates how many games behind the first place team or games ahead of the second place team the Mets are/were. The X axis shows either the date for each given season (e.g., July 3, 1977, August 8, 1988, etc.) or the game # (e.g., 81st game of the season, 103rd game, 144th, etc.)* The horizontal baseline or thick line that represents a .500 record in the newest graphic would, here, indicate a tie for first with at least one other team, or the start of the season (game #0), when every team has the same record. Also, maybe this proposed graphic could also be combined in some kind of overlay with the newest graphic, to provide the user with a combined record and standings all in one graphic. Users could choose to view the graphics separately or as one combined overlay. * Or both. A toggle switch, perhaps?

The X axis should have the date. The Mets standings position could change even on the team's off days, so the date would be needed. Ideally, each point on the X axis would have both the date and the game #. So, using the 1969 season as example, the first notch on the X axis would read April 8 (4/8) and have a #1 for game #1 underneath. The next notch would read April 9 with a 2 underneath. The 10th notch would indicate 4/17 with a 10 underneath for game #10. April 18 was the Mets first off day that season so the 11th notch would read 4/18 with no number underneath, indicating no game played on that date.

OE -- or the X axis info line could be blank, like in your newly created graphic. Whatever.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Games Ahead/Behind thing is a good idea, and I'll probably go ahead with it as time permits. I'm also thinking of doing something with bullpen usage.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Good to hear. Here's another graphic that I think would provide valuable Mets info in one graph -- not just any info -- but info that's ordinarily hard to corral in one quick sitting. Attendance. Mets attendance. Each notch on the x axis represents a game date for the Mets (you can do home games, or home and road), and the y axis represents the attendance figure. A graph for each season.