Kings and Dumps!! Looking Back at a Weighted Ranking

I have compiled the highest and lowest scores for each season back to 2001, but ranking just how impressive, or embarrassing each of those are requires some sort of comparison on a leveled playing field.

I am open to revised Excel Formulas if someone has a better way to weigh past performances from previous scoring systems, but for now, this is what I got. Each season has been given a Weighed Score based on average score per player per game, using 2023 as a baseline. 2023 however isn’t the only year to get a weighted score of 1 – 2016, 2019 and 2022 all have a baseline of 1 as well. The other years range anywhere from 0.88 (2012) to 2.16 (2001).

The reason I used a per player average is there have more changes over the years that just scoring. This league has gone from 8 teams to 12 to 10 and back to 12. The roster size has varied from 13 in 2001-02, to 14 in 2003-06, and 15 from 2007-now. Anyhow, that should be enough preamble, let’s take a look at the numbers.

KING OF THE KINGS!

	YEAR	MANAGER	SCORE	WEIGHT
1	2003	Byrd	2595	3477.3
2	2013	Matt	3464	3204.2
3	2005	Byrd	2639	3140.4
4	2011	Jones	3440	3130.4
5	2002	Dave	2542	3101.2
6	2004	Timmo	2349	3100.7
7	2014	Kaiser	3157	3046.5
8	2020	Chris	3003	2973.0
9	2010	Kronner	3179	2956.5
10	2007	Toepel	2502	2952.4
11	2023	Dave	2919	2919.0
12	2017	Steve	2710	2872.6
13	2008	Jones	2395	2862.0
14	2022	Jones	2844	2844.0
15	2019	Kaiser	2842	2842.0
16	2015	Jason	2792	2778.0
17	2009	Josh	2314	2776.8
18	2012	Josh	3135	2758.8
19	2018	Kronner	2814	2729.6
20	2006	Jones	2501	2701.1
21	2001	Jones	1224	2643.8
22	2016	Matt	2628	2628.0
23	2021	Kaiser	2818	2578.5

I can’t express how much I hate seeing Byrd show up twice in the Top 3 given how his tenure in this league ended. Also my only two entries were in years with inflated scoring. Jon has the most entires on here with 5, followed by Kaiser with 3.

Here’s what it looks like if we use just the current managers…

	YEAR	MANAGER	SCORE	WEIGHT
1	2013	Matt	3464	3204.2
2	2011	Jones	3440	3130.4
3	2002	Dave	2542	3101.2
4	2004	Timmo	2349	3100.7
5	2014	Kaiser	3157	3046.5
6	2020	Chris	3003	2973.0
7	2010	Kronner	3179	2956.5
8	2023	Dave	2919	2919.0
9	2017	Steve	2710	2872.6
10	2008	Jones	2395	2862.0
11	2022	Jones	2844	2844.0
12	2019	Kaiser	2842	2842.0
13	2009	Josh	2314	2776.8
14	2012	Josh	3135	2758.8
15	2018	Kronner	2814	2729.6
16	2006	Jones	2501	2701.1
17	2001	Jones	1224	2643.8
18	2016	Matt	2628	2628.0
19	2021	Kaiser	2818	2578.5

So by eliminating Byrd, Jason and Toepel from the equation, Matt Alley now holds down the top spot, which came in 2013, the most lopsided of the scoring seasons, resulting in a 7.5% penalty. Truly a dominating performance.

I’m stronger, I’m smarter, I’m better! I AM BETTER!

DUMP OF DUMPS!

Now that we got that King of Year shit out of the way, let’s get to the real impressive stuff – total ineptitude. This time we’ll start with the Current Roster of Mangers and then move on the all-time list, you know, to build suspense…

	YEAR	MANAGER	SCORE	WEIGHT
1	2001	Trigger	342	738.7
2	2006	Dave	896	967.7
3	2022	Dave	996	996.0
4	2018	Kaiser	1038	1,006.9
5	2009	Chris	844	1,012.8
6	2011	Dave	1121	1,020.1
7	2014	Ryan	1153	1,112.6
8	2007	Josh	975	1,150.5
9	2021	Dave	1269	1,161.1
10	2015	Ryan	1170	1,164.2
11	2010	Kaiser	1258	1,169.9
12	2023	Kaiser	1223	1,223.0
13	2019	Timmo	1225	1,225.0
14	2020	Kaiser	1283	1,270.2
15	2017	Dave	1206	1,278.4
16	2008	Dave	1110	1,326.5
17	2013	Chris	1470	1,359.8

So while our rival Dump Lords, Dave and Mark, make valiant efforts here, it’s actually the reigning champ, Mr. Trigger himself, who holds the mark for worst output of any current member of the league. A colossally pathetic 342 points, which is horrible even by 2001 standards, weighted out comes to about 738 points in modern scoring.

But is that enough for true greatness?

No.

	YEAR	MANAGER	SCORE	WEIGHT
1	2002	Freddy	542	661.2
2	2003	Burns	526	704.8
3	2001	Trigger	342	738.7
4	2005	Pauly	682	811.6
5	2012	Toepel	1094	962.7
6	2006	Dave	896	967.7
7	2022	Dave	996	996.0
8	2018	Kaiser	1038	1,006.9
9	2009	Chris	844	1,012.8
10	2011	Dave	1121	1,020.1
11	2004	Hicks	828	1,098.8
12	2016	Toepel	1103	1,103.0
13	2014	Ryan	1153	1,112.6
14	2007	Josh	975	1,150.5
15	2021	Dave	1269	1,161.1
16	2015	Ryan	1170	1,164.2
17	2010	Kaiser	1258	1,169.9
18	2023	Kaiser	1223	1,223.0
19	2019	Timmo	1225	1,225.0
20	2020	Kaiser	1283	1,270.2
21	2017	Dave	1206	1,278.4
22	2008	Dave	1110	1,326.5
23	2013	Chris	1470	1,359.8

As sad, and utterly pathetic as Trigger’s 2001 game was, it’s only good enough for 3rd place when we put turds like Freddy, Burns and Pauly back into the fold. Of the five worst performances in league history, only Trigger still stands among us, with the other teams all vanquished from relevance.

These charts also help spotlight Dave’s 996 game from last season, the only sub-1000 game in a decade.