| FINAL 2009 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| PREDICTED PLACE | Tie | |||||||||||||||||
| WINS - | 11 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tie | Breaker | FINAL | FINAL | ||||||
| % | PL | PREDICTOR | NYY | StL | LAA | Phil | LAD | Col | Bost | Min | Breaker | Miss | SCORE | PLACE | ||||
| 72.73 | 9 | Carman, Brett | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 20 | 162 | 9 | Carman, Brett | |||
| 54.55 | 7 | Hamilton, Gerry | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 11 | 179 | 7 | Hamilton, Gerry | |||
| 9.09 | 2 | Hammerstrom, Dick | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 17 | 189 | 2 | Hammerstrom, Dick | |||
| 0 | 1 | Koller, Bob | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 22 | 193 | 1 | Koller, Bob | |||
| 63.64 | 8 | Manzey, Al | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 66 | -7 | 162 | 8 | Manzey, Al | |||
| 81.82 | 10 | Stern, Ty | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 162 | 10 | Stern, Ty | |||
| 27.27 | 4 | Slagle, Jim "Ohio" | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 10 | 184 | 4 | Slagle, Jim "Ohio" | |||
| 36.36 | 5 | Slagle, Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 18 | 182 | 5 | Slagle, Nelson | |||
| 100 | 12 | Thomas, Bob | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 17 | 156 | 12 | Thomas, Bob | |||
| 18.18 | 3 | Morris, Lorna | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 185 | 3 | Morris, Lorna | |||
| 45.45 | 6 | Morris, Pat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 14 | 180 | 6 | Morris, Pat | |||
| 90.91 | 11 | Morris, Warren | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 160 | 11 | Morris, Warren | |||
| 600 | Total Runs in World Series | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 22 | 51 | 35 | 54 | 42 | 75 | 62 | 91 | ||||||||||
| AVG PLACING | 1.83 | 4.25 | 2.92 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 6.25 | 5.17 | 7.58 | ||||||||||
| CONCENSUS: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| RESULTS: - 1ST ROUND: Dodgers over St Louis 3-0, Angels over Boston 3-0, Yankees over Minnesota 3-0. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phillies over Rockies 3-1. 2nd Round: Phillies over Dodgers 3-1 NYY over Angels 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Scores. NY wins series 4-2 with scores of: 1-6, 3-1, 8-5, 7-4, 6-8, and 7-3 = 59 total runs | ||||||||||||||||||
| USE OF SPREADSHEET - Input the wins on line 6 and the total scores will show in column M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scoring calculations are at bottom of spreadsheet. | ||||||||||||||||||
| BOB KOLLER WINS 2009 BASEBALL PREDICTION CONTEST | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Koller defeated Dick Hammerstrom to win the 2009 Baseball Playoff Prediction contest. Dick | ||||||||||||||||||
| and Gerry Hamilton had the best World Series prediction of NYY 1st and Philly 3rd. Four predictors | ||||||||||||||||||
| have NYY 1st and Phil 4th. Seven picked the Yankees o win the Wold Series. The highest Philly | ||||||||||||||||||
| was picked was 3rd by Dick and Gerry. Warren Morris and Al Manzey were closest on the tiebreaker | ||||||||||||||||||
| of total runs in the World Series with 3 & 7 run misses. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob is the 6th different winner in the last 6 years. This is Bob's 1st win in the Baseball, Football or | ||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball playoff predictions although he has won the Big Ten tournament Predictions three times. | ||||||||||||||||||
| BOB KOLLER LEADS LORNA MORRIS BY 2 POINTS AFTER 1ST ROUND | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Koller leads Baseball Playoff predictions after the first round but no one has top 4 teams correct. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The top 7 pedictors all have the Dodgers 1st or 2nd. Seven of 12 predictors picked Yankees to win | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Series, 3 picked the Dodgers and 2 picked the Angels. Last 3 predictors had Dodgers 7th. | ||||||||||||||||||
| GERRY HAMILTON WINS 2008 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerry Hamilton bested runner up Jim Henning by 14 points to win the 30th annual 2008 Baseball Playoff Predictions. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The 14 point margin was the second largest. Jim 'Ohio' Slagle beat Judy Nash by 20 points in 1997. This was the | ||||||||||||||||||
| first time Gerry has won this contest but he has been 2nd six times, the most of any predictor. This was the first time | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Henning has finished in the top 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Phillies were a consensus 4th pick by us 12 predictors. Gerry Hamilton and Nelson Slagle were the only | ||||||||||||||||||
| predictors to predict them as high as 2nd…Brett Carman was best in the tie breaker as he predicted 40 runs to be | ||||||||||||||||||
| scored in the World Series - 39 were scored. Jim Henning finished 2nd despite being one of two predictors to | ||||||||||||||||||
| score 0 points on his #1 team (Cubs). | ||||||||||||||||||
| JERRY SLAGLE WINS BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTION TITLE FOR 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Slagle won the 2007 Baseball Playoff prediction with a score of 170 to 166 for runner- | ||||||||||||||||||
| up Gerry Hamilton. This was the first time Jerry has won the crown in the 29 year history of the | ||||||||||||||||||
| contest. Jerry was 2nd in 1991 and 2001. Blake Vasquez was closest on the tie breaker. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Only Jerry, Jerry Davis and Phil Hensley picked the Red Sox to win the Series. Boston | ||||||||||||||||||
| was ranked 4th and Colorado 7th by us predictors. | ||||||||||||||||||
| BRETT CARMAN WINS 2006 BASEBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPION ON TIE BREAKER | ||||||||||||||||||
| The tie breaker was the total runs scored in the World Series (32). Both Brett and Randy scored 138 | ||||||||||||||||||
| points. Third was Phil Hensley at 132 points. Brett picked the World Series Champs Cardinals 2nd. The | ||||||||||||||||||
| next highest pick was 4th by Randy, Bob Thomas and Andrew Hazelwood. | ||||||||||||||||||
| DICK HAMMESTROM BEATS JIM SLAGLE BY 5 POINTS TO WIN THE 2005 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hammerstrom won the 2005 Baseball Playoff Predicts. He has now won this contest for the 2nd time | ||||||||||||||||||
| in 3 years. Dick also won football playoffs/bowl game predicts 2 years ago. Dick and Jim Slagle were the only | ||||||||||||||||||
| predictors to pick the White Sox to win it all. John Baker had Chicago 2nd and Phil Hensley had them 3rd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| All other predictors picked Chicago 4th or higher. The four having Chicago highest finished in 4 of the top 5 spots. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Thomas had the lowest tie breaker prediction of 41 total runs in the World Series and missed the final | ||||||||||||||||||
| total of 34 by 7. | ||||||||||||||||||
| DICK HAMMERSTROM WINS 2003 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hammerstrom won the 2003 baseball playoff predictions by 19 points over runner-up | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerry Hamilton. Rounding out the top five were: 3- Brett Carman, 4- Nelson Slagle and 5- | ||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Coates. This was Dick's first baseball win in 13 tries and his first holiday/playoff | ||||||||||||||||||
| baseball, basketball and football predictions in 41 tries. However, he has finished | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd six times in those 41 tries including 3 straight in baseball starting in 1992. The 19 point | ||||||||||||||||||
| winning margin was only the 2nd time in the 25 year history of the contest that someone | ||||||||||||||||||