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Baseball Games Behind Calculator

Just enter the wins and losses of the first-place team and the team you want to compare to instantly calculate the baseball "games behind" (GB). It also shows the win gap, loss gap, and win-percentage gap so standings are easy to read at a glance.

Input

First-place team (reference)

W
L

Team to compare

W
L

Result

Games behind

7.5GB

Trailing the first-place team.

Win gap (leader − compared)

8 W

Loss gap (compared − leader)

7 L

Win % gap

.062

TeamWLWin %
First-place team7050.583
Compared team6257.521

How it works

  • Games behind is calculated as ((leader wins − compared team wins) + (compared team losses − leader losses)) ÷ 2. Enter the records of the first-place team and the team you want to compare.
  • Games behind is the average of the difference in wins and the difference in losses between two teams, expressing how far apart they sit. A gap of one win and one loss equals 1.0 games behind.
  • When the difference in wins and the difference in losses add up to an odd number, the result lands on a half-step (for example 1.5 games behind).
  • Teams with identical records have a games-behind value of 0.0, and ties do not affect the calculation (head-to-head results or winning percentage can still change the standings).
  • For reference, each team's winning percentage (wins ÷ (wins + losses), shown to three decimals in .000 notation) is also displayed.
  • This is the metric used as the "gap" in baseball standings. Combined with games remaining, it serves as a rough guide for pennant and ranking races.