Who had the biggest day?

EFL
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB	RS	RA
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	66	34	.661	—	576.9	408.7
Cottage Cheese	66	35	.650	0.9	548.7	397.7
Haviland Dragons	65	36	.646	1.3	618.7	457.2
Flint Hill Tornadoes	66	37	.640	1.6	543.2	405.3
Portland Rosebuds	62	40	.604	5.5	602.8	478.6
Kaline Drive	58	43	.575	8.5	505.9	431.5
Peshastin Pears	56	46	.554	10.6	501.1	456.5
Old Detroit Wolverines	51	52	.498	16.3	505.6	491.2
Canberra Kangaroos	47	53	.469	19.2	462.1	496.0
D.C. Balk	36	64	.361	30	477.1	636.9

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Pittsburgh: L, 2 – 6. (.083, .083, .333; 5 ip, 5 er). JD Martinez hit a grand slam homer for the only runs in the game between Arizona and St. Louis — and for the Alleghenys as well!. He went out his other three trips to the plate. (.250, .250, 1.000). The Alleghenys only sent two other men to bat, and they both went 0 for 4. It’s too bad that measly batting line wasn’t for 50 plate appearances, right?

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Cottage: W, 6 – 4. (.235, .235, .647; 13 ip, 6 er). Bryce Harper had two homers and a double in 5 at bats in the Nationals’15 – 2 rout of the Brewers.  (.600, .600, 2.000). And here’s another Glory of the EFL (GOEFL): Harper’s leadership allowed the Cheese to score 6 runs with only 4 baserunners (and 17 ABs)!  Actually, that was mostly due to capacitance: we store up offensive (and pitching) charges on big days and release them on small ones.

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Haviland: DNP, 2 – 1. (.304, .385, .565; 3.7 ip, 3 er). With 26 plate appearances, the Dragons got in almost an entire game, but didn’t have a game to apply them to so the effect was muted.  Similarly, in the opposite direction, for the pitching.  Anthony Rizzo went 2 for 4 with a homer and a stolen base. (.500, .500, 1.250).

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Flint Hill: 1 – (-2). (.394, .429, 1.004;  3.3 ip, 0 er). The Tornados charged their capacitors with a ton (35 PA worth) of great hitting and 3.3 ounces of great pitching. So they are probably closer to the top than the 1.6 games showing above. Manuel Margot led the way going 3 for 4 with a double and a homer (.750, .750, 1.750)..

Portland: W 1, L (-1); 2 – (-1). (.281, .343, .531; 1.3 ip, 0 er). Rosebuds took their lead from Anthony Rendon’s 2 for 4 with a homer and a walk in the National’s romp. (.500, .600, 1.250).  That good team batting line represents 35 plate appearances from 8 batters, so it’s pretty solid.

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Kaline: W (-1), L 1; (-4) – 4. (.100, .125, .167; 5.3 ip, 7 er).  Paper-thin hitting and Liam Hendriks’ sextuple chulk (0.7 ip, 4 er) made this a damaging off-day for the Drive. Hendriks achieved his chulk by walking the bases loaded and then… how about we finish this story a little later?

With so little to work with, it’s hard to find a big hitting performance.  In fact, only three hitters got hits — and two of them (Peter Bourjos and Yoenis Cespedes) were  doubles. Cespedes got his in only four at bats, so he had the best line (.25o, .25o, .500).

Peshastin: DNP, 2 – 2. (.095, .240, .238; 6 ip, 1 er).  Max Scherzer had a good day, and Carlos Santana hit a homer in four trips to the plate. (.250, .250, 1.000). But that’s about it for good news for the Pears. Shouldn’t they be coming into their prime season any time now?

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Old Detroit: DNP, 5 – 0. (.364, .462, .864; no pitching). Remember that Liam Hendriks sextuple chulk?  It culminated in Steve Pearce blasting a two-out 10th inning walk-off grand slam homer for his one hit in 5 at bats.  (.200, .200, .800). That might be the Wolverine’s funnest batting line, but it’s not the best.  Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 4 with a triple and two homers. (.750, .750, 2.750). Then again, a Schwarberian triple is pretty fun, too. (GOEFL: Schwarber hit two homers, and Pearce a grand slam, but the W’s scored only 5 runs. That’s 120% efficiency! Or something.)

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Canberra: “W”, 4 – 4. (.192, .192, .462; 2 ip, 0 er).  Jose Abreu went 2 for 4 with two homers. (.500, .500, 2.000). Those 4 runs are really only 3.5, rounded up because I also rounded 3.8 runs allowed up to 4.  With only 26 plate appearances, there’s some capacitance at work here, too.

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DC: L, 2 – 8. (.091, .167, .091; no pitching). This result is almost pure capacitance, since the Balk only managed 12 plate appearances.  The biggest Balk offender was Kole Calhoun, who went one for three with a walk (.333, .500, .333) to do ALL of the DC damage.

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So — who won?  JD Martinez dominated his MLB game like no one else. If he strikes out in the key at bat, or takes a sick day, three teams go all day without scoring.

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But for EFL purposes the best offensive performance goes to Kyle Schwarber. Finally.

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AL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Flint Hill Tornadoes	66	37	.640	—
Boston Red Sox	56	47	.544	10
New York Yankees	54	46	.540	10.5
Tampa Bay Rays	53	50	.515	13
Old Detroit Wolverines	51	52	.498	14.7
Baltimore Orioles	48	53	.475	17
Toronto Blue Jays	48	54	.471	17.5

NL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Washington Nationals	61	39	.610	—
Atlanta Braves	48	52	.480	13
Miami Marlins	47	53	.470	14
New York Mets	47	53	.470	14
Canberra Kangaroos	47	53	.469	14.1
D.C. Balk	36	64	.361	24.9
Philadelphia Phillies	35	64	.354	25.5

AL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	66	34	.661	—
Cleveland Indians	55	45	.550	11.1
Kansas City Royals	53	47	.530	13.1
Minnesota Twins	49	51	.490	17.1
Detroit Tigers	45	55	.450	21.1
Chicago White Sox	39	60	.394	26.6

NL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Cottage Cheese	66	35	.650	—
Chicago Cubs	54	47	.535	11.7
Milwaukee Brewers	54	50	.519	13.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	50	52	.490	16.2
St. Louis Cardinals	50	52	.490	16.2
Cincinnati Reds	41	61	.402	25.2

AL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Houston Astros	67	34	.663	—
Haviland Dragons	65	36	.646	1.7
Kaline Drive	58	43	.575	8.9
Seattle Mariners	51	52	.495	17
Texas Rangers	49	52	.485	18
Los Angeles Angels	49	54	.476	19
Oakland A’s	44	58	.431	23.5

NL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	31	.696	—
Portland Rosebuds	62	40	.604	9.4
Arizona Diamondbacks	59	43	.578	12
Colorado Rockies	58	45	.563	13.5
Peshastin Pears	56	46	.554	14.5
San Diego Padres	45	57	.441	26
San Francisco Giants	40	63	.388	31.5