The 2024 54-54-54 Breakdown

Apr 01, 2024

There’s an old adage in baseball that every team is going to win 54 games and lose 54 games. A handful of teams have proven that wrong, but it holds true for the most part. If you’re good at math, and even if you’re not, that leaves 54 more games for a team to determine just how good they are. It’s not always incredibly cut and dry which games fall into which category, but I’m going to try to keep a running tab on each game and where it falls. I may fall behind by a few days, but I’ll work to update it throughout the year.

Overall Record: 86-76

Last updated: October 14, 2024, 6:45am

The 54 They Were Always Going to Win (50-0)

September 25

September 29

The 54 They Were Always Going to Lose (0-43)

May 27 - This one might be tricky. They only lost by 1, but they lost by 1 after trailing big all game and making a comeback late…I’m open to changing this.

September 18

September 21

September 22

September 27

The Middle 54 (36-32)

6/11 Update: I may be misjudging some of these games to already have so many in this column. Or maybe it’s just that their inability to lay down offensively and their pitching staff’s ability to keep them in the game means they have far fewer sure losses. I may move some things around at some point.

8/5 Update: This team may just be different, but I really may be moving some things around here because they’re already at 57 in the middle 54. I’m no mathematician, but that seems wrong.

March 28 - I almost put this in the loss column, but when it’s 2-1 heading into the ninth, I think it’s too close to say it’s definitely a loss.

April 7 - This one was headed for the always lose column, but didn’t get there.

April 9 - This one was also headed for the always lose column, but didn’t get there.