An Infographic Baseball Playoffs Adventure

THE 2011 MLB PLAYOFF TEAMS A SELECTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE RATHER PRESUMPTIVELY-TITLED FALL CLASSIC CONTENDERS Brewers Yankees Phillies Cardinals Diamondbacks Rangers Rays DIVISION SERIES ROSTERS BY ACQUISITION TYPE YANKEES RANGERS TIGERS RAYS PHILLIES BREWERS D-BACKS CARDINALS PHIL HUGHES ALEX AVILA REID BRIGNAC COLE HAMELS RYAN BRAUN JOSH COLLMENTER MITCHELL BOGGS SCOTT FELDMAN CRAIG GENTRY DEREK HOLLAND BRETT GARDNER ANDY DIRKS BRANDON INGE WADE DAVIS RYAN HOWARD PRINCE RELDER COLLIN COWGLL ADRON CHAMBERS DEREK JETER НЕШСКSОN KYLE KENDRICK YOVANI GALLARDO P. GOLDSCHMIDT ALLEN CRAIG JORGE POSADA IAN KINSLER RYAN PERRY JOHN JASO RYAN MADSON TAYLOR GREEN JARROD PARKER DANIEL DESCALS0 DAVID ROBERTSON MITCH MORELAND RICK PORCELLO D JENNINGS JIMMY ROLLINS COREY HART BRYAN SHAW JAIME GARCIA ROBINSON CANO CI WILSON RYAN RABURN EVAN LONGORIA MIKE STUTES JONATHAN LUCROY JUSTIN UPTON JON JAY ESUS MONTERO MIKE ADAMS JUSTIN VERLANDER JAKE MCGEE CHASE UTLEY RICKIE WEEKS MIGUEL MONTERO YADIER MOUNA VAN NOVA ELVIS ANDRUS WILSON BETEMIT MATT MOORE VANCE WORLEY JASON MOTTE Y BETANCOURT GERARDO PARRA NELSON CRUZ NEFTAU FELUZ MIKE GONZALEZ JOSH HAMILTON EDUARDO NUNEZ MIGUEL CABRERA DAVID PRICE A. BASTARDO CARLOS GOMEZ D. HERNANDEZ ALBERT PUJOLS MARIANO RIVERA PHIL COKE JAMES SHIELDS CARLOS RUIZ ZACK GREINKE AARON HILL SKIP SCHUMAKER DOUG ASTER AUSTIN JACKSON CHRIS DICKERSON JERRY HAIRSTON SHAUN MARCUM BJ. UPTON JOE BLANTON DANIEL HUDSON OCTAVIO DOTEL C RANDERSON BOONE LOGAN ELLIOT JOHNSON BEN FRANCISCO IAN KENNEDY DAVID FREESE MATT HARRISON HONNY PERALTA SAM FULD ROY HALLADAY NYJER MORGAN JOHN MCDONALD RAFAEL FURCAL BRANDON GOMES MATT JOYCE ALEX RODRIGUEZ BRAD LIDGE МATT HOШDAY MAX SCHERZER D. SCHLERETH DAVID MURPHY F. RODRIGUEZ JOE SAUNDERS NICK SWISHER MIKE NAPOU JOHN MAYBERRY JOHN AXFORD CHRIS YOUNG EDWIN JACKSON LUIS AYALA KOJ UEHARA DELMON YOUNG SEAN RODRIGUEZ ROY OSWALT BRAD ZIEGER M. RZEPCZYNSKI CRAIG COUNSELL AJ. BURNETT MICHAEL YOUNG AL ALBUQUERQUE KELLY SHOPPACH HUNTER PENCE LATROY HAWKINS HENRY BLANCO JAKE WESTBROOK ERIC CHAVEZ ADRIAN BELTRE JOAQUIN BENOIT BEN ZOBRIST PLACIDO POLANCO MARK KOTSAY W. BLOOMOUIST LANCE BERKMAN FREDDY GARCIA ENDY CHAVEZ DON KELLY JUAN CRUZ ROSS GLOAD KAMERON LOE GEOFF BLUM CHRIS CARPENTER ANDRUW JONES ESTEBAN GERMAN VICTOR MARTINEZ JOHNNY DAMON CHRIS NARVESON SEAN BURROUGHS GERALD LAIRD COLBY LEWIS M ORDONEZ KYLE FARNSWORTH TAKASHI SAITO LYLE OVERBAY RUSSELL MARTIN KYLE LOHSE C SABATHIA DARREN OLVER BRAD PENNY RAMON SANTIAGO JP. HOWELL BRIAN SCHNEIDER RANDY WOLF MICAH OWINGS NICK PUNTO RAFAEL SORIANO YORVIT TORREALBA CASEY KOTCHMAN WILSON VALDEZ MARCO ESTRADA H.PUTZ ARTHUR RHODES MARK TEIXEIRA ALEXI OGANDO OMIR SANTOS JOEL PERALTA M. MARTINEZ GEORGE KOTTARAS RYAN ROBERTS RYAN THERIOT CORY WADE MATT TREANOR JOSE VALVERDE OSE LOBATON SHANE VICTORINO CASEY MCGEHEE JOE PATERSON FERNANDO SALAS AMATEUR DRAFT AMATEUR FREE AGENT FREE AGENT RULE 5 DRAFT PURCHASED TRADED SELECTED OFF WAIVERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 97 65 96 66 95 67 91 71 102 60 96 66 94 68 90 72 HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS NYY TEX DET TB PHI MIL ARI STL NYY 7-2 3-4 9-9 PHI 4-3 3-3 3-6 TEX 2-7 3-6 5-4 MIL 3-4 3-4 9.9 DET 4-3 6-3 6-1 ARI 3-3 4-3 3-4 TB 9.9 4-5 1-6 STL 6-3 9-9 4-3 PAYROLLS $200m $200m (MLB average payroll: $92.87m) $150m $150m $100m $100m $50m $50m $202.69m $92.3m $105.7m $41.05m $172.98m $85.5m $53.64m $105.43m WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS NYY TEX DET TB PHI MIL ARI STL ***** **** ***** ***** ** TEAM BATTING TEAM PITCHING ON-BASE PERCENTAGE НОМE RUNSS STRIKEOUT TO WALK RATIO WALKS PLUS HITS PER INNING PITCHED YANKEES 1.343 222 2.41 1.323 YANKEES RANGERS 1.340 1210 2.56 1.2411 RANGERS TIGERS 1.340 169 2.27 1.318 TIGERS RAYS PHILLIES RAYS 1,322 172 2.27 1.219 PHILLIES 1.323 153 3.22 1.167 BREWERS 1.325 185 2.86 1.240 BREWERS D-BACKS 1.322 172 2.39 1.286 D-BACKS CARDINALS 1.341 162 2.45 1.306 CARDINALS HOME ATTENDANCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK LIKES (AS OF 9/29/11) TWITTER FOLLOWERS (AS OF 9/29/11) 1648,468 ATTENDANCE PHILLIES 13,680,718 YANKEES 4,596,045 PHILLIES YANKEES 13,653,680 PHILLIES 11,063,439 YANKEES 451,413 CARDINALS 13,093.954 CARDINALS 899,105 RANGERS I61,057 BREWERS 13,071,373 RANGERS 1 820,020 CARDINALS 1 48,590 RANGERS 12,946,949 TIGERS 1795,478 TIGERS I47,437 BREWERS 490,897 RAYS 363,380 TIGERS 12,642,045 BREWERS I 36,144 D-BACKS 12.105,432 RAYS 134,262 RAYS 11,529,188 D-BACKS I189,629 D-BACKS 1 20,669 CUMULATIVE SEASON LENGTH OF THE PLAYOFF TEAMS YANKEES 21 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes 120 days, 5 hours, 9 minutes || 20 days, O hours, 41 TIGERS RAYS minutes BREWERS 19 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes RANGERS 119 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes CARDINALS 19 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes D-BACKS I19 days, 12 hours, 12 minutes PHILLIES 19 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes PLAYOFF TEAMS SUCK GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS FOR "(TEAM NAMEJ SUCK." (Darker colors = full team name, eg "Texas Rangers suck": ighter colors = just the nickname, eg "Rangers suck.") YANKEES S16.000 (522.000) Well, there's a surprise. CARDINALS 41,500 (66,800) Lots of people hate little red birds. And the Arizona Cardinals. PHILLIES 30,300 (50,500) Some people think blunts suck. TIGERS I 23,700 (26.900) Maul victims, maybe. RANGERS I 22.600 (96.,700) Searching "Rangers suck" brings up a lot of NHL results. There are some Scottish soccer results in there too. And some say the Power Rangers suck. BREWERS 16,900 (17900) Why would anyone hate the people that make beer! RAYS I 8,640 (16,100) I guess some New Yorkers might hate the many different Ray's Pizza restaurants. Or there might be an anti-Ray Charles, Ray Liotta, and Ray Romano group out there. D-BACKS 12290 (3,920) Aw, cute. NUMBER OF ATTENTION-SEEKING CLOSERS WITH HIDEOUS DYED BEARDS IN THE 2011 PLAYOFFS Sources: Baseball-Reference.com, ESPN.com, Facebook.com, Google.com, MLB.com, Twitter.com, USAToday.com Craig Robinson, FlipFlopFlyBall.com 2011