OTB 2008 Playoff Standings

OTB will use a new format for playoff games for the 2008 season. In the past we have used a seeding process where teams were ranked from 1st through 8th in each division (American and National) based on where they finished in the regular season standings. This year, all teams will be seeded 1st through 16th based on their regular season record. Similar to the format we have used before, the teams will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams that play each other 3 times. The 4 brackets are now called: Willie Mays bracket: 1st, 8th, 9th, and 16th seeds Mickey Mantle bracket: 4th, 5th, 12th, and 13th seeds Ted Williams bracket: 3rd, 6th, 11th, and 14th seeds Roberto Clemente bracket: 2nd, 7th, 10th, and 15th seeds Each team plays 3 playoff games in Round 1 in a round-robin format within their bracket (Mays, Mantle, Williams, and Clemente). The teams with the best record in these 4 brackets will face each other in Round 2 (Ruth and Aaron brackets) The winners in Round 2 will face each other in the OTB Championship. In the event of a first-place tie in any of the brackets in the round-robin, a tie-breaker process will apply. Click here to see the tie-breaker process for both the regular season and the playoffs.

Willie Mays Bracket - 1st, 8th, 9th, 16th seeds

	Sept 7	Sept 21	Oct 5	W	L	Runs Scored	Runs Against	Oct 12	Oct 25
1st Place Phillies	vs. 16th W 21-18	vs. 9th W 9-8	vs. 8th W 12-10	3	0	42	36	vs. 5th L 6-9
8th Place Cardinals	vs. 9th L 3-4	vs. 16th W 5-4	at 1st L 10-12	1	2	18	20
9th Place White Sox	at 8th W 4-3	at 1st L 8-9	vs. 16th L 5-7	1	2	17	19
16th Place Orioles	at 1st L 18-21	at 8th L 4-5	at 9th W 7-5	1	2	29	31

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Mickey Mantle Bracket - 4th, 5th, 12th, 13th seeds

	Sept 7	Sept 21	Oct 5	W	L	Runs Scored	Runs Against	Oct 12	Oct 25
4th Place Cubs	vs. 13th L 5-9	vs. 12th L 5-6	vs. 5th W 13-11	1	2	23	26
5th Place Yankees	vs. 12th W 14-8	vs. 13th W 16-9	at 4th L 11-13	2	1	41	30	at 1st W 9-6	at Aaron W 6-4
12th Place Dodgers	at 5th L 8-14	at 4th W 6-5	vs. 13th W 19-10	2	1	33	29
13th Place Braves	at 4th W 9-5	at 5th L 9-16	at 12th L 10-19	1	2	28	40

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Ted Williams Bracket - 3rd, 6th, 11th, 14th seeds

	Sept 7	Sept 21	Oct 5	W	L	Runs Scored	Runs Against	Oct 12	Oct 25
3rd Place Indians	vs. 14th W 9-8	vs. 11th L 8-10	vs. 6th L 8-10	1	2	25	28
6th Place Giants	vs. 11th W 7-1	vs. 14th W 10-2	at 3rd W 10-8	3	0	27	11	vs. 7th W 7-1	vs. Ruth L 4-6
11th Place Pirates	at 6th L 1-7	at 3rd W 10-8	vs. 14th L 4-10	1	2	15	25
14th Place Tigers	at 3rd L 8-9	at 6th L 2-10	at 11th W 10-4	1	2	20	23

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Roberto Clemente bracket - 2nd, 7th, 10th, 15th seeds

	Sept 7	Sept 21	Oct 5	W	L	Runs Scored	Runs Against	Oct 12	Oct 25
2nd Place Twins	vs. 15th W 7-6	vs. 10th W 10-4	vs. 7th L 6-13	2	1	23	23
7th Place Red Sox	vs. 10th W 5-2	vs. 15th W 8-5	at 2nd W 13-6	3	1	27	20	at 6th L 1-7
10th Place Athletics	at 7th L 2-5	at 2nd L 4-10	vs. 15th W 9-3	1	2	15	18
15th Place Astros	at 2nd L 6-7	at 7th L 5-8	at 10th L 3-9	0	3	14	24

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Phillies
			Yankees
Oct 12	Ferullo
Yankees			Oct 25			Yankees
Giants			LeLacheur Park			2008 OTB Champs
Oct 12	Alumni
			Giants
Red Sox

Tie-breaker Process Regular Season Tiebreakers Head-to-head Division record Lowest average runs allowed per game Highest average runs scored per game Coin flip Playoff Tournament Tiebreakers Tournament head-to-head If two teams are tied for the best record and have played each other in the tournament, the winner of that game advances to the Championship game If two teams are tied for the best record but did not play each other in the tournament, the team with the best regular season record advances to the Championship game If more than two teams are tied at the end of the tournament and one team has beaten all teams that it is tied with, that one team will advance to the Championship game, otherwise the team with the best regular season record will advance to the Championship game Regular Season Record (and tie-breakers, if applicable)