Pittsburgh Pirates First-Place Clinch Scenario

Pittsburgh does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Pittsburgh wins all 65 of their remaining games (104 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago          105	57	0.648	0.00
Pittsburgh       104	58	0.642	1.00
Cincinnati       75	87	0.463	30.00
Milwaukee        74	88	0.457	31.00
St. Louis        72	90	0.444	33.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Chicago          57	39	66	0.594	0.0
Milwaukee        56	40	66	0.583	1.0
St. Louis        51	46	65	0.526	6.5
Cincinnati       50	47	65	0.515	7.5
Pittsburgh       39	58	65	0.402	18.5

Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario:


Chicago currently has 4 wins against Cincinnati and 2 losses.
  Chicago wins 4 additional games against Cincinnati and loses 3.
  Chicago wins the series 8 games to 5

Chicago currently has 3 wins against Milwaukee and 2 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against Milwaukee and loses 2.
  Chicago wins the series 9 games to 4

Chicago currently has 4 wins against St. Louis and 3 losses.
  Chicago wins 6 additional games against St. Louis and loses 0.
  Chicago wins the series 10 games to 3

Cincinnati currently has 2 wins against Milwaukee and 5 losses.
  Cincinnati wins 6 additional games against Milwaukee and loses 0.
  Cincinnati wins the series 8 games to 5

Cincinnati currently has 3 wins against St. Louis and 4 losses.
  Cincinnati wins 6 additional games against St. Louis and loses 0.
  Cincinnati wins the series 9 games to 4

Milwaukee currently has 4 wins against St. Louis and 3 losses.
  Milwaukee wins 5 additional games against St. Louis and loses 1.
  Milwaukee wins the series 9 games to 4

Pittsburgh currently has 2 wins against Chicago and 5 losses.
  Pittsburgh wins 6 additional games against Chicago and loses 0.
  Pittsburgh wins the series 8 games to 5

Pittsburgh currently has 2 wins against Cincinnati and 4 losses.
  Pittsburgh wins 7 additional games against Cincinnati and loses 0.
  Pittsburgh wins the series 9 games to 4

Pittsburgh currently has 3 wins against Milwaukee and 4 losses.
  Pittsburgh wins 6 additional games against Milwaukee and loses 0.
  Pittsburgh wins the series 9 games to 4

Pittsburgh currently has 5 wins against St. Louis and 4 losses.
  Pittsburgh wins 4 additional games against St. Louis and loses 0.
  Pittsburgh wins the series 9 games to 4

Chicago wins 32 games agains teams outside the division and loses 7.
Cincinnati wins 10 games agains teams outside the division and loses 29.
Milwaukee wins 11 games agains teams outside the division and loses 29.
Pittsburgh wins 42 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
St. Louis wins 20 games agains teams outside the division and loses 23.

Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above.
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