Pittsburgh Pirates First-Place Clinch Scenario

Pittsburgh does not have a first-place clinch number

Here is a scenario in which Pittsburgh wins all 63 of their remaining games (102 total) but does not but does not clinch first place.

Team             W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago          103	59	0.636	0.00
Pittsburgh       102	60	0.630	1.00
Cincinnati       77	85	0.475	26.00
Milwaukee        75	87	0.463	28.00
St. Louis        70	92	0.432	33.00

To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division:
Team             W	L	GL	PCT	GB
Chicago          59	39	64	0.602	0.0
Milwaukee        58	40	64	0.592	1.0
Cincinnati       52	47	63	0.525	7.5
St. Louis        51	48	63	0.515	8.5
Pittsburgh       39	60	63	0.394	20.5

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 3 additional games against Cincinnati and loses 4.
  Chicago wins the series 7 games to 6

Chicago currently has 3 wins against Milwaukee and 2 losses.
  Chicago wins 4 additional games against Milwaukee and loses 4.
  Chicago wins the series 7 games to 6

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

Milwaukee currently has 4 wins against St. Louis and 3 losses.
  Milwaukee wins 4 additional games against St. Louis and loses 2.
  Milwaukee wins the series 8 games to 5

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

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

Chicago wins 31 games agains teams outside the division and loses 6.
Cincinnati wins 13 games agains teams outside the division and loses 24.
Milwaukee wins 9 games agains teams outside the division and loses 29.
Pittsburgh wins 40 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0.
St. Louis wins 13 games agains teams outside the division and loses 28.

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