21st Century Pro Sports Cities Misery Index
-
Here is something that I spent quite a bit of time on: A Sports Misery Index for each City that has a Professional team in the 4 major sports....but just counting the 21st Century. I will give this in order of each of the 49 cities in the US and Canada that have a professional sports team. I will provide my methodology in a subsequent post, but for now I will just give the Final Result. "Least Miserable" (or, if you will....most "Spoiled" cities listed first) I also give the number of Pro Sports franchised that are currently in each town...which may have some relevance. # means that a team has moved into that town..or has received an expansion team @ means a team has move out.
San Antonio -9 ......1 team
Las Vegas -6 .....1 team #
Oklahoma City -4.....1 team #
Boston -2 ......4 teams
Winnipeg 0 .....1 team #
Indianapolis 2.5......2 teams
Los Angeles/Anaheim 2.75 .....8 teams #
Memphis 3.....1 team #
Green Bay 4......1 team
Ottawa 5.....1 team
Pittsburgh 5.....3 teams
Portland 6.....1 team
Philadelphia 6.5 ....4 teams
St. Louis 7 .....2 teams @
Utah 7 .....1 team
Vancouver 7.5 .....1 team @
The Bay Area 7.66 ..... 6 teams
New York 7.777 .....9 teams
Chicago 8.....5 teams
Columbus 8 .....1 team #
Houston 8 .....3 teams #
Detroit 8 .....4 teams
Dallas 8.25......4 teams
Denver 8.75.....4 teams
Montreal 9.0.....1 team@
Orlando 9.0.....1 team
Nashville 9.5.....2 teams #
Washington DC 9.75.....4 teams
New Orleans 10.....2 teams #
Baltimore 10.....2 teams
Calgary 10 .....1 team
Minnesota 10.25.....4 teams #
Seattle 10.33 .....2 teams @
Atlanta 10.75 .....3 teams @
Raleigh 11.0 .....1 team
Miami 11.0 .....4 teams
Charlotte 11.0 .....2 teams
Tampa Bay 11.0 .....3 teams
Cleveland 11.33 .....3 teams
Milwaukee 12.0 .....2 teams
Sacramento 12.0.....1 team
Kansas City 12.5 .....2 teams
Phoenix 12.75.....4 teams
Edmonton 13.0.....1 team
Toronto 13.5.....2 teams
Cincinnati 14.0.....2 teams
Buffalo 15.5.....2 teams
Jacksonville 16.0.....1 team
San Diego 16.5.....1 team @
-
OK, here, basically is the methodology used:
A. I counted the number of seasons that each team played in city, and assigned that number to that team. Example, most teams got the number 19, as that is the number of seasons most teams have played in the 21st century in that town. Some, obviously can be less, e/g Oklahoma City Thunder has only been in that town for 11 years, so they are only assigned the number 11. The Chargers have been in LA for only 2 years, so they get two.
B. Then I deduct from that number a point for each time a team made the playoffs. I further deduct 1 point if a team played and lost a title game/series. And then I deduct another point if that team has won a championship. Then:
C. I add 5 points to a city's total if they have had a team leave town....as that obviously should increase that cities sports misery. Likewise, I subtract 5 points if a city has had a team move in there, or has received an expansion franchise.
D. Then I total the points of all the teams in that particular city.....and last, I divide that total of points by the number of teams that play in a city.
So, here are a couple of examples to illustrate things. Start with Cleveland:
Cleveland:
Cavaliers 19 seasons ...minus 9 for the number of years they made playoffs....minus another 5 for the times they appeared in the Finals...and minus another one point for their Championship. Final Cavs number: 4
Indians: 19 seasons - 6 playoffs - 1 for World Series appearance. Indians number: 12
Browns: 19 seasons - 1 playoff. Browns number 18
Cleveland total number: 4+12+18 =34 divided by 3 = 11.33 So, 11.33 is Cleveland's Misery Index.
-
Another example: the spoiled brats of Boston:
Boston: 4 teams:
Bruins: 19 seasons, minus 13 pts for 13 playoff seasons, minus 3 pts for 3 title series appearances, minus 1 pts for a title: Bruins total 2 pts.
Celtics: 19 season, minus15 playoff pts, minus 2 pts for Finals, minus 1 pt for their 1 title: Celtics 1 Pt.
Red Sox: 19 seasons, minus 10 playoff pts, minus 4 WS appearance points, minus 4 title points. Red Sox 1 Pt.
Patriots: 19 seasons, minus 16 playoff pts, minus 9 SB appearance pts, minus 6 title pts. Pats -12 Pts.
1 pt. + 1 pt + 2 pts - 12 pts is -8 total pts. Divided by 4 is -2 pts for Boston
-
Looking at the opposite end of things:
San Antonio Spurs:
19 seasons minus 19 pts for making playoffs; minus 5 pts for 5 Finals, then minus 4 pts for 5 titles Spurs total is -9 points
And since SA is a one horse town....that -9 points gives them the lowest "misery index" of all 49 cities.
And here is the highest of all 49:
San Diego:
Padres. 19 seasons, minus 2 for playoffs Padres points are 17 (no WS appearances)
Chargers 17 season, minus 6 for playoffs Chargers points are 11 (no SB appearance)
San Diego: 17 + 11....plus I add 5 points for losing the Chargers: 33 total points; Divided by two teams is 16.5 "Misery Index"
-
One last example, unless anyone wants the data for any particular city (I will just give the points and the math
Los Angeles/Anaheim. 8 teams
Kings: 19-10-2-2 Kings 5 pts
Ducks: 19-12-2-1 Ducks 4 pts
Clippers: 19-8 Clippers 11 pts
Lakers: 19-13-7 finals -5 titles Lakers -6 pts
Rams: 3 seasons - 2 -1 Rams 0 pts
Chargers 2 seasons -1 Chargers 1 pts.
Angels 19 - 7 - 1 -1 Angels 10 pts
Dodgers 19-10 -2 Dodgers 7 pts
So, LA : 5+4+11 -6 +0 + 1 +10 +7 total 32 pts....but also subtract 10 pts for Rams/Chargers moving in LA total pts: 22. Divided by 8 is 2.75. LA Sports misery Index
-
OK, one more since, after all....it is Shittsburgh.
Penguins: 19 seasons minus 15 playoff years minus 4 title series appearance minus 3 titles Penguins pts: -3.
Steelers: 19 seasons minus 12 playoffs, minus 3 SB games minus 2 titles. Steelers point: 2
Pirates: 19 seasons minus 3 playoff Pirates 16 pts.
So: -3 + 2 + 16 15 pts divided by 3. 5.0 Pittsburgh sports misery index.
-
-
I'm getting dizzy.?
I'm getting dizzy.?
Its really as simple as A-B-C-D =X
Then add nX + Z? and divide by n. (number of teams) (where you also have to factor in Z. (loss or gain of a team)
Or...maybe this will help:
Jacksonville
Jaguars 19 years....minus 3 playoffs equals 16.
Jax is a one horse town, so their index is 16.
-
Here is a bit of a further breakdown...which you could say reflects the best teams of the 21st Century
Here are the teams with the BEST scores using the above method:
Patriots -12
Spurs -9
Lakers -6
Thunder -4 (but note....only over 11 years)
Heat -3
Penguins -3
Yankees -2
Winnipeg Jets 0 (but only 5 year sample)
And the following teams only scored a 1: Sharks, Red Sox, Celtics, Devils, St.L. Cardinals
-
And now the worst....and guess who is on top:
Cleveland Browns 18
Buffalo Bills 18
The following teams scored a 17: Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays
The following teams scored a 16: Pirates, Orioles, Reds, Lions, Marlins, Jags, Brewers
Note this however: all of these are either baseball or football teams. Because of the NBA and NHL systems of including many more playoff teams, those teams would not score as high here.
-
So, according to my algorithm, Cincinnati is at this time a more "suffering" sports town than is Cleveland. I don't know if they would believe that, but I think it is true: Cleveland has made 5 NBA Finals appearances, and a World Series appearance this century......Cincy has not a single "finals" appearance.
-
-
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login