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Pythagorean expectation is a formula invented by Bill James to estimate how many games a baseball team `` should '' have won based on the number of runs they scored and allowed .. Bill James. Bill James. baseball. baseball. runs. run ( baseball ). Comparing a team 's actual and Pythagorean winning percentage can be used to evaluate how lucky that team was -LRB- by examining the variation between the two winning percentages -RRB- .. The name comes from the formula 's resemblance to the Pythagorean theorem .. Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean theorem. The basic formula is  :. where Win Ratio is the winning ratio generated by the formula .. The expected number of wins would be the expected winning ratio multiplied by the number of games played .