The Summer Score Is Back for 2023!

It is once again time for The Summer Score!

Starting today, if a team is in a playoff spot, even for only one day, they increase their Summer Score. I will note when the first day after Memorial Day their fans will wake up with their team a playoff team and bookend it with the last day in case they fall out.

But as the excitement for a playoff spot increases as the post season looms closer, the number of daily points increase later in the year.

BETWEEN THE END OF MEMORIAL DAY and JUNE 30 each day in a playoff spot is worth
ONE (1) POINT

BETWEEN JULY 1 and JULY 31 each day in a playoff spot is worth
TWO (2) POINTS

BETWEEN AUGUST 1 and AUGUST 31 each day in a playoff spot is worth
THREE (3) POINTS

BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1 and THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON each day in a playoff spot is worth FOUR (4) POINTS

Also in September, every day a team is just 1 game or 1/2 a game out, that will be worth ONE (1) POINT.

And to clarify, points are added to Division Leaders and Wild Card Leaders. Being tied for a playoff spot counts.

Here are the final Tallies for the Summer Score in 2019, 2021 and 2023.

(There was no Summer Score in the shortened 2020 COVID season.)

SUMMER SCORE FINAL RANKINGS FOR 2019

AMERICAN LEAGUE

HOUSTON ASTROS – 306 (May 28 – September 30)
MINNESOTA TWINS – 306 (May 28 – September 30)
NEW YORK YANKEES – 306 (May 28 – September 30)
TAMPA BAY RAYS – 271 (May 28 – July 19, July 27, August 2 – August 27, September 1 – September 30)
OAKLAND ATHLETICS  – 180 (May 28 – June 1, July 3, July 14 – July 26, July 28 – July 31, August 21 – August 24, August 27 – September 1, September 4 – September 30)
CLEVELAND INDIANS – 177 (June 23 – June 27, July 3 – July 13, July 16 – August 22, August 24 – September 5, September 20 – September 21, September 23)
TEXAS RANGERS – 27 (June 1 – June 19, June 26 – July 2)
BOSTON RED SOX – 19 (May 28 – June 1, June 5 – June 8, June 17 – June 23, June 26, July 27)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ATLANTA BRAVES – 306 (May 28 – September 30)
LOS ANGELES DODGERS -306 (May 28 – September 30)
WASHINGTON NATIONALS – 266 (July 4 – July 5, July 8 – September 30)
CHICAGO CUBS – 261 (May 28 – September 19)
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – 210 (June 23 – June 24, July 16, July 20, July 23 – August 5, August 12 – September 30)
MILWAUKEE BREWERS – 122 (May 28 – July 7, July 14, July 18 – July 19, July 21 – July 22, July 27, August 8 – August 11, September 12, September 18 – September 30)
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – 77 (May 28 – June 20, June 26 – June 29, July 1 – July 4, July 6, July 13, July 15 – July 17, July 20, July 31, August 2, August 4 – August 8, August 17)
COLORADO ROCKIES – 14 (June 20 – July 2)
SAN DIEGO PADRES – 1 (June 1)

FINAL SUMMER SCORE TALLY FOR 2021

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX – 322 (May 31, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

TAMPA BAY RAYS – 322 (May 31, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

HOUSTON ASTROS – 321 (June 1, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

BOSTON RED SOX – 312 (May 31, 2021 – August 19, 2021, August 23, 2021 – October 4, 2021 )

NEW YORK YANKEES – 167 (May 31, 2021, August 18, 2021 – September 12, 2021, September 14, 2021 – September 16, 2021, September 18, 2021, September 23, 2021 – October 4, 2021) (One Game Out – September 13, 2021, September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021, September 21, 2021 – September 22, 2021)

OAKLAND ATHLETICS – 164 (May 31, 2021 – August 23, 2021) (One Game Out – September 1, 2021, September 11, 2011)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – 53 (September 12, 2021 – September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021 – September 22, 2021) (One Game Out – September 10, 2021 – September 11, 2021, September 18, 2021, September 23, 2021 – September 24, 2021, September 27, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

SEATTLE MARINERS – 9 (October 1, 2021) (One Game Out – September 11, 2011, September 29, 2021 – September 30, 2021, October 2, 2021 – October 3, 2021)

CLEVELAND INDIANS – 5 (May 31, 2021 – June 2, 2021, June 4, 2021, June 6, 2021)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS – 322 (May 31, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS – 322 (May 31, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS – 315 (June 6, 2021 – June 9, 2021, June 11, 2021 – June 18, 2021, June 20, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

SAN DIEGO PADRES – 200 (May 31, 2021 – June 12, 2021, June 18, 2021 – August 22, 2021, September 1, 2021, September 6, 2021 – September 13, 2021) (One Game Out – September 2, 2021 – September 5, 2021, September 14, 2021 – September 17, 2021)

ATLANTA BRAVES – 194 (August 12, 2021, August 14, 2021 – October 4, 2021)

NEW YORK METS – 111 (May 31, 2021 – August 6, 2021)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – 80 (May 31, 2021, September 15, 2021 – October 4, 2021) (One Game Out – September 13, 2021 – September 14, 2021)

CINCINNATI REDS – 79 (August 21, 2021 – September 5, 2021, September 8, 2021, September 11, 2021 – September 14, 2021) (One Game Out – September 6, 2021- September 7, 2021, September 9, 2021 – September 10, 2021, September 15, 2021, September 17, 2021 – September 18, 2021)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – 28 (August 7, 2021 – August 15, 2021) (One Game Out – September 19, 2021)

CHICAGO CUBS – 23 (May 31, 2021 – June 7, 2021, June 10, 2021 – June 23, 2021, June 25, 2021)

FINAL SUMMER SCORE TALLY FOR 2022

AMERICAN LEAGUE

HOUSTON ASTROS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

NEW YORK YANKEES, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

TAMPA BAY RAYS, 324 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 25, 2022 – August 12, 2022, August 14, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

SEATTLE MARINERS, 279 (July 11, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 15, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, 212 (June 17, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 24, 2022 – June 25, 2022, August 10, 2022 – October 562022)

MINNESOTA TWINS, 130 (May 31, 2022 – August 10, 2022, September 5, 2022), One Game Out (September 2, 2022 – September 4, 2022, September 6, 2022)

BOSTON RED SOX, 53 (June 6, 2022 – June 16, 2022, June 21, 2022 – July 16, 2022)

LOS ANGELES ANGELS, 7 (May 31, 2022 – June 5, 2022)

BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 6 (August 11, 2022, August 13, 2022)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

NEW YORK METS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

SAN DIEGO PADRES, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, 310 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 22, 2022 – July 8, 2022, July 12, 2022 – July 30, 2022, August 3, 2022, August 5 – October 6, 2022)

ATLANTA BRAVES, 305 (June 11, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, 269 (July 6, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 18, 2022 – July 23, 2022, July 29, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS, 107 (May 31, 2022 – June 11, 2022, June 20, 2022 – June 22, 2022, June 24, 2022 – August 6, 2022), One Game Out (September 29, 2022 – October 2, 2022)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, 25 (May 31, 2022 – June 24, 2022)

The Summer Score – Updated for October 6, 2022

Ken Lambert – Seattle Times

The season is over… some teams are done until the spring. The playoff squads are hoping to extend summer well past the end of October. Seattle is going for the first time in a generation. Others, like the Cardinals, Dodgers, Yankees and Braves, are here often. And evidently 329 makes for a perfect Summer Score.

There are 4 points awarded for each day in a playoff position this September. Plus a point is given to any team who pulls within 1 game of a playoff spot.

The Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers, Mets, Padres and Philles all added to their Summer Score in the National League.

The Astros, Blue Jays, Guardians, Mariners, Rays and Yankees all added from the American League.

UPDATED SUMMER SCORE TALLY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

HOUSTON ASTROS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

NEW YORK YANKEES, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

TAMPA BAY RAYS, 324 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 25, 2022 – August 12, 2022, August 14, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

SEATTLE MARINERS, 279 (July 11, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 15, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, 212 (June 17, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 24, 2022 – June 25, 2022, August 10, 2022 – October 562022)

MINNESOTA TWINS, 130 (May 31, 2022 – August 10, 2022, September 5, 2022), One Game Out (September 2, 2022 – September 4, 2022, September 6, 2022)

BOSTON RED SOX, 53 (June 6, 2022 – June 16, 2022, June 21, 2022 – July 16, 2022)

LOS ANGELES ANGELS, 7 (May 31, 2022 – June 5, 2022)

BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 6 (August 11, 2022, August 13, 2022)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

NEW YORK METS, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

SAN DIEGO PADRES, 329 (May 31, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, 310 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 22, 2022 – July 8, 2022, July 12, 2022 – July 30, 2022, August 3, 2022, August 5 – October 6, 2022)

ATLANTA BRAVES, 305 (June 11, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, 269 (July 6, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 18, 2022 – July 23, 2022, July 29, 2022 – October 6, 2022)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS, 107 (May 31, 2022 – June 11, 2022, June 20, 2022 – June 22, 2022, June 24, 2022 – August 6, 2022), One Game Out (September 29, 2022 – October 2, 2022)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, 25 (May 31, 2022 – June 24, 2022)

The Summer Score – Updated for October 5, 2022

AP

The Braves completed their comeback, clinched the Division and look poised to take a run at being the first NL team to win back to back World Series since the Big Red Machine of 1975 and 1976. The Mets came up just short. I doubt it is little consolation to Mets fans to know they had a perfect Summer Score.

There are 4 points awarded for each day in a playoff position this September. Plus a point is given to any team who pulls within 1 game of a playoff spot.

The Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers, Mets, Padres and Philles all added to their Summer Score in the National League.

The Astros, Blue Jays, Guardians, Mariners, Rays and Yankees all added from the American League.

UPDATED SUMMER SCORE TALLY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

HOUSTON ASTROS, 325 (May 31, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

NEW YORK YANKEES, 325 (May 31, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS, 325 (May 31, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

TAMPA BAY RAYS, 320 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 25, 2022 – August 12, 2022, August 14, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

SEATTLE MARINERS, 275 (July 11, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 15, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, 208 (June 17, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 24, 2022 – June 25, 2022, August 10, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

MINNESOTA TWINS, 130 (May 31, 2022 – August 10, 2022, September 5, 2022), One Game Out (September 2, 2022 – September 4, 2022, September 6, 2022)

BOSTON RED SOX, 53 (June 6, 2022 – June 16, 2022, June 21, 2022 – July 16, 2022)

LOS ANGELES ANGELS, 7 (May 31, 2022 – June 5, 2022)

BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 6 (August 11, 2022, August 13, 2022)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS, 325 (May 31, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

NEW YORK METS, 325 (May 31, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

SAN DIEGO PADRES, 325 (May 31, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, 306 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 22, 2022 – July 8, 2022, July 12, 2022 – July 30, 2022, August 3, 2022, August 5 – October 5, 2022)

ATLANTA BRAVES, 301 (June 11, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, 265 (July 6, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 18, 2022 – July 23, 2022, July 29, 2022 – October 5, 2022)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS, 107 (May 31, 2022 – June 11, 2022, June 20, 2022 – June 22, 2022, June 24, 2022 – August 6, 2022), One Game Out (September 29, 2022 – October 2, 2022)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, 25 (May 31, 2022 – June 24, 2022)