As you total up the number of hot dogs, hamburgers and adult beverages you’ve consumed over the holiday weekend, here are some other impressive numbers to digest.
81.5: Percent chance the Red Sox win the wild card, according to coolstandings.com.
19-2: Red Sox record when David Ortiz homers this season.
97.1: Average miles per hour for Daniel Bard’s fastball this season, third-best among AL relievers trailing Detroit’s Joel Zumaya (99.3) and Minnesota’s Juan Morillo (97.6).
3.98: Rangers team ERA since the All-Star break, second-best in the AL behind the Yankees.
1: Number of head coaches to win NBA Coach of the Year award without making the playoffs. Doc Rivers did it with Orlando (41-41) in 1999-00.
1.3 billion: The value of the Patriots in dollars, according to Forbes.com, third-highest among NFL franchises.
81.7: Estimated words per minute by Red Sox play-by-play commentator Don Orsillo during games. Orsillo ranks as the 12th chattiest announcer in baseball.