TAG · Team Average Go-ahead

How early they win, how late they lose

The average inning a team took the lead it never gave back — measured separately in wins and in losses.

2026 regular season through 2026-11-03 · 2,430 games · updated 2026-11-03 18:17 UTC · data: MLB Stats API

Wins early, loses late — quick to finish, hard to finish off Wins late, loses early — grinds out wins, falls behind and stays there
← folds fast  ·  hangs around →
Los Angeles Angels 62–100.383 4.26 5.29
+1.03
Detroit Tigers 76–86.469 4.41 5.20
+0.79
San Francisco Giants 66–97.405 4.32 4.87
+0.55
Milwaukee Brewers 103–59.636 4.51 5.03
+0.52
Pittsburgh Pirates 82–80.506 4.62 5.10
+0.48
St. Louis Cardinals 77–85.475 4.91 5.29
+0.39
Cleveland Guardians 85–77.525 4.73 5.09
+0.36
Minnesota Twins 77–85.475 4.48 4.82
+0.34
Chicago Cubs 89–73.549 4.80 5.11
+0.31
Los Angeles Dodgers 100–62.617 4.55 4.85
+0.30
Kansas City Royals 69–93.426 4.65 4.95
+0.29
New York Yankees 93–68.578 4.73 5.00
+0.27
Washington Nationals 77–85.475 4.75 5.00
+0.25
Chicago White Sox 84–78.519 4.81 5.04
+0.23
Tampa Bay Rays 98–64.605 4.27 4.48
+0.22
Philadelphia Phillies 88–74.543 4.49 4.59
+0.11
Houston Astros 81–81.500 4.53 4.62
+0.09
Miami Marlins 80–82.494 4.72 4.70
-0.03
Toronto Blue Jays 79–83.488 4.76 4.57
-0.19
Baltimore Orioles 79–82.491 4.90 4.61
-0.29
Boston Red Sox 87–75.537 4.60 4.29
-0.30
San Diego Padres 91–71.562 4.85 4.30
-0.55
Cincinnati Reds 75–87.463 5.09 4.53
-0.56
Texas Rangers 80–82.494 4.28 3.65
-0.63
Atlanta Braves 94–69.577 4.96 4.32
-0.64
Arizona Diamondbacks 86–76.531 5.06 4.41
-0.65
Colorado Rockies 58–104.358 4.97 4.31
-0.66
New York Mets 74–88.457 4.80 4.12
-0.67
Seattle Mariners 76–86.469 5.13 4.45
-0.68
Athletics 64–98.395 5.11 4.35
-0.76

TAG-W is the average inning this team took the lead it never gave back, across its wins — lower means it puts teams away earlier. TAG-L is that same inning across its losses — higher means it stayed alive longer before the opponent pulled away for good. TAG Gap is TAG-L minus TAG-W.

Every game has exactly one such inning, and it belongs to both teams: when Atlanta took the lead for keeps in the 2nd, Philadelphia lost it in the 2nd.

TAG Gap is not a measure of quality. Its correlation with winning percentage is −0.06. The team leading this table is under .500; a 90-win team can sit near the bottom. It describes how a team wins, not whether. Click any column to sort; click any row for that team.