Counting up wins in a season relative to the competition (how balanced was the league in each season?) yielded us a G-Score, as in "greatness, " a standard deviation measurement that shows the degree to which a team stood out among the field in a given year.

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Allied with purpose, measurement can open a whole new field of play.

FORBES: Measure with a Purpose

The most persuasive evidence that Voyager 1 has crossed the termination shock is its measurement of a sudden increase in the strength of the magnetic field carried by the solar wind, combined with an inferred decrease in its speed.

BBC: Voyager impression (Nasa)