Re: More retirees! (fwd)

[Basten <cbasten@statgen.ncsu.edu>]

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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:13:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Steinhardt <charles@Princeton.EDU>
To: "Matz, Justin" <JMATZ@imf.org>
Cc: 'Sumo' <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: More retirees!



On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Matz, Justin wrote:

>
> Wakabusho took the Jonidan Yusho in Nagoya 1994.
> Career record:  219-208-7  .513
>
> Otsuna
> Career record:  171-164-15  .510
>
> Seems like just a little better than .500 record will get you as far as
> Makushita!
>

Mainly a question of where most of your matches are, right?  For example,
in Makuuchi 8-7 often gets you promoted 5-7 spots at least whereas 5-10
puts you back where you started.  So it wouldn't surprise me if there were
a Makuuchi rikishi with an under .500 record.  Anybody know?

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