This week we'll manipulate the data from the Great-Big Summary Chart to achieve some pointless results.

The Big Losers

None of the shows in this chart went 1 for 1, winning an award for every nomination. So to level the field we can subtract the number of wins from the total nominations in order to reflect only the awards lost. This reveals the big losers. Here they are in order of losses.

Ranking	Show	No. of losses
54.	Ragtime	26 (Big Loser!)
53.	Cabaret	22
52.	The Lion King	19
50. (tie)	The Scarlet Pimpernel; 1776	14
49.	The Diary of Anne Frank	13
47. (tie)	The Chairs; High Society	12
46.	Golden Child	10
44. (tie)	The Beauty Queen of Leenane; Side Show	9
40. (4-way tie)	Ah, Wilderness; Art; Ivanov; The Sound of Music	8
38. (tie)	The Capeman; Forever Tango	7
35. (3-way tie)	Hedwig and...; Triumph of Love; A View from...	6
34.	Proposals	5
32. (tie)	As Bees...; Goose-Pimples	4
28. (4-way)	American Clock; Never the Sinner; 3 Days of Rain; Visiting Mr. Green	3
15. (13-way)	Ballad of Yachiyo; Cripple of Inishmaan; Freak; Gross Indecency; Honour; Jackie...; Last Session; Maiden's Prayer; Mizlansky...; On the Town; Pride's Crossing; Side Man; Wait Until Dark	2
1. (14-way)	All My Sons; Collected Stories; Dinah Was; A Dybbuk...; Long Day's Journey...; Mamba's Daughters; Misalliance; Mojo; Old Neighborhood; St. Nicholas; Scotland Rd.; Sunshine Boys; Therese Raquin	1 (Big Winners!)

Note that if we take this completely at face value, the smallest number of losses, wins! (Of course, try to see any of these "big winners.")

Berry Berry Good

Of course, that makes little sense, does it? Much more sensical, although equally pointless, is to look at the win-to-loss percentage ratio. If we divide the number of awards won by the total nominations for each winner, we come up with something like baseball batting averages. So here then, is the list of winners. (Shows with no hits have been dropped from the chart.)

Ranking	Show	Batting Avg.
1.	A View From the Bridge (MVP)	.667
2.	Pride's Crossing	.600
3.	The Lion King	.548
4.	The Beauty Queen of Leenane	.438
5.	Cabaret	.421
6.	Never the Sinner	.400
7.	Art	.333
7.	Gross Indecency	.333
8.	Ragtime	.265
9.	Golden Child	.231
10.	Side Show	.182
10.	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	.143
12.	Ah, Wilderness!	.111
13.	The Chairs	.077
14.	The Diary of Anne Frank	.071
15.	The Scarlet Pimpernel	.067
15.	1776	.067

Bear in mind that, despite their relatively respectable performance at the plate, many of these players have been sent to farm teams and/or dropped to the minors.

Our congratulations are extended to all the players. Win or lose, remember it's only a game!

Click here for Part I - The Performance Awards
Click here for Part II - Large Categories (Play, Musical, etc.), Direction, and Design
Click here for Part III - All the stuff that didn't fit into the chart.
And click here for the Great-Big Summary Chart!

Remember the old days? Ahhh! Click here to relive the 1997 award season with the 1997 Awards charts.

C U @ the theatre!

Originally published at Suite101.com Theatre, 4/21 - 6/30/98

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