1974 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

1973 AL / 1975 AL / 1974 NL / 1974 MLB Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-1):	Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers
LgChampSeries (3-1):	Oakland Athletics over Baltimore Orioles

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	91	71	.562	--
New York Yankees	NYY	89	73	.549	2.0
Boston Red Sox	BOS	84	78	.519	7.0
Cleveland Indians	CLE	77	85	.475	14.0
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	76	86	.469	15.0
Detroit Tigers	DET	72	90	.444	19.0

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Oakland Athletics	OAK	90	72	.556	--
Texas Rangers	TEX	84	76	.525	5.0
Minnesota Twins	MIN	82	80	.506	8.0
Chicago White Sox	CHW	80	80	.500	9.0
Kansas City Royals	KCR	77	85	.475	13.0
California Angels	CAL	68	94	.420	22.0

AL East Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	BAL	91	71	.562	---		4.1	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.2	86-76	5	55-35	36-36	46-35	45-36	13-7	40-21	54-46	37-25	42-42	49-29
2	NYY	89	73	.549	2.0	2.0	4.1	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	86-76	3	41-49	48-24	47-34	42-39	6-6	31-20	45-33	44-40	45-39	44-34
3	BOS	84	78	.519	7.0	12.0	4.3	4.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	85-77	-1	49-41	35-37	46-35	38-43	11-8	21-26	60-62	24-16	46-38	38-40
4	CLE	77	85	.475	14.0	33.0	4.1	4.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	78-84	-1	41-49	36-36	40-41	37-44	2-10	22-28	51-50	26-35	41-61	36-24
5	MIL	76	86	.469	15.0	37.0	4.0	4.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	80-82	-4	44-46	32-40	40-41	36-45	7-8	25-30	52-55	24-31	49-53	27-33
6	DET	72	90	.444	19.0	57.0	3.8	4.7	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	65-97	7	40-50	32-40	36-45	36-45	10-9	26-24	47-55	25-35	40-62	32-28
	Avg	81	80	.503			4.1	4.1				80-82		45-45	36-35	42-38	39-42	8-8	27-24	51-50	30-30	43-49	37-31

AL West Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	OAK	90	72	.556	---		4.3	3.4	0.9	-0.1	0.8	97-65	-7	36-36	54-36	49-32	41-40	4-5	25-28	63-52	27-20	47-43	43-29
2	TEX	84	76	.525	5.0	5.0	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	79-81	5	39-33	45-43	42-38	42-38	3-6	23-13	52-58	32-18	45-43	39-33
3	MIN	82	80	.506	8.0	11.0	4.1	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	81-81	1	37-35	45-45	48-33	34-47	12-5	27-30	46-53	36-27	41-49	41-31
4	CHW	80	80	.500	9.0	14.0	4.2	4.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	76-84	4	38-34	42-46	46-34	34-46	8-8	31-28	53-48	27-32	38-50	42-30
5	KCR	77	85	.475	13.0	30.0	4.1	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	82-80	-5	36-36	41-49	40-41	37-44	10-11	23-30	52-53	25-32	47-61	30-24
6	CAL	68	94	.420	22.0	75.0	3.8	4.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	76-86	-8	27-45	41-49	36-45	32-49	3-6	15-31	43-54	25-40	49-59	19-35
	Avg	80	81	.497			4.1	4.0				81-79		35-36	44-44	43-37	36-44	6-6	24-26	51-53	28-28	44-50	35-30

AL Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	BAL	91	71	.562	---		4.1	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.2	86-76	5	55-35	36-36	46-35	45-36	13-7	40-21	54-46	37-25	42-42	49-29
2	OAK	90	72	.556	---		4.3	3.4	0.9	-0.1	0.8	97-65	-7	36-36	54-36	49-32	41-40	4-5	25-28	63-52	27-20	47-43	43-29
3	NYY	89	73	.549	2.0	4.0	4.1	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	86-76	3	41-49	48-24	47-34	42-39	6-6	31-20	45-33	44-40	45-39	44-34
4	TEX	84	76	.525	5.0	13.0	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	79-81	5	39-33	45-43	42-38	42-38	3-6	23-13	52-58	32-18	45-43	39-33
5	BOS	84	78	.519	7.0	21.0	4.3	4.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	85-77	-1	49-41	35-37	46-35	38-43	11-8	21-26	60-62	24-16	46-38	38-40
6	MIN	82	80	.506	8.0	26.0	4.1	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	81-81	1	37-35	45-45	48-33	34-47	12-5	27-30	46-53	36-27	41-49	41-31
7	CHW	80	80	.500	9.0	32.0	4.2	4.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	76-84	4	38-34	42-46	46-34	34-46	8-8	31-28	53-48	27-32	38-50	42-30
8	CLE	77	85	.475	14.0	68.0	4.1	4.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	78-84	-1	41-49	36-36	40-41	37-44	2-10	22-28	51-50	26-35	41-61	36-24
9	KCR	77	85	.475	13.0	60.0	4.1	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	82-80	-5	36-36	41-49	40-41	37-44	10-11	23-30	52-53	25-32	47-61	30-24
10	MIL	76	86	.469	15.0	77.0	4.0	4.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	80-82	-4	44-46	32-40	40-41	36-45	7-8	25-30	52-55	24-31	49-53	27-33
11	DET	72	90	.444	19.0	117.0	3.8	4.7	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	65-97	7	40-50	32-40	36-45	36-45	10-9	26-24	47-55	25-35	40-62	32-28
12	CAL	68	94	.420	22.0	150.0	3.8	4.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	76-86	-8	27-45	41-49	36-45	32-49	3-6	15-31	43-54	25-40	49-59	19-35
	Avg	80	80	.500			4.1	4.1				80-80		40-40	40-40	43-37	37-43	7-7	25-25	51-51	29-29	44-50	36-30

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Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses

     |BAL BOS CLE DET MIL NYY|CAL CHW KCR MIN OAK TEX 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL| --  10  12  14   8  11|  7   5   8   6   6   4
  BOS|  8  --   9  11  10  11|  4   8   4   6   8   5
  CLE|  6   9  --   9  10   7|  9   4   8   6   5   4
  DET|  4   7   9  --   9  11|  7   5   7   3   5   5
  MIL| 10   8   8   9  --   9|  9   4   1   6   5   7
  NYY|  7   7  11   7   9  --|  9   8   8   8   7   8
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  CAL|  5   8   3   5   3   3| --  10   8   8   6   9
  CHW|  7   4   8   7   8   4|  8  --  11   7   7   9
  KCR|  4   8   4   5  11   4| 10   7  --   8   8   8
  MIN|  6   6   6   9   6   4| 10  11  10  --   5   9
  OAK|  6   4   7   7   7   5| 12  11  10  13  --   8
  TEX|  8   7   8   7   5   4|  9   7  10   9  10  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CLE DET MIL NYY|CAL CHW KCR MIN OAK TEX

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed

     |BAL BOS CLE DET MIL NYY|CAL CHW KCR MIN OAK TEX 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL| --  86  84  91  70  72| 48  31  48  43  47  39
  BOS| 87  --  77  97  79  68| 34  68  45  55  44  42
  CLE| 54  74  --  79  83  88| 56  45  56  42  44  41
  DET| 64  68  67  --  70  79| 36  49  54  48  38  47
  MIL| 85  73  84  85  --  48| 56  42  22  54  32  66
  NYY| 51  56 100  71  49  --| 47  74  57  51  45  70
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  CAL| 40  66  39  31  49  37| --  84  61  65  65  81
  CHW| 37  47  59  58  58  57| 60  --  79  69  64  96
  KCR| 44  59  49  52  59  50| 69  70  -- 103  51  61
  MIN| 51  56  39  78  49  35| 72  84  87  --  44  78
  OAK| 51  37  50  68  43  48| 91  76  72  76  --  77
  TEX| 48  39  46  58  51  41| 88  98  81  63  77  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CLE DET MIL NYY|CAL CHW KCR MIN OAK TEX

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