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1998 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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Postseason

WorldSeries (4-0):   New York Yankees over San Diego Padres
LgChampSeries (4-2):   New York Yankees over Cleveland Indians
LgDivSeries (3-1):   Cleveland Indians over Boston Red Sox
LgDivSeries (3-0):   New York Yankees over Texas Rangers

East Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
New York Yankees NYY 114 48 .704 --
Boston Red Sox BOS 92 70 .568 22.0
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 88 74 .543 26.0
Baltimore Orioles BAL 79 83 .488 35.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays TBD 63 99 .389 51.0

Central Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Cleveland Indians CLE 89 73 .549 --
Chicago White Sox CHW 80 82 .494 9.0
Kansas City Royals KCR 72 89 .447 16.5
Minnesota Twins MIN 70 92 .432 19.0
Detroit Tigers DET 65 97 .401 24.0

West Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Texas Rangers TEX 88 74 .543 --
Anaheim Angels ANA 85 77 .525 3.0
Seattle Mariners SEA 76 85 .472 11.5
Oakland Athletics OAK 74 88 .457 14.0

AL East Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY 114 48 .704 --- 6.0 4.0 110-52 3 33-15 39-15 29-15 13-3 62-19 52-29 9-2 21-10 81-37 33-11 38-26 76-22
2 BOS 92 70 .568 22.0 22.0 5.4 4.5 94-68 -2 25-23 31-23 27-17 9-7 51-30 41-40 7-4 24-25 61-55 31-15 32-31 60-39
3 TOR 88 74 .543 26.0 30.0 5.0 4.7 86-76 1 27-21 28-26 24-20 9-7 51-30 37-44 8-8 28-17 65-55 23-19 31-32 57-42
4 BAL 79 83 .488 35.0 57.0 5.0 4.8 84-78 -5 19-29 29-25 26-18 5-11 42-39 37-44 5-2 18-24 57-56 22-27 33-43 46-40
5 TBD 63 99 .389 51.0 121.0 3.8 4.6 67-95 -4 16-32 22-32 20-24 5-11 33-48 30-51 5-10 15-20 50-72 13-27 22-52 41-47
Avg 87 74 .538 5.0 4.5 88-74 24-24 29-24 25-18 8-7 47-33 39-41 6-5 21-19 62-55 24-19 31-36 56-38

AL Central Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 CLE 89 73 .549 --- 5.2 4.8 87-75 1 27-27 29-19 23-21 10-6 46-35 43-38 5-10 23-23 64-53 25-20 30-32 59-41
2 CHW 80 82 .494 9.0 9.0 5.3 5.7 76-86 3 28-26 26-22 19-25 7-9 44-37 36-45 4-6 20-22 63-57 17-25 34-41 46-41
3 KCR 72 89 .447 16.5 24.0 4.4 5.6 63-98 8 23-31 21-27 19-24 9-7 29-51 43-38 7-5 17-16 53-59 19-30 26-49 46-40
4 MIN 70 92 .432 19.0 31.5 4.5 5.0 73-89 -3 24-30 21-27 18-26 7-9 35-46 35-46 5-12 25-29 54-73 16-19 37-38 33-54
5 DET 65 97 .401 24.0 51.5 4.5 5.3 69-93 -4 19-35 23-25 16-28 7-9 32-49 33-48 7-8 20-21 48-72 17-25 25-48 40-49
Avg 75 86 .465 4.8 5.3 74-88 24-29 24-24 19-24 8-8 37-43 38-43 5-8 21-22 56-62 18-23 30-41 44-45

AL West Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 TEX 88 74 .543 --- 5.8 5.4 86-76 1 27-28 33-22 20-16 8-8 48-33 40-41 3-3 19-17 62-52 26-22 32-33 56-41
2 ANA 85 77 .525 3.0 3.0 4.9 4.8 83-79 1 27-28 29-26 19-17 10-6 42-39 43-38 6-6 24-19 62-59 23-18 30-36 55-41
3 SEA 76 85 .472 11.5 20.0 5.3 5.3 81-81 -5 22-33 32-22 15-21 7-9 42-39 34-46 3-5 10-20 62-67 14-18 25-53 51-32
4 OAK 74 88 .457 14.0 27.5 5.0 5.3 77-85 -3 18-37 30-25 18-18 8-8 39-42 35-46 7-5 16-19 51-59 23-29 36-42 38-46
Avg 80 81 .499 5.2 5.2 82-80 23-31 31-23 18-18 8-7 42-38 38-42 4-4 17-18 59-59 21-21 30-41 50-40

AL Wild Card Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY 114 48 .704 --- --- 6.0 4.0 110-52 3 33-15 39-15 29-15 13-3 62-19 52-29 9-2 21-10 81-37 33-11 38-26 76-22
2  BOS 92 70 .568 --- --- 5.4 4.5 94-68 -2 25-23 31-23 27-17 9-7 51-30 41-40 7-4 24-25 61-55 31-15 32-31 60-39
3 CLE 89 73 .549 3.0 3.0 5.2 4.8 87-75 1 27-27 29-19 23-21 10-6 46-35 43-38 5-10 23-23 64-53 25-20 30-32 59-41
4 TEX 88 74 .543 4.0 4.0 5.8 5.4 86-76 1 27-28 33-22 20-16 8-8 48-33 40-41 3-3 19-17 62-52 26-22 32-33 56-41
5  TOR 88 74 .543 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.7 86-76 1 27-21 28-26 24-20 9-7 51-30 37-44 8-8 28-17 65-55 23-19 31-32 57-42
6  ANA 85 77 .525 7.0 10.0 4.9 4.8 83-79 1 27-28 29-26 19-17 10-6 42-39 43-38 6-6 24-19 62-59 23-18 30-36 55-41
7  CHW 80 82 .494 12.0 25.0 5.3 5.7 76-86 3 28-26 26-22 19-25 7-9 44-37 36-45 4-6 20-22 63-57 17-25 34-41 46-41
8  BAL 79 83 .488 13.0 29.0 5.0 4.8 84-78 -5 19-29 29-25 26-18 5-11 42-39 37-44 5-2 18-24 57-56 22-27 33-43 46-40
9  SEA 76 85 .472 15.5 41.5 5.3 5.3 81-81 -5 22-33 32-22 15-21 7-9 42-39 34-46 3-5 10-20 62-67 14-18 25-53 51-32
10  OAK 74 88 .457 18.0 56.5 5.0 5.3 77-85 -3 18-37 30-25 18-18 8-8 39-42 35-46 7-5 16-19 51-59 23-29 36-42 38-46
11  KCR 72 89 .447 19.5 67.0 4.4 5.6 63-98 8 23-31 21-27 19-24 9-7 29-51 43-38 7-5 17-16 53-59 19-30 26-49 46-40
12  MIN 70 92 .432 22.0 87.0 4.5 5.0 73-89 -3 24-30 21-27 18-26 7-9 35-46 35-46 5-12 25-29 54-73 16-19 37-38 33-54
13  DET 65 97 .401 27.0 132.0 4.5 5.3 69-93 -4 19-35 23-25 16-28 7-9 32-49 33-48 7-8 20-21 48-72 17-25 25-48 40-49
14  TBD 63 99 .389 29.0 152.0 3.8 4.6 67-95 -4 16-32 22-32 20-24 5-11 33-48 30-51 5-10 15-20 50-72 13-27 22-52 41-47
Avg 81 80 .501 5.0 5.0 81-81 23-28 28-24 20-20 8-7 42-38 38-42 5-6 20-20 59-59 21-21 30-39 50-41
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Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses
     |BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  BAL| --   6   3   5   5|  2   5  10   5   7|  6   8   6   6|ATL:1-2,FLA:1-2,MON:0-3,NYM:1-3,PHI:2-1
  BOS|  6  --   5   9   5|  5   8   5   8   5|  5   9   7   6|ATL:2-1,FLA:2-1,MON:3-0,NYM:1-2,PHI:1-3
  NYY|  9   7  --  11   6|  7   7   8  10   7|  5   8   8   8|ATL:3-1,FLA:3-0,MON:2-1,NYM:2-1,PHI:3-0
  TBD|  7   3   1  --   5|  6   3   6   3   4|  5   6   5   4|ATL:0-3,FLA:1-3,MON:1-2,NYM:1-2,PHI:2-1
  TOR|  7   7   6   7  --|  6   4   6   5   7|  7   6   7   4|ATL:1-2,FLA:1-2,MON:4-0,NYM:2-1,PHI:1-2
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHW|  9   6   4   5   4| --   6   6   8   6|  6   4   4   5|CHC:0-3,CIN:1-1,HOU:1-2,MIL:1-2,PIT:2-0,STL:2-1
  CLE|  6   3   4   7   7|  6  --   9   8   6|  7   3   9   4|CHC:2-0,CIN:2-1,HOU:1-2,MIL:2-1,PIT:1-2,STL:2-0
  DET|  1   5   3   5   5|  6   3  --   6   8|  3   7   3   3|CHC:2-0,CIN:0-3,HOU:0-3,MIL:2-1,PIT:2-1,STL:1-1
  KCR|  6   3   0   8   6|  4   4   6  --   7|  5   7   4   3|CHC:2-1,CIN:2-0,HOU:1-2,MIL:1-2,PIT:1-1,STL:2-1
  MIN|  3   6   4   7   4|  6   6   4   5  --|  5   4   2   7|CHC:2-1,CIN:1-2,HOU:1-1,MIL:0-2,PIT:1-2,STL:2-1
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ANA|  5   6   6   6   4|  5   4   8   6   6| --   5   9   5|ARI:2-1,COL:3-0,LAD:3-1,SDP:1-2,SFG:1-2
  OAK|  3   2   3   5   5|  7   8   4   4   7|  7  --   5   6|ARI:2-1,COL:1-2,LAD:1-2,SDP:2-1,SFG:2-2
  SEA|  5   4   3   6   4|  7   2   8   6   9|  3   7  --   5|ARI:1-2,COL:2-1,LAD:1-2,SDP:2-2,SFG:1-2
  TEX|  5   5   3   7   7|  6   7   8   8   4|  7   6   7  --|ARI:3-1,COL:2-1,LAD:0-3,SDP:2-1,SFG:1-2
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed
     |BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  BAL| --  46  43  45  71| 44  66  63  56  59| 60  61  65  74|ATL:8-21,FLA:13-15,MON:9-20,NYM:15-17,PHI:19-12
  BOS| 53  --  53  57  66| 76  56  53  62  59| 57  62  62  59|ATL:25-16,FLA:16-10,MON:28-5,NYM:7-10,PHI:25-28
  NYY| 61  73  --  60  57| 73  50  70  78  60| 52  81  71  81|ATL:24-17,FLA:13-4,MON:22-10,NYM:16-8,PHI:23-12
  TBD| 39  40  22  --  38| 48  34  58  50  45| 45  52  49  52|ATL:7-19,FLA:13-20,MON:11-15,NYM:7-10,PHI:10-12
  TOR| 69  71  52  55  --| 46  57  46  41  65| 63  50  64  54|ATL:9-16,FLA:11-12,MON:25-10,NYM:22-22,PHI:16-19
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHW| 76  61  58  40  45| --  72  84  78  57| 47  38  67  53|CHC:18-26,CIN:9-9,HOU:10-30,MIL:16-20,PIT:10-8,STL:22-19
  CLE| 59  41  43  49  54| 69  --  56  86  61| 66  61  76  39|CHC:8-5,CIN:17-4,HOU:12-23,MIL:16-9,PIT:15-11,STL:22-5
  DET| 28  43  28  57  41| 78  36  --  64  61| 43  69  51  50|CHC:13-10,CIN:10-15,HOU:11-24,MIL:16-11,PIT:14-6,STL:9-5
  KCR| 47  36  22  64  49| 56  42  51  --  57| 43  69  48  66|CHC:13-12,CIN:9-4,HOU:4-13,MIL:17-22,PIT:9-11,STL:12-8
  MIN| 38  54  37  50  68| 55  51  59  61  --| 60  52  38  60|CHC:14-9,CIN:12-15,HOU:5-12,MIL:3-12,PIT:7-12,STL:10-10
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ANA| 48  49  61  40  53| 55  68  54  44  49| --  57  62  66|ARI:22-23,COL:13-6,LAD:20-17,SDP:15-14,SFG:11-16
  OAK| 51  39  48  46  49| 73  84  54  51  54| 62  --  45  55|ARI:16-18,COL:24-29,LAD:8-9,SDP:23-20,SFG:22-24
  SEA| 70  57  64  50  43| 66  64  63  67  61| 39  61  --  78|ARI:16-20,COL:23-14,LAD:14-17,SDP:10-15,SFG:13-12
  TEX| 61  50  74  62  55| 80  42  81  91  60| 70  53  79  --|ARI:28-17,COL:16-12,LAD:7-15,SDP:19-24,SFG:12-16
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records
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